Archive for the ‘stuttering’ Category
Reaping the rewards of overcoming fear
Friday, January 13th, 2012 Posted in podcast, stuttering | 1 Comment »
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Episode #128: The new year is the perfect time to start overcoming your fears! I speak with Julien Smith, author of the free ebook about overcoming fear, The Flinch. Then I speak with Vivek Singh and Elaine Wigdor Robin about their experiences attending India’s first stuttering conference.
Stutterers hanging out on Google Plus!
Thursday, December 1st, 2011 Posted in podcast, stuttering | 1 Comment »Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Episode #125: A new weekly global group video chat group for stutterers has launched and is going strong. Hear all about it’s start, it’s benefits and how you can join in on the fun!
Stuttering conference in India
Friday, November 25th, 2011 Posted in podcast, stuttering | 7 Comments »Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Episode #124: The Indian Stammering Association will be hosting it’s first stuttering conference from December 28th to January 1st. What a great way to start of the new year! In this episode, I speak with co-organizer, Satyendra “Sachin” Srivastava, about the conference and the taboo of stuttering in India.
Some teachers still need to be educated about stuttering
Monday, October 10th, 2011 Posted in links, stuttering | 1 Comment »Link #81: A Stutterer Faces Resistance, From the Front of the Class. My friend, fellow stutterer and previous Stuttering is Cool guest, Philip Garber, was actually told by his teacher not to ask questions in class. Instead, she asked him to write his questions down and ignored him every time he raised his hand. While [continue reading...]
Stuttering Conferences and Siri
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 Posted in podcast, stuttering | Comments OffPodcast: Play in new window | Download
Episode #121. We hear from three people who attended stuttering conferences in Canada and the UK this summer. Topics also include speech therapy as coaching, being your own speech therapist and how Siri, an advanced voice recognition feature coming to the iPhone, may be quite a useful tool for stutterers.
Stuttering Jekyll and Hyde
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 Posted in podcast, stuttering | Comments OffPodcast: Play in new window | Download
Episode #120: I chat with David Alpuche who is a fantastically amazing photographer. Check out his work! David shares how stuttering doesn’t get in the way when his work speaks for itself and the decrease in his stuttering while he’s at his other job. David also shares an unexpected benefit his stuttering has on a [continue reading...]
The Stutterer by R.R. Merliss
Monday, September 19th, 2011 Posted in links, stuttering | Comments OffLink #80: The Stutterer, by R.R. Merliss, is a sci-fi story form the 1950s about a robot with a stutter and a message for Earth. Since the story is in the public domain, I illustrated a cover for it, assembled it into an ebook and I’m making it available for download for free! It’s available [continue reading...]
Comfort in stuttering openly and being authentic
Monday, August 8th, 2011 Tags: David Friedman, Pam Mertz, twitterPosted in podcast, stuttering | 1 Comment »
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Episode #117. On this episode, I share a recording of a conversation about becoming comfortable with stuttering openly and how it makes you appear more authentic. I also play some feedback explaining how Twitter can be a way to describe how it feels like to stutter.
Stuttering misconceptions and triumphs
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 Posted in podcast, stuttering | 2 Comments »Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Episode #107 is about stuttering misconceptions, stereotypes, calling out those who work in the service industry who should know better, rising above the embarrassing moments and acing your next job interview.
Presenting, organizing and filming about stuttering
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011 Tags: csa, Erik Lamens, Lisa Wilder, Oscars, pcto2011, podcamp, The King's Speech, torontoPosted in podcast, stuttering | Comments Off
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Episode #106: The King’s Speech wins big time at the Oscars and I’m back from PodCamp Toronto sharing my own speech adventures. I chat with CSA board member, Lisa Wilder about the upcoming conference followed by another over Skype with filmmaker Erik Lamens about his multi-award winning short Film, To Speak.
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