Episode 95 features Caitlyn McSally, who grew up in Monroe, Connecticut and went to undergraduate school in New Paltz, New York, about an hour and half from where I live. Caitlyn is currently in Columbia, South Carolina, studying for her Master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology. When asked why she chose this field, Caitlyn shares […]

Episode 94 is a special “monologue” version, where it’s just me, without a guest. Today, on International Stuttering Awareness Day, I offer my thoughts on a question I have pondered. Are we, as a stuttering community, better off than we were before we had so many support and self-help resources available? We can answer that […]

Episode 93 features Barbara Dahm, a Board Recognized Specialist in Fluency Disorders, who alternates between New Jersey and Israel. She has been a speech clinician for 40+ years. Barbara talks about a 17-year old girl she worked with early in her career who had a severe stutter. She talks about trying to find the answer […]

Episode 92 features Ruth Mead, who hails from Dallas, Texas. Ruth is a writer, and before that she ran a car business. Ruth started writing when she was 33, and wrote non-stop for 3 months. She reached the point where she had entered “the flow,” meaning that she was just free writing and not having […]

Episode 91 features Annie Bradberry, who hails from Corona, California. Annie was the Director of the National Stuttering Association for 10 years. She has been involved with the NSA all of her adult life. Presently, Annie works as the Director of Development of The 100 Mile Club, a physical fitness and lifestyles program for kids […]

Episode 90 features Briana Pipkin who was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Briana is 21 years old and currently a senior at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. She is studying to become a speech language pathologist. Briana decided to study speech language pathology after ruling out other career paths and remembering a positive experience […]

Episode 89 features Mandy Taylor, who hails from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Mandy returned to college about 5 years ago to study accounting. Mandy felt unsupported by her family, especially her father. Her journey began when she left home at 18. After seeing the movie “The Kings Speech” she felt empowered to research stammering for the […]

Episode 88 features Anna Deeter, a speech educator who hails from Russia (former Soviet Union) and presently lives in Temecula, California. Anna has participated in several online stuttering groups and shared her strong beliefs about a unique stuttering program. She has been mentored and taught by Russian professor, Roman Snezhko, who believes that stuttering can be […]

Episode 87 features Molly Tkacik, who hails from Coopersburg, Pennsylvania. Molly is 23 years old and works as a Certified Nurse Assistant with Alzheimer’s patients. Molly just recently returned from an eleven month mission trip to eleven countries. What a feat for a young person! Amazing! Listen in as Molly describes how she found this […]

Episode 86 features Emily Gurdian, who hails from New Orleans, LA. Emily is 23 years old and a teacher. She is presently in graduate school at the University of Portland (Oregon) where she is pursuing Educational Leadership. Listen in as we discuss a range of topics. We talk about teasing, mocking and dumb comments. We […]