Stuttering is Cool

Nov 19 2024 107 ep. 43 mins 317
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A podcast for stutterers to leave messages which I play on my show. Radical idea, I know, but it's always great to meet (and hear) fellow stutterers. If you stutter, or just curious about stuttering, you may enjoy this show!

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There is room for fluency in acceptance and vice versa

Nov 19 2024 36 mins  
Photo credit: Lisa Hollingsworth Episode 276: Stuttering is more complicated than just choosing fluency or acceptance. The current way the acceptance movement is being presented is “it’s ok to stutter… as long as you’re only embracing it”, however, this is not saying it’s ok to stutter in general – which is what the acceptance movement was initially about. B

Drawing your stutter as a cartoon character

Aug 26 2024 63 mins  
Photo taken with permission of the group Episode #275: My first time attending STAMAMFest and going to the UK! Join me as I chat with new and old friends at my very first STAMMFest which took place in Nottingham from August 15 to 18. It was also the first time I gave a new version of my cartooning workshop where attendees draw cartoon characters of their stutter, I mean,

Stuttering is beautiful

Feb 27 2024 59 mins  
Episode #274: Ever wish there was a manual for stuttering? There is one now! Stuttering is Beautiful is a free online manual for young people who stutter created by people who stutter (PWS) from all over Europe, in particular Italy, Estonia, The Netherlands, Iceland, and Finland, and professionals working with PWS. The manual provides evidence-based information about stutterin

Scatman’s World

Jan 08 2024 33 mins  
Episode #273: Ski-ba-bop-ba-dop-bop! You know that song! And I’m sure it’s now playing in your head and no doubt putting a smile to your face. On this episode, I chat with Gina Waggot, personal friend of Scatman John, also known as John Paul Larkin, who shot to fame in the mid-1990s with huge hits – and much welcomed earworms for me – such as Scatman, Everyb

The Fluency Trap (part 2)

Dec 20 2023 40 mins  
Episode #272: Stuttering is one of the most important things you can do – because fluency is a trap. A friend recently shared with me that she believes acceptance must come first in order to get rid of the fear of stuttering. Only after that can you work on your speech, if you want to. Or work on your self-esteem caused by a lifetime of society’s stigma towards your s

The Fluency Trap

Dec 05 2023 64 mins  
Episode #271: Being told how to speak just won’t go away will it? I chat with Danra Kazenski, a speech-language pathologist… or is that speech therapist? Well, she helps clients who stutter to manage their stuttering and communicate the way they want to. We start our conversation about narrative therapy and how Danra uses comics in her speech therapy practice then s

ASHA Conference from a PWS perspective: the education gap

Nov 21 2023 31 mins  
Episode #270: I attended my first American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Conference! Join me as I chat with a few friends I met at the incredibly gigantic ASHA Conference 2023 which took place in the beautiful city of Boston. I helped out at the withVR booth run by owner and friend, Gareth Walkom, who also happens to be a previous guest on my podcast, attended

Conversations at a stuttering conference

Nov 07 2023 57 mins  
Episode #269: Choose your own speaking adventure! Join me at the Canadian Stuttering Association Annual Conference which took place in Ottawa this year. I chat with old and new friends about a variety of topics including trying new things outside of your comfort zone, forming a stuttering community across rural areas, my cartooning workshops, and more.But first, some grocery s

Portraits for stuttering awareness

Oct 23 2023 54 mins  
Episode #268: Painting in front of a studio audience… and the entire country! I chat with portrait artist, Paul Aston, who recently participated in Portrait Artist of the Year, a television competition with portrait artists from all around the United Kingdom, as a way to step out of his comfort zone and spread stuttering awareness. Paul then stepped out of his comfort zone a

Should I wear a name tag?

Jul 21 2023 40 mins  
Episode #267: Hello, my name is… point to the name tag. That was a scenario someone had recently proposed in a stuttering forum. The poster was worried about stuttering on his name when meeting new colleagues. He pondered the use of a name tag. Responses to his question varied from agreement to enabling avoidance. As the creator of a podcast named “Stuttering is