Hello all,

The delay is finally over! Season 2 is here!

I want to say thank you for waiting for our next season with theeclutterqueen. We have been working very hard to make sure this new season is better than the first. Our first guest will be Maya Chupkov! Maya has her own podcast called, ProudStutter. ProudStutter is a podcast about spreading awareness of stuttering, discussing intersectionality within communication, and stigmas of language within the workplace. Follow Maya on social media and check out her website! Links to the various sites are below:

ID: image is of Maya it is a headshot of her in a circle in the middle of the image the whole flyer is hot pink with black lettering that says, "Maya Chupkov shares her story about stuttering" and below that is a link to my own podcast website.

https://www.proudstutter.com/proud-stutter-bonus-3

https://www.instagram.com/proudstutter/

https://twitter.com/ProudStutter

Today we have Maggie Kelly with us speaking about her experience with Depression. Maggie Kelly is a writer who focuses on mental health and personal development. After a seventh-grade course in biology, she became fascinated with genetics and what shapes a human. She decided to learn all about the human psyche and obtained her B.S. in Psychology. Maggie has struggled with depression since her young teens. Her life trajectory changed after having a psychotic break and hitting rock bottom at 26. Following a 3-month stint in the mental hospital, she found the help she needed. It inspired her first book, Recovering from Depression. When not writing, you can find her singing and playing the guitar with her cats.

This episode will include a very personal and intimate interview with Rutger Wilhelm. Rutger Wilhelm is chair-elect of the International Cluttering Association and also chairs the consumer committee within that same organization. Next to that he is board member of the Dutch stuttering association. Also, he has served the board of the International Stuttering Association (ISA). In 2021 Rutger published a book about his experiences with cluttering: Too fast for words. In this episode we discuss his personal experiences with Cluttering, Joe Bidden, and Rutger's value of acceptance.

For today's episode, we are going to be talking with Jaluana Phillips. She is an author, poet and a student at The Ohio State University! We met about two years ago through an Ohio State group chat for students of color. Phillips will be talking with us about Bipolar depression a disorder associated with episodes of mood swings ranging from depressive lows to manic highs. She will be discussing her life experiences with this disorder, disrupting stigmas and spreading awareness about this debilitating mental disorder.

Theeclutterqueen speaks with Ava Goodson, a 17 year old from a small town in Illinois with level 1, Spastic cerebral palsy. Ava loves to travel, go camping and really enjoys living her best life as she prepares for college. Join us as we talk about life with CP.

Season 1 episode 3 just dropped! Today we are talking about anxiety, and how crippling and debilitating it can be if you let it! We will be having this conversation in two parts. Part 1, will be about out how anxiety has affected me and how I chose to not let it get the best of me. We will talk about sensitive topics about how using substances to mask anxiety, only leads to feeling worse at times.

We are so excited to announce our episode 2! On this episode we talk with Washington Cole a student at the Ohio State University, she is also fluent in French. Washington Cole wanted to talk about her experiences as a Black woman living with ADHD and autism 1. She goes into detail about her personal experiences with neurobehavioral disorders and how she has learned to live with them, as well as living a life for herself outside of her diagnosis. Tune in with us as we challenge stigmas, change perspectives and also learn a little bit more about ourselves.

I started TheeClutterQueen in the fall of 2022 simply because I wanted to spread awareness. For my whole life I always knew I talked differently than my peers and it never really bothered me until recently. Why now? I thought to myself. Overtime, I began to suppress and hide my true authentic self because I was afraid. Now, I realize that it isn't that I should hide this part of myself, but I should embrace it and spread awareness about it. Most people do not understand speech disfluencies to be disabilities because they are not visible. However, they should be taken just as seriously as any other visible disability simple because they are. Verbal diversity should be faced with patience, kindness and inclusivity.