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Aug. 10, 2021

100th Episode!

This is my 100th episode and I’m so blessed to have this platform to share with the world how AWESOME, CREATIVE, RESILIENT, COURAGEOUS & RESOURCEFUL PWS (People Who Stutter) are!!!  Thank you to Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting,...

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July 25, 2021

Two Petes In A Pod

Today’s featured guest is Pete Bradley.  Pete is a full-time fire fighter, husband to Lisa and father to his beautiful 9-month-old son Finn. Pete lives in a wee village Carryduff just outside Belfast. He is a keen sportsman playing rugby and...

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July 19, 2021

Starting A Conversation About Stuttering

Today’s featured guest is Priya Isaacs. Priya is 15 years old and is currently in Year 10. She has had a stutter since age 3. Throughout her journey she has learned so much about stuttering and how it affects a person. Her aim now is to educate and...

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June 17, 2021

Speech Without Fear: Story of a Man From A Small Town In India

Today’s featured guest is Shreyas Pandey. Shreyas Pandey is working as a Network Automation Engineer in Hughes Network Systems in Maryland, leading development and engineering in launching satellites to space. He was born and raised across...

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May 5, 2021

Every Little Step

Today we are talking about Practicing Courage.  By stepping out of your comfort zone and performing one small act of courage every day, that will add up over time and help build momentum for the next challenge.  I know that you can do it,...

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April 25, 2021

For 9 Year Old Bradley

This episode is special because it’s for a brave young man, Bradley, who reached out to me via YouTube.  That’s right, I also have a YouTube channel (see link below) where you can see me with other MSL content.  Listen to this episode...

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April 20, 2021

Producer/Director of My Beautiful Stutter

Today’s featured guest is Ryan Gielen.  Ryan is the producer and director of the new documentary My Beautiful Stutter from executive producers Paul Rudd & Mariska Hargitay, streaming exclusively on Discovery Plus...

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April 14, 2021

Meditation Can Help Remove Imagined Obstacles

Today’s featured guest is Maria Humphreys.  Maria is the Founder of the Strong Body Strong Soul platform; she describes herself as a Spiritual Activist. This means she uses her energy, the power of her voice to help people shift into a more...

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March 28, 2021

From College Flunkout To Teacher Of The Year

Today’s featured guest is Derek Sutor.  Derek Sutor is a 38-year-old High School Special Education Teacher and Baseball Coach. From memorable stuttering moments in high school, to flunking out of college due to depression and anxiety...

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March 21, 2021

Becoming Comfortable In Your Own Skin

Today’s featured guest is Emmanuel Asenso Jr.  Emmanuel Asenso Jr is a 3rd year, Ghanaian American, medical student at Rowan SOM. He was born and raised in Northern Virginia, received his bachelor’s in Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise...

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Feb. 11, 2021

Find A Reason To Stutter

Today’s featured guest is Christopher Constantino.  Christopher Constantino lives in Tallahassee with his wife, Megan, and son, Augustine. He is a speech-language pathologist and assistant professor at Florida State University. He teaches...

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Jan. 30, 2021

From Stuttering To A Successful Public Speaker

Today’s featured guest is Daniel Francis.  Daniel Francis is a Communication and Public Speaking Coach for people who stutter. Daniel helps people who stutter, overcome their stuttering blocks and anxiety by learning the fundamentals of...

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Jan. 24, 2021

Early Stuttering Life of Rob Greenlee

Today’s featured guest is Rob Greenlee.  Rob Greenlee is the VP of Content and Partnerships, Libsyn (LSYN), Current Board of Governors Member and former Chairperson of The Podcast Academy and was inducted into the Academy of Podcasters Hall of...

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Jan. 16, 2021

My First Week On The Clubhouse App

Today we are talking about the new social media app – Clubhouse.  I’ve only been on it for a week, but I have already gained so much knowledge from some amazing speakers that I can apply it to assist me in my journey as a PWS.  I knew...

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Jan. 9, 2021

Job Searching In The New Normal

Today we are talking about employment in 2021.  It’s a whole new year and in this new normal, everything employment related is online.  As a PWS, we are adapting and facing this new challenge head on.  I talk about my job history and...

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Jan. 3, 2021

My Stutter Didn't Stop Me From Creating For Universal Studios

Today’s featured guest is Rob Bloom. Rob Bloom is a Creative Director at Universal Orlando Resort. He is also a person who has stuttered since the age of 3. Before creating for Universal, Rob helped craft advertising campaigns for brands like The...

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Nov. 16, 2020

Jamming To My Own Beat In Life

Today’s featured guest is Nakia Grayson. Nakia Grayson is a legal, privacy, and technology enthusiast with a passion for helping to educate and expose girls and women to STEM career fields. She works in the Federal Government as an IT Security...

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Nov. 15, 2020

Stuttering: Coming Full Circle

Today’s featured guest is Tim Mackesey. Tim Mackesey had a severe stuttering problem into his mid 20's.  He has been an SLP since 1992.  He is a Board-Certified Specialist in Fluency Disorders with a private practice in Atlanta,...

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Oct. 13, 2020

The New York City Office Broker Who Stutters

Today’s featured guest is Ari Lev Waldman. Ari was born in Peekskill, NY and is a 43-year-old Jewish male who stutters.  He has been married since June 2012 and has no children.  He lives in Brooklyn, NY and as a profession, he is an...

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Sept. 24, 2020

I Was A Word Changer: The Journey Of Christopher Massella

Today’s featured guest is Christopher Massella. Christopher lives in Blue Bell, PA, outside of Philadelphia, PA. After years of frustration and shame, he sought speech therapy at 31 years of age.  At the end of that therapy, he committed to...

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Sept. 23, 2020

I am Rick the STUTTERING DESIGNER

Today’s featured guest is Rick Scuotto.  In 2018, Rick combined the passion of design and a lifelong stutter together and created #StutteringDesigner. Since then he started to create videos for his YouTube channel and other social media...

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Sept. 8, 2020

Happy 2nd Anniversary

Happy 2nd Anniversary to the My Stuttering Life podcast!  This has been an amazing season with amazing guests.  I would like to thank all my guests for sharing their stories of adversity and triumphs, you are a true inspiration for...

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Aug. 17, 2020

Stuttering Is My Superpower

This episode, Stuttering Is My Superpower, is a powerful episode for me because after decades of feeling shame and guilt because of my stutter, I’m realizing now that it is actually my superpower.   Thank you to Noah Swiderski (owner and...

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July 28, 2020

My Sleep Experiment

I have always wondered if sleep has a direct correlation to my stutter.  Recently I have been hearing about the benefits of sleep and the deficits from a lack of sleep.  I decided to conduct my own personal experiment to see if sleep had an...

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