4 Jul 2013
Collecting Your Stuttering Power at the NSA (Ep. 409)
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This episodes begins with several amazing minutes of short, concise statements about stuttering from a number of conference attendees at the National Stuttering Association’s 30th Annual Conference in Scottsdale, AZ. Then Jamie Rocchio and Mary Anne join StutterTalk hosts Roisin McManus and Caryn Herring (of the StutterTalk B Team) to refresh friendships and discuss the conference and their stuttering. Jamie has been featured many times on StutterTalk and discusses the guilt or concern she feels about attending the conference when she is not stuttering much at this time. The group then discusses how they have inspired and motivated one another over the years.
Guests from the first segment of this episode include Charles White, Luis Espinoza, Stavros Ladeas, Maureen Hooker, Ryan Pedvin, Ben Pritchard, Drew Hudson, Tony Rocher and Andrew Landeros.
6 Jul 2013
Becoming Totally Fine With Who I Am at the NSA (Ep. 411)
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Jason Faust and Mark O’Malia join hosts Roisin McManus and Caryn Herring at the National Stuttering Association’s 30th Annual Conference in Scottsdale, AZ. During this episode the crew recaps the conference and discuss conference highlights including how impressed they were with this year’s keynote speakers. Guests also discuss the power of support for people who stutter and feeling reaffirmed at the NSA conference. Roisin shared that she feels there is a shift at this year’s NSA conference with less people coming to learn speech skills and more coming to love who they are.