4 Mar 2012
Substance Abuse and Stuttering with Nora O’Connor (323)
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Nora A. O’Connor joins Peter Reitzes to discuss substance abuse and stuttering.
Nora reads from her chapter which was published in StutterTalk’s first book – Stuttering: Inspiring Stories and Professional Wisdom.
Nora and Peter discuss Nora’s experiences with substance abuse and stuttering, recovery, 12 step programs, the Successful Stuttering Management Program (SSMP), mindfulness and meditation, LGBT issues and Passing Twice, stuttering issues related to girls and women and much more. Nora reads several passages from her forthcoming chapter on substance abuse and stuttering which will be published in 2012.
NORA A O’CONNOR is a professional social worker, a person who stutters and an adviser to StutterTalk. Nora is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California and has been involved locally and nationally with self help organizations for people who stutter for over 15 years. Nora has been featured in two stuttering documentaries, Spit It Out (2004) and Right Here, Right Now (PBS, 2000).
23 Sep 2013
How Did You Get There? (Ep. 422)
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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.