Stigma Support Resources
Something Positive for Positive People
Founder of Stigma Education Resource, Courtney Brame speaks about Something Positive for Positive People, a nonprofit supporting people navigating stigma with Shameless Care.
Welcome to Something Positive for Positive People (SPFPP)
At SPFPP, positive doesn’t just mean test results—it means presence. Presence is what makes healing possible. It's the witnessing. It's the energy that says, “I see you,” without trying to fix you. When people feel seen, they reconnect to who they are beyond what the world tells them to hide. Stigma and the challenges that follow are a result of ongoing identity invalidation trying to attach to an identity society expects you to. Nah not here.
SPFPP is a nonprofit organization that holds space for people navigating stigma—especially the kind that shapes or shames identity. Originally rooted in herpes support, our work has expanded to meet people where they are: exploring their sexuality, managing mental health, existing outside relationship norms, or simply learning to live in their bodies with dignity.
We use practices rooted in yoga, storytelling, and community care to help people regulate their nervous systems, release internalized shame, and reclaim their identity on their own terms. Whether through a support call, yoga session, or a podcast episode, what we offer is a practice of being—not performing.
What Is Stigma?
Sociologist Erving Goffman defined stigma as a “deeply discrediting attribute” that reduces someone from a whole person to a discounted one. But stigma doesn’t live in the attribute—it lives in the reaction to it. It’s what happens at the intersection of identity and judgment.
Herpes stigma is one example. But the same disconnection plays out for people navigating mental illness, nontraditional relationships, chronic health conditions, queerness, gender identity, addiction, anxiety, or emotional dysregulation. Stigma tells us we’re broken. Presence reminds us we’re whole as we are, and not fragmented as stigma says.
SPFPP Is an Atom of Acceptance in a Field of Expectations
In a world that tries to define us by our condition or category, SPFPP offers a different orbit. We don’t care about what you do—we care about how you are. Your identity is your nucleus. We simply help you hold rhythm in your life so that you can stabilize around who you truly are, not who you're expected to be.
That might mean a support call to process negative emotions after a diagnosis, a yoga therapy session to clear internalized messages from your body, or a podcast episode that helps you feel validated in your identity.
Explore Our Offerings
Yoga Therapy for Stigma Healing
These sessions blend movement, breath, and stillness to bring you back to yourself—not the identity stigma created, but the self you connected to when you’re held in presence. We guide people to regulate, release, and reclaim—across all the layers of self.
1-on-1 Support Calls
Come as you are. These donation-based calls offer confidential, compassionate space to unpack what you’re carrying—be it shame, fear, confusion, or disconnection—and to practice being seen with nothing to prove.
The SPFPP Podcast
With over 400 episodes of unfiltered truth, the Something Positive for Positive People podcast lets people share their stories of navigating stigma, identity, and healing. These stories are reminders that you’re not your diagnosis—and you’re not alone.
Stigma-Free Training for Providers and Allies
We teach professionals, educators, and communities how to reduce invisible harm by holding space with presence. The training focuses on language, listening, and stigma-conscious care—because presence can’t be taught, but it can be practiced.
Ain’t nothing wrong with us at all. This space serves as a reminder of that.