CARYN HERRING, ROISIN MCMANUS and JOEL KORTE ( of the “Stuttertalk B Team”) reminisce about Joel’s recent wedding and discuss how stuttering played a part in the day. Later, Roisin talks about advertising to new people at work. They wrap up the show by discussing Caryn’s recent experience providing speech therapy at Camp OurTime.
Jack Maye joins Peter Reitzes to discuss finding stuttering self help, finding StutterTalk, job interviews, tactics and avoidance strategies, chasing fluency and the seeking the fluency wave, the book Self Therapy for the Stutterer by Malcolm Fraser, StutterTalk’s interview with Jack Welch, covert stuttering, public speaking and Toastmasters and much more.
JACK MAYE is a Premier Field Engineer working for Microsoft Corporation. He has honorably served in the U.S. Air Force and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. He has an amazing wife and two great kids.
COURTNEY LUCKMAN is a person who stutters and founder of the Charlottesville, VA chapter of the National Stuttering Association. Ms. Luckman lives in Chicago now where she has become co-chapter leader of the Chicago City Chapter of the NSA.
Jeff Shames joins Peter Reitzes to discuss being in a positive and productive place with his stuttering. The big question Jeff is asked is How Did You Get There? Jeff is also asked about the previous episode, Knowing What to Do and Not Doing It (Ep. 421).
Jeff and Peter discuss stuttering well, voluntary stuttering, self help, hitting rock bottom, being in a good place with stuttering and still working on it and this quote brought up on last week’s episode: “Change only happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change.” –Scott Yaruss
JEFF SHAMES is a social worker, filmmaker and writer who co-founded the Manhattan Stuttering Group. He is a psychotherapist, and co-produced the documentary films Spit It Out and My First Friends Convention. A native of Tulsa, OK, Jeff lives in New York City with his wife, Elisa DeCarlo.
Jeff Olson joins Peter Reitzes to discuss knowing what to do to face stuttering but not wanting to do it. During the second half of today’s episode, Caryn Herring and Joel Korte of the StutterTalk B Team tackle the same topic. Related issues discussed today include looking for the “One” answer, letting stuttering happen, making stuttering happen, facing covert stuttering, a weight loss analogy, choosing not to use speaking strategies and much more.
JEFF OLSON is a person who stutters and works as a Design Engineer in Portland, Oregon. He attended his first National Stuttering Association (NSA) annual conference in 2009 and has attended several annual conferences since then. He is a member of the NSA Portland chapter.
PETER REITZES, MA CCC-SLP is a person who stutters, a speech-language pathologist and President and Host of StutterTalk.
CARYN HERRING, MS CCC-SLP is a “B Team” co-host, a person who stutters and a speech-language pathologist. Caryn works at Our Time, an organization dedicated to helping kids who stutter, and at The Stuttering Therapy and Resource Center of Long Island, as a Speech-Language Pathologist. Caryn has led National Stuttering Association local chapters in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and New York. See full bio here.
JOEL KORTE, MA CFY-SLP is an electrical engineer, speech-language pathologist, and a person who stutters. Joel is the co-leader of the Minneapolis chapters of both the adult and teen (TWST) support groups through the National Stuttering Association. Joel is the owner of the Chase Bliss Audio, a guitar effects pedal company, and is a musician in a Minneapolis based band, Ghost Towns of the West. He also works as a speech-language pathologist, providing therapy primarily for people who stutter in the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences at the University of Minnesota. See full bio here.
Damian Wilson joins Britni Bicknaver to discuss being a person who stutters and facing the daily fear of stuttering.
DAMIAN WILSON describes himself as a 34 year old black male born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Wilson comes from a family who has a history of aunts, uncles and cousins who stutter. Mr. Wilson is a graduate student majoring in Communication Science and Disorders and is working towards becoming a Speech-Language Pathologist.
StutterTalk® is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to talking openly about stuttering. StutterTalk is the first and longest running podcast on stuttering. Since 2007 we have published more than 700 podcasts which are heard in 180 countries.
14 Oct 2013
Joel’s Wedding and Advertising Your Stuttering at Work (Ep. 425)
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CARYN HERRING, ROISIN MCMANUS and JOEL KORTE ( of the “Stuttertalk B Team”) reminisce about Joel’s recent wedding and discuss how stuttering played a part in the day. Later, Roisin talks about advertising to new people at work. They wrap up the show by discussing Caryn’s recent experience providing speech therapy at Camp OurTime.