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 from Virginia Tech and his Master’s in Public Health from The George Washington University before starting medical school. He is passionate about using medicine, nutrition and public health as a platform and resource to empower patients and communities to improve...
Mar 21, 2021•1 hr 46 min•Season 3Ep. 91
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 stuttering and counseling. He researches ways to improve the embodied and social experiences of stuttering. He co-edited the book Stammering Pride & Prejudice. Chris is a co-host on the StutterTalk podcast. Thank you Christopher for sharing your story becau...
Feb 11, 2021•2 hr 23 min•Season 3Ep. 90
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 public speaking. Daniel struggled with his communication his entire life, and he is dedicated to help others unlock their communication potential. Daniel has publicly spoken on stage in front of 1000s, ran 100s of public speaking events, has sold 3000 sales door ...
Jan 30, 2021•1 hr 44 min•Season 3Ep. 90
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 Fame in 2017. Formerly served as VP, Podcaster Relations at Voxnext’s Spreaker. He started on radio in 1999 and then podcasting in 2004 with the first nationally syndicated radio show "WebTalk World Radio Show" to begin podcasting. He also worked as Voxnest...
Jan 24, 2021•2 hr 27 min•Season 3Ep. 89
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 nothing of this app until a few weeks ago and it is still in beta, but I believe that this app is going to be so beneficial for those who want to learn and grow. I have added the link to the article below describing the app and I encourage everyone to check it out. T...
Jan 16, 2021•17 min•Season 3Ep. 88
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 give some tips to help you along your way. Thank you to Noah Swiderski (owner and producer of Briton Beats ) for your outro music. For more information on Briton Beats, click this link: https://www.britonbeats.com/ Thank you to Epidemic Sound for the intro music. https...
Jan 09, 2021•21 min•Season 3Ep. 87
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 Home Depot, Dunkin', Virgin Islands, the U.S. Marines, and many others. In addition, Rob is an award-winning comedy writer and screenwriter, having written for NPR, The Onion, and the Cartoon Network. I believe that there is healing in sharing and I wo...
Jan 03, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Season 3Ep. 86
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 Specialist. She is also a person who stutters who constantly reminds herself that no obstacle in life is too big to prevent you from reaching your goals, and each one makes you stronger. In her leisure time, she enjoys volunteering with various youth orga...
Nov 16, 2020•1 hr 31 min•Season 3Ep. 85
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, Georgia. Tim has taught the graduate level fluency disorders program at Georgia State University. He provides a unique and leading holistic therapy model that incorporates CBT and best practices in traditional speech therapy. I believe that there is healing in sharing and...
Nov 15, 2020•1 hr 34 min•Season 3Ep. 84
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 associate real estate broker specializing in office leasing in Manhattan for Lee and Associates. I believe that there is healing in sharing and I would like to Thank Ari for sharing his story with us. For more information on Ari Lev Waldman : Email: awaldman@lee-asso...
Oct 13, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 83
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 becoming a speech therapist. Since 2008, he has been an SLP. He is certified by ASHA, licensed in PA, and currently works with middle school and high school students in a local school district. After years of hiding the reason he made the career switch, he be...
Sep 24, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 82
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 platforms, participated in events like “Learn One Thing hosted by Free From Stutter” or gave Stuttering Awareness Presentations at different events. Rick’s goal is to provide people with a little insight into what many stutterers might struggle with every day in ...
Sep 23, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Season 3Ep. 81
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 all. Season 3 will be filled with more amazing guests and some on-location live shows. Thank you again and let’s get started with Season 3. Thank you to Noah Swiderski (owner and producer of Briton Beats ) for your outro music. For more information on Briton Beats, clic...
Sep 08, 2020•16 min•Season 2Ep. 80
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 producer of Briton Beats ) for your outro music. For more information on Briton Beats, click this link: https://www.britonbeats.com/ Thank you to Epidemic Sound for the intro music. https://www.epidemicsound.com/ Thank you to Mike Russell for that voice over outro...
Aug 17, 2020•15 min•Season 2Ep. 79
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 impact on my stuttering. Thank you to Noah Swiderski (owner and producer of Briton Beats ) for your outro music. For more information on Briton Beats, click this link: https://www.britonbeats.com/ Thank you to Epidemic Sound for the intro music. https://www.epi...
Jul 28, 2020•10 min•Season 2Ep. 78
Today’s featured guest is Juan Pablo Garcia. Juan Pablo is from Paraguay and is 22 years old. He is studying to become a computer scientist while also working a full-time job as a software developer. Juan Pablo states, “I’ve stuttered for as long as I can remember, and I’ve had some days where I thought I could not even have a job because of my inability to properly communicate. I am currently training every day with a community of stutterers in order to lift ourselves up and practice and improv...
Jul 21, 2020•1 hr 55 min•Season 2Ep. 77
Today’s featured guest is Saif Mihyar. Saif is a 22-year-old Business Administration student who currently lives in Jordan. Saif has a strong passion towards sports and a desire to help individuals who face hardship that may come along with speech disfluency. I believe that there is healing in sharing and I would like to Thank Saif for sharing his story with us. For more information on Saif Mihyar : Email - mihyarsaif@gmail.com Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/lifewithastutter/ Thank you to...
Jul 10, 2020•48 min•Season 2Ep. 76
Today’s featured guest is John McIntosh. John is 60 years old and is from Glasgow, Scotland, and has stammered for as long as he can remember. After graduating with an honors degree in English Literature, John worked in social care for many years, mainly because he could not envisage entering a profession that made big demands on his speech. At the age of 35, he was married with two young daughters and decided to become a high school English teacher which he did until last August, when he retire...
Jul 02, 2020•1 hr 52 min•Season 2Ep. 75
Today’s featured guest is Xavier Thibodeaux. Xavier is from Houston, Texas, and is a graduate from the University of Houston with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Human Performance with a specialization in human nutrition and dietetics. His dream is to work for NASA as a researcher studying different and new ways to send food into space, prolonging food out there, and ways to grow food on exoplanets. Xavier states that “Everything will get better if you work your hardest for what you w...
Jun 30, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 74
Stuttering and Finishing Your Sentences is a topic with extremely high opinions, and I would like to start the conversation. When I ask PWS (people who stutter) if they allow others to finish their sentences, the responses are split right down the middle, 50/50. For some it brings strong emotions and for others, it’s a non-issue. We are all different in our speech journey, but our common denominator is that we are not alone, and this platform allows us to discuss those issues that directly perta...
Jun 29, 2020•6 min•Season 2Ep. 73
Today’s featured guest is Courtland Crain . Courtland is 22 years old and an upcoming first-year Speech-Language Pathology Master's student at the University of South Florida in Tampa. He’s been a person who stutters his whole life, and just recently found confidence and acceptance when he started college. His goal is to be a role model and inspiration for those who stutter, teaching the idea of acceptance, confidence, and management of stuttering. The past few years Courtland has worked as a ca...
Jun 26, 2020•1 hr 41 min•Season 2Ep. 72
Over the years I learned many tools and techniques to help me manage my stutter. I know the reality that there is no cure for stuttering but these four things that I do on a daily basis has truly helped me in my journey. I would like to thank Gloria, The Guru Warrior and Amelia for your feedback. I am proud to be a part of this community. The Podcast & YouTube Channel Mentioned in The Episode: Grownup Eruptions - https://anchor.fm/grownup-eruptions The Guru Warrior - https://www.iheart.com/p...
Jun 11, 2020•21 min•Season 2Ep. 71
Today’s featured guest is Mike Wilson. Mike Wilson is originally from Atlanta, GA. He is married with four kids between the ages of 3 and 10, and currently lives in Syracuse, NY. He is a dentist and is the founder and owner of 5 dental practices in Upstate NY. His hobbies include playing basketball, reading history, and listening to podcasts. In this podcast episode, Mike discusses the importance of eye contact. I believe that there is healing in sharing and I would like to Thank Mike for sharin...
May 24, 2020•1 hr 45 min•Season 2Ep. 73
Today’s episode is about the importance of having a thick skin and moving forward. For decades I let the opinions of others be my reality and I allowed that negativity into my life which caused me great pain and anguish. Over the years, I learned to develop a thick skin so that any negative comments would bounce off me and that allowed me to keep moving forward with my life. Life is a celebration and living my best life is now my goal. Thank you to Noah Swiderski (owner and producer of Briton Be...
May 08, 2020•19 min•Season 2Ep. 71
I am so thankful to belong to a community of creators that are showing the world that if you have a stutter, know that you are not alone and that you have a community to support, inform and inspire you. In this podcast, I am highlighting four books that have taught me a great deal about stuttering and inspired me as a person who stutters. These are the four books I recommend if you are a PWS: Rama Siva , “Dreaming of Stuttering Freedom” - https://www.amazon.com/Dreaming-Stuttering-Freedom-Mind-B...
Apr 25, 2020•23 min•Season 2Ep. 70
Today’s featured guest is Will McClurg. Will is 36 years old and a medical sonographer specializing in pediatrics. Currently, Will is involved in medical sales and clinical training. Will has been stuttering since the age of 5 and states that it was terribly hard growing up. He’s had many doubts along the way about how his disability could hinder his success but continues to exceed his past expectations. Will is currently trying to find a way to help youth that stutter and feels that the biggest...
Apr 25, 2020•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 69
Today’s featured guest is Sherrikka Myers. Every 1 Voice Matters is a nonprofit designed to help kids break down communicative and social barriers such as stuttering, self-esteem, self-confidence and bullying to improve their quality of life. Founder, Sherrikka Myers, grew up stuttering in a single-family household with limited resources. She used the only resource available to her to control her stuttering, which was a book. Reading out loud, instead of quietly to herself, is what helped her ov...
Apr 22, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 68
Today’s featured guest is Benjamin Schussheim. Benji Schussheim is a senior at Staples High School in Westport, Connecticut. He enjoys jazz saxophone, piano, coding, and stuttering advocacy. Benji began to stutter severely at 10 years of age and has been in speech therapy for six years at the American Institute for Stuttering with Dr. Heather Grossman. Over his junior year in high school, Benji began to giving presentations on stuttering to classes and local organization on stuttering. Since the...
Apr 21, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 67
This interview was recorded before Covid-19. Today’s featured guest is Hakim Erwin. Mr. Erwin was born and raised in West Philadelphia, PA and graduated from Edward Bok High School in 1991. An avid hip hop music lover in his teenage years through his mid-20s, he enjoyed a brief career in the music industry where he served as an audio engineer and an intern & assistant A&R representative with Ruffhouse Columbia Records in Philadelphia. In 2003, he was called into Ministry and became a lic...
Apr 19, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 66
Today’s featured guest is Sandeep Krishnakumar. Sandeep is a first year PhD student studying Human Factors and Ergonomics at Penn State University. His research is in the realm of engineering design, and he is particularly interested in design methods, human-centered design, and user experience. When he is not busy with schoolwork or research, Sandeep loves to experiment with new recipes in the kitchen, go out for a run, be in the outdoors, or play a game of scrabble. He is also passionate about...
Apr 16, 2020•2 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 65
