A podcast about changing how we understand and talk about stuttering, one conversation at a time.

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Is there an activity where you feel &#39;at one&#39; or ‘in the zone’? There&#39;s a term in psychology for this state of being called &#39;flow&#39;.  For this bonus episode, Maya talks to Jayne Devlin, a Community Dance Artist and Co-Artistic Director of <a href="https://innergrounddancecompany.com/" rel="nofollow">Inner Ground Dance Company</a>. Her research interests include exploring how participation in arts, creativity and culture may promote an enhanced sense of wellbeing and connection for individuals. Her works focus on the intersections between dance, health, and wellbeing, specifically relating to aging and neurodegenerative health conditions (Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and other dementias) and Stroke.   Jayne is currently in her final year of an MSc Psychology course at Plymouth University (UK). [4:00 - 7:53] Dancing and ‘Flow State”[7:53 - 9:38] ] Releasing tension and psychology[12:31 - 24:17] Acceptance and Transient moments  Mentions:<ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIaxeEUgNow" rel="nofollow">Talk Live A River</a> by Jordan Scott</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_u-Eh3h7Mo" rel="nofollow">Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi </a>(1934 – 2021), a Hungarian American psychologist</li><li><a href="https://stamma.org/about-us/research/study-transient-wholeness-people-who-stammer" rel="nofollow">Jayne’s call for interviews for her research: transient wholeness for people who stammer</a></li><li><a href="https://stamma.org/about-us/who-we-are" rel="nofollow">Stamma, the British Stammering Association </a></li></ul> RESOURCES<a href="https://ko-fi.com/proudstutter/tiers" rel="nofollow">Become A Member of Proud Stutter</a><a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/services" rel="nofollow">The Stuttering Coach</a><a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/" rel="nofollow">Proud Stutter</a><a href="StutterNav.org" rel="nofollow">StutterNav</a>

Can 'Flow' Activities Have A Positive Impact on Stuttering?

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This year, National Stuttering Awareness Week is May 9 - May 15. Let’s talk about its history, why it matters, and how you can help spread the word.IN THIS EPISODE<ul><li>[1:24 - 2:59] History behind National Stuttering Awareness Week </li><li>[3:07 - 3:48] How you can be part of National Stuttering Awareness Week 2022 </li><li>[4:22 - 8:00] A Story from a Proud Stutter Listener </li></ul>LINKS:<ul><li><a href="https://westutter.org/what-is-stuttering/national-stuttering-awareness-week-nsaw/" rel="nofollow">National Stuttering Awareness Week</a></li><li><a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61343577eb70401d54272815/t/6265b6ce1679c8484e34c115/1650833108858/PASSING+A+StUTTERING+AWARENESS+WEEK.pdf" rel="nofollow">Proud Stutter Local Resolution Toolkit </a></li><li><a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/events" rel="nofollow">Proud Stutter NSAW May 2022 Events</a></li><li><a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/shop" rel="nofollow">Buy Proud Stutter Merch</a></li><li><a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/episodes" rel="nofollow">Proud Stutter, Season 1</a></li></ul>RESOURCES<a href="https://ko-fi.com/proudstutter/tiers" rel="nofollow">Become A Member of Proud Stutter</a><a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/services" rel="nofollow">The Stuttering Coach</a><a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/" rel="nofollow">Proud Stutter</a>Have a question or comment - Leave a voicemail for Maya at (415) 964-0140 - this is a voicemail-only line, you won&#39;t have to talk to someone in person!

National Stuttering Awareness Week 2022: Be Part of It!

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Proud Stutter launches its new membership program today. All funds of the program will go back into the podcast. We won&#39;t be able to do the show without your support! Sign up here: <a href="https://ko-fi.com/proudstutter" rel="nofollow">ko-fi.com/proudstutter/tiers</a>.Popular culture and the media has a huge power to shift the hearts and minds of our society. Unfortunately, TV, film, and the media have not done the best job in representing people who stutter and have largely left out the voices and experiences of women stutterers.This week we talk to Nina G, a stuttering comedian, about where popular culture misses the mark on the stuttering experience and how we can do better.Also mentioned:<ul><li>Come-backs in response to stuttering jokes</li><li>Protesting against stuttering discrimination</li><li>Women and stuttering</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stutterer-Interrupted-Comedian-Almost-Happen/dp/1631526421" rel="nofollow">Stuttering Interrupted: The Comedian Who Almost Didn’t Happen</a> </li><li>Dating someone who also stutters</li><li>Stuttering guilt</li><li>The problem of the inspiration story</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bay-Area-Stand-Up-Comedy-Humorous/dp/1467149888" rel="nofollow">Bay Area Stand-Up Comedy: A Humorous History</a></li><li>Proud Stutter’s Launch Party</li></ul> Films and TV representations mentioned:<ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjvCxWKJCS8" rel="nofollow">“Today, Junior,” in Billy Madison</a></li><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1031451/" rel="nofollow">“Did I Stutter,” in The Office</a></li><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065537/" rel="nofollow">Change of Habit</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porky_Pig" rel="nofollow">Porky Pig</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1504320/" rel="nofollow">The King’s Speech</a></li><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104952/" rel="nofollow">My Cousin Vinny</a></li><li><a href="https://www.bransonshows.com/activity/MosesatSightandSoundTheatresBranson.cfm" rel="nofollow">Moses Play</a></li></ul><a href="https://www.ninagcomedian.com/appearances" rel="nofollow">Nina’s Upcoming Live Shows</a>:<ul><li><a href="https://laffq.com/g/85086/" rel="nofollow">April 15</a>: 501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95401</li><li><a href="https://laffq.com/g/85111/" rel="nofollow">April 16</a>: 4920 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94609</li><li><a href="https://laffq.com/g/85490/" rel="nofollow">April 22</a>: 1344 Park St, Alameda, CA 94501</li></ul>

Nina G on Stuttering Representation in TV, Film, and the Media

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<a href="https://westutter.org/team/eli-taulman/" rel="nofollow">Eli Taulman</a> is a teenager who has had a stutter since he first started talking. While he is proud of his stutter today, he didn’t always feel that way. He hid from the world by self-isolating and was deeply ashamed of his stutter growing up. A key turning point was attending his first National Stuttering Association conference where he met other stutterers for the first time. Maya and Cynthia chat with Eli, Proud Stutter’s youngest guest, about how he became proud of his stutter and offers advice for teens who may be struggling with their stutter. Mentioned in the episode:<ul><li><a href="https://westutter.org/" rel="nofollow">National Stuttering Association</a></li><li><a href="https://westutter.org/event/39th-conference/" rel="nofollow">Registration for NSA Conference</a></li><li><a href="https://westutter.org/families/teen-advisory-council/" rel="nofollow">National Stuttering Association Teen Advisory Council</a></li></ul> BE PART OF THE SHOW:Rate this pod: <a href="https://ratethispodcast.com/proudstutter" rel="nofollow">https://ratethispodcast.com/proudstutter</a> Have a question or comment - Leave a voicemail for Maya &amp; Cynthia at (415) 964-0140 - this is a voicemail-only line, so we promise you won&#39;t have to talk to someone in person!Be a guest on the show - we would love to talk with you! Send us an email at: <a href="mailto:info@proudsutter.com" rel="nofollow">info@proudsutter.com</a> FOLLOW PROUD STUTTER &amp; ITS CREATORS:Maya’s Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mayasharona" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/mayasharona</a> Maya’s Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/MayaSharona" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/MayaSharona</a> Cynthia’s Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cynthsta" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/cynthsta</a> Podcast website - <a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/contribute" rel="nofollow">www.proudstutter.com</a> Support us:Donate: <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/proudstutter" rel="nofollow">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/proudstutter</a>Buy cute merch: <a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/shop" rel="nofollow">https://www.proudstutter.com/shop</a> Share Proud Stutter with your friends: <a href="https://pod.link/1588336626" rel="nofollow">https://pod.link/1588336626</a>

A Teenager's Journey to Finding Pride In His Stutter

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There is no definitive answer to why a person stutters. However, thanks to Frank Guenther and his research lab at Boston University, the mystery of stuttering has become a little clearer. With advances in brain activity monitoring technology, neuroscientists like Frank are able to explore stuttering in exciting new ways. Frank joins Maya and Cynthia for a conversation about his research on the underlying causes of stuttering and how it may be related to speech production. Other topics mentioned in the episode:<ul><li>History of stuttering research and early misconceptions</li><li>Correlations between behavior development in childhood and fluency</li><li>Similarities between stutterers, neurotypical children, and adults with Parkinson’s</li><li>Is there a connection between being bilingual and having a stutter?</li><li>Stuttering differences in males and females</li><li>Opportunities for future stuttering research </li></ul> Quotes from the episode: “There are probably subtypes of stuttering that we will eventually need to separate out if we truly want to understand the behavior because otherwise we will just keep seeing variability from study to study.”“Relatively little research has been done in females who stutter so one of the things that we hope to learn from our collaboration with Dr. Chang’s lab is whether there are different developmental trajectories for males and females that might give us more insight into what&#39;s happening and why it&#39;s more likely that a males will continue to stutter, compared to a female who stuttered as a child.”Mentioned in the episode:<ul><li><a href="https://sites.bu.edu/guentherlab/news/" rel="nofollow">Guenther Lab at Boston University</a></li><li><a href="https://chang.lab.medicine.umich.edu/home" rel="nofollow">Speech Neurology Lab at the University of Michigan</a></li><li><a href="https://grants.nih.gov/policy/inclusion/women-and-minorities/guidelines.htm" rel="nofollow">NIH Policy and Guidelines on The Inclusion of Women and Minorities as Subjects in Clinical Research</a></li></ul>BE PART OF THE SHOW:Rate this pod: <a href="https://ratethispodcast.com/proudstutter" rel="nofollow">https://ratethispodcast.com/proudstutter</a> Have a question or comment - Leave a voicemail for Maya &amp; Cynthia at (415) 964-0140 - this is a voicemail-only line, so we promise you won&#39;t have to talk to someone in person!Be a guest on the show - we would love to talk with you! Send us an email at: <a href="mailto:info@proudsutter.com" rel="nofollow">info@proudsutter.com</a>FOLLOW PROUD STUTTER &amp; ITS CREATORS:Maya’s Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mayasharona" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/mayasharona</a> Maya’s Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/MayaSharona" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/MayaSharona</a> Cynthia’s Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cynthsta" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/cynthsta</a> Podcast website - <a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/contribute" rel="nofollow">www.proudstutter.com</a> Support us:Donate: <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/proudstutter" rel="nofollow">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/proudstutter</a>Buy cute merch: <a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/shop" rel="nofollow">https://www.proudstutter.com/shop</a> Share Proud Stutter with your friends: <a href="https://pod.link/1588336626" rel="nofollow">https://pod.link/1588336626</a>

Uncovering The Causes of Stuttering, An Interview With A Neuroscientist

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People who stutter are starting to create support groups at their workplaces as a way to create a safe space to discuss stuttering and sharing tips and strategies. Mike Meaney is one of these people. He recently started a stuttering support group at one of the biggest technology companies in the world.Maya and Cynthia talk with Mike about how he started a support group at <a href="https://about.facebook.com/meta/" rel="nofollow">Meta</a> (formerly known as Facebook), and how it has transformed his workplace environment for the better.Topics covered include:<ul><li>Coming out as a person who stutters at work</li><li>Managing a team as a person who stutters</li><li>Advocating for speech therapy accommodations at Meta</li><li>Opening up about the toughest moments growing up with a stutter</li><li>Advice for managing stress at work</li><li>Stuttering and its connection to having a high vocabulary</li></ul> BE PART OF THE SHOW:Rate this pod: <a href="https://ratethispodcast.com/proudstutter" rel="nofollow">https://ratethispodcast.com/proudstutter</a>Have a question or comment - Leave a voicemail for Maya &amp; Cynthia at (415) 964-0140 - this is a voicemail-only line, so we promise you won&#39;t have to talk to someone in person!Be a guest on the show - we would love to talk with you! Send us an email at: <a href="mailto:info@proudsutter.com" rel="nofollow">info@proudsutter.com</a> FOLLOW PROUD STUTTER &amp; ITS CREATORS:Maya’s Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mayasharona" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/mayasharona</a>Maya’s Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/MayaSharona" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/MayaSharona</a>Cynthia’s Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cynthsta" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/cynthsta</a>Podcast website - <a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/contribute" rel="nofollow">www.proudstutter.com</a>Support us:Donate: <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/proudstutter" rel="nofollow">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/proudstutter</a>Buy cute merch: <a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/shop" rel="nofollow">https://www.proudstutter.com/shop</a>Share Proud Stutter with your friends: <a href="https://pod.link/1588336626" rel="nofollow">https://pod.link/1588336626</a>

Creating a Safe Space at Work For People Who Stutter

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The movement to expand diversity and inclusivity in newsrooms is growing. Yet stuttering, a speech disability affecting nearly 1% of the population, is seldom talked about in the newsroom.This week, Mariam Elba speaks with Maya and Cynthia about what it’s like to have a stutter in the newsroom. Mariam, a woman who stutters, is a research reporter at Pro Publica and an adjunct professor at CUNY’s Craig Newmark Journalism School. Mariam talks about her journey to becoming a reporter and how she didn’t let her stutter get in the way of pursuing journalism as a career and teaching.“Don&#39;t be afraid to kind of go after what you feel really passionate about. Like if there are stories that you like, that you&#39;re seeing, and that you want to write about and report on that you&#39;re not seeing elsewhere, you should be the person to do that reporting. And that like, you know, your stutter doesn&#39;t like make you any less qualified to be someone speaking in like a public-facing setting.”Other topics mentioned:<ul><li>Power of mentorship</li><li>Having a stutter and teaching</li><li>Meeting other people who stutter in the newsroom</li><li>Being around other people who stutter for the first time</li><li>Advice for aspiring teachers who stutter</li><li>Tips for introducing yourself as a person who stutters in a group</li><li>Asking about a person’s stutter: a positive real-life example</li><li>The challenges of following up with sources</li><li>Maya’s experience working in PR with a stutter </li><li>Dealing with stress at the workplace</li></ul>Mentioned in the episode:<ul><li><a href="https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/" rel="nofollow">CUNY’s Craig Newmark’s School of Journalism</a></li><li><a href="https://www.propublica.org/" rel="nofollow">Pro Pubilca</a></li><li><a href="https://www.thenation.com/" rel="nofollow">The Nation</a></li></ul>BE PART OF THE SHOW:Rate this pod: <a href="https://ratethispodcast.com/proudstutter" rel="nofollow">https://ratethispodcast.com/proudstutter</a>Have a question or comment - Leave a voicemail for Maya &amp; Cynthia at (415) 964-0140 - this is a voicemail-only line, so we promise you won&#39;t have to talk to someone in person!Be a guest on the show - we would love to talk with you! Send us an email at: <a href="mailto:info@proudsutter.com" rel="nofollow">info@proudsutter.com</a>FOLLOW PROUD STUTTER &amp; ITS CREATORS:Maya’s Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mayasharona" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/mayasharona</a>Maya’s Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/MayaSharona" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/MayaSharona</a>Cynthia’s Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cynthsta" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/cynthsta</a>Podcast website - <a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/contribute" rel="nofollow">www.proudstutter.com</a>Support us:Donate: <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/proudstutter" rel="nofollow">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/proudstutter</a>Buy cute merch: <a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/shop" rel="nofollow">https://www.proudstutter.com/shop</a>Share Proud Stutter with your friends: <a href="https://pod.link/1588336626" rel="nofollow">https://pod.link/1588336626</a>

Stuttering in the Newsroom with Pro Publica’s Mariam Elba

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Blackness, stuttering, music, and religion are all complex topics in their own right. Yet, Jerome Ellis combines them beautifully in his work, like when he uses academic and theoretical language to parse out the relationship between blackness and music.In the second part of our interview with Ellis, we talk more about his album, The Clearing, and how he draws out the beauty of stuttering through various mediums – history to show the connection between music and blackness, and comparing waiting birds and trees to the unknowingness of stuttering.“If I were...if I were repeating the first syllable of a book title than they…then [people] would be less likely to hang up because they would hear like, and they might be like – Oh, he&#39;s stuttering right now – but, because [my] glottal block so often sounds silent…people don&#39;t know what&#39;s happening, and…it&#39;s been so painful for so many years, but I gradually I’ve been able [to see there is something important there] in the not knowing.”Other topics include:<ul><li>How Blackness and stuttering play next to each other</li><li>Historical knot of blackness and music </li><li>Mosaics of difference</li><li>Voluntary and involuntary stuttering</li><li>Herons and stuttering</li><li>Honoring the mystery and beauty of the stutter</li><li>Stuttering and the state of unknowing </li><li>Tress and stuttering</li><li>Glottal block stuttering vs. repeating syllables in TV and film</li><li>“Stuttering is an occasion to be present in complex thought”</li></ul> Mentioned in the episode:<ul><li>“We do not live single-issue lives” - Audrey Lorde</li><li><a href="https://blueflowerarts.com/artist/saidiya-hartman/" rel="nofollow">Historian Saidiya Hartman</a></li><li>Track 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 of <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/77zXL1yiR0yr0ek0YG4Zs0?si=Ri99_zXXS7-Ef_n33fhV5Q" rel="nofollow">The Clearing</a></li><li>History of the word <a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/grallatorial" rel="nofollow">grallatorial</a></li><li><a href="https://www.thisamericanlife.org/713/made-to-be-broken" rel="nofollow">This American Life episode</a> featuring Jerome</li><li>“<a href="https://www.shambhala.com/the-cloud-of-unknowing-15115.html" rel="nofollow">The Cloud of Unknowing</a>”</li><li>Jerome’s forthcoming projects</li></ul> Upcoming Live Performances:<ul><li>April 10, 2022: <a href="https://www.rewirefestival.nl/" rel="nofollow">Rewire Festival in The Hague, Netherlands</a></li><li>May 7, 2022: <a href="https://cdn.cstwo.dgbrt.de/static-shop/event/54.html?channel=xjazz#/category/189" rel="nofollow">XJAZZ! Festival in Berlin, Germany</a></li><li>July 2022: <a href="https://hausderkunst.de/en/exhibitions/tune-1" rel="nofollow">Performances at Haus Der Kunst in Munich, Germany</a></li></ul> BE PART OF THE SHOW:Rate this pod - <a href="https://ratethispodcast.com/proudstutter" rel="nofollow">https://ratethispodcast.com/proudstutter</a> Have a question or comment - Leave a voicemail for Maya &amp; Cynthia at (415) 964-0140 - this is a voicemail-only line, so we promise you won&#39;t have to talk to someone in person!Be a guest on the show - we would love to talk with you! Send us an email at <a href="mailto:info@proudsutter.com" rel="nofollow">info@proudsutter.com</a>. FOLLOW PROUD STUTTER &amp; ITS CREATORS:Maya’s Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mayasharona" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/mayasharona</a> Cynthia’s LinkedIn - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthia-l-chin/" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthia-l-chin/</a> Podcast website - <a href="https://www.proudstutter.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.proudstutter.com</a>  SUPPORT US:Donate - <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/proudstutter" rel="nofollow">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/proudstutter</a> Buy cute merch - <a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/shop" rel="nofollow">https://www.proudstutter.com/shop</a> <a href="https://proudstutter.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?id=5311f4522e&u=8c4d15cffee4bd3785d738db4" rel="nofollow">Sign up</a> for Proud Stutter updates, news &amp; events

Stuttering, Blackness, and Music with JJJJJerome Ellis, Part 2

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JJJJJerome Ellis talks with Maya and Cynthia about the intersections of being a black person who stutters and a musician, how his views of his disability evolved since childhood, and why it was so important for him to connect his stutter to his ancestral history of slavery in his work. He also highlights how the stage is a safe space for stuttering and music is a source of healing the pain he experienced as a child.“Growing up I felt so much of the pain and also the beauty of the stutter. Over time I’ve come to feel the stutter alters time, and music is another way that we can alter time. Part of what I was trying to do with The Clearing is to try to undo some of the things that have been told to me about stuttering and to transform the stuttering narrative through poetry, music, history, and philosophy.”Other topics include:<ul><li>Stuttering easily with animals</li><li>Intersectionality</li><li>Pain in not being able to connect with people</li><li>The stage as a safe space </li><li>Comparing stuttering to being frozen in time</li><li>Music as a source of healing</li><li>Being at odds with language</li><li>Poetry allows for so much freedom to explore language</li><li>Getting through interviews with a stutter</li></ul> LINKS FROM THE EPISODE:Jerome’s album <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/77zXL1yiR0yr0ek0YG4Zs0?si=VVMii-h4QuylI3uNAOrYLA" rel="nofollow">The Clearing</a>Jerome’s <a href="http://wendyssubway.com/publishing/titles/the-clearing" rel="nofollow">accompanying book</a> to The ClearingThe Guardian article, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/10/artist-and-stutterer-jjjjjerome-ellis-so-much-pain-comes-from-not-feeling-fully-human" rel="nofollow">Artist and stutterer JJJJJerome Ellis: ‘So much pain comes from not feeling fully human’</a>More about <a href="https://www.jamesandjerome.org/about" rel="nofollow">the collaboration between James Harrison Monaco and Jerome Ellis</a><a href="https://www.jamesandjerome.org/ink" rel="nofollow">Performance at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art</a><a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/brittney_cooper_the_racial_politics_of_time?referrer=playlist-10_great_talks_to_celebrate_bl" rel="nofollow">Brittany Cooper’s Racial Politics of Time TED Talk</a><a href="https://www.joshuastpierre.com/" rel="nofollow">Joshua St. Pierre</a>, Canada Research Chair in Critical Disability StudiesJerome&#39;s upcoming live performances:April 10, 2022: <a href="https://www.rewirefestival.nl/" rel="nofollow">Rewire Festival in The Hague, Netherlands</a>May 7, 2022: <a href="https://cdn.cstwo.dgbrt.de/static-shop/event/54.html?channel=xjazz#/category/189" rel="nofollow">XJAZZ! Festival in Berlin, Germany</a>July 2022: <a href="https://hausderkunst.de/en/exhibitions/tune-1" rel="nofollow">Performances at Haus Der Kunst in Munich, Germany</a>BE PART OF THE SHOW:Rate this pod: <a href="https://ratethispodcast.com/proudstutter" rel="nofollow">https://ratethispodcast.com/proudstutter</a>Have a question or comment - Leave a voicemail for Maya &amp; Cynthia at (415) 964-0140 - this is a voicemail-only line, so we promise you won&#39;t have to talk to someone in person!Be a guest on the show - we would love to talk with you! Send us an email at: <a href="mailto:info@proudsutter.com" rel="nofollow">info@proudsutter.com</a>FOLLOW PROUD STUTTER &amp; ITS CREATORS:Maya’s Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mayasharona" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/mayasharona</a>Maya’s Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/MayaSharona" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/MayaSharona</a>Cynthia’s Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cynthsta" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/cynthsta</a>Podcast website - <a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/contribute" rel="nofollow">www.proudstutter.com</a>Support us:Donate: <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/proudstutter" rel="nofollow">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/proudstutter</a>Buy cute merch: <a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/shop" rel="nofollow">https://www.proudstutter.com/shop</a>Share Proud Stutter with your friends: <a href="https://pod.link/1588336626" rel="nofollow">https://pod.link/1588336626</a>

Stuttering, Blackness, and Music with JJJJJerome Ellis, Part 1

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Not everyone who stutters shows it all the time. There are people who become very good at hiding it by substituting words, avoiding high-octane situations, and choosing to remain quiet to avoid stuttering. People like this are often identified as having a &#34;covert&#34; stutter.Both Maya and guest Sarah Nelson identify as covert stutters. In this episode, they talk about passing as fluent, disclosing to their families and friends, and analogies that describe their experiences. Other topics include:<ul><li>“Do I Stutter Enough?”</li><li>Harmful phrases that perpetuate ableism</li><li>A good example of someone reacting to your stutter</li><li>Getting through interviews with a stutter</li><li>“Am I Disabled Enough?” - Embracing a disability identity </li></ul> Mentioned in the episode:<a href="https://bookshop.org/books/untamed-9781984801258/9781984801258" rel="nofollow">Untamed by Glennon Doyle</a> BE PART OF THE SHOW:Rate this pod - <a href="https://ratethispodcast.com/proudstutter" rel="nofollow">https://ratethispodcast.com/proudstutter</a> Have a question or comment - Leave a voicemail for Maya &amp; Cynthia at (415) 964-0140 - this is a voicemail-only line, so we promise you won&#39;t have to talk to someone in person!Be a guest on the show - we would love to talk with you! Send us an email at <a href="mailto:info@proudsutter.com" rel="nofollow">info@proudsutter.com</a>. FOLLOW PROUD STUTTER &amp; ITS CREATORS:Maya’s Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mayasharona" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/mayasharona</a> Cynthia’s LinkedIn - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthia-l-chin/" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthia-l-chin/</a> Podcast website - <a href="https://www.proudstutter.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.proudstutter.com</a>  SUPPORT US:Donate - <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/proudstutter" rel="nofollow">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/proudstutter</a> Buy cute merch - <a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/shop" rel="nofollow">https://www.proudstutter.com/shop</a> <a href="https://proudstutter.us5.list-manage.com/subscribe?id=5311f4522e&u=8c4d15cffee4bd3785d738db4" rel="nofollow">Sign up</a> for Proud Stutter updates, news &amp; events

The Unpredictability of Covert Stuttering and Passing as Fluent

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Did you know there is a community of Speech-Language Pathologists who stutter? <a href="https://sfstutteringhelp.com/staff/bailey/" rel="nofollow">Bailey Levis</a>, a speech therapist and proud person who stutters, is the founder of the <a href="https://sfstutteringhelp.com/" rel="nofollow">San Francisco Speech and Fluency Center</a>. Bailey’s approach to stuttering treatment is unique in that he centers his practice around acceptance, confidence-building, and goal setting.Maya and Cynthia speak with Bailey about his stuttering treatment philosophy and what led him to become a speech therapist. Other topics covered include:<ul><li>The positives of having a speech therapist who also stutters</li><li>An incident that stopped Maya’s dream of becoming a speech therapist</li><li>Avoiding certain classes</li><li>Neurodiversity</li><li>What advice would Bailey give his 8-year-old self?</li></ul>Addendum for Episode 6 of Proud Stutter: When Bailey mentions the term &#34;neurotypical&#34; in the episode, he meant to use the term &#34;neurodiverse.&#34;(A full transcript of the episode is available <a href="http://www.proudstutter.com/proud-stutter-season-1-ep-6" rel="nofollow">here</a>)QuotesAt 5:45 - “As adults, we-we-we&#39;re gonna have to, you know, face our stuttering and manage it for our entire lives. But we don&#39;t have to let it stop us from living our lives to our fullest.”At 10: 37 - “[Stuttering Therapy] is about identifying uncomfortable situations and helping people to be comfortable in those uncomfortable situations…it&#39;s all the things that we avoid doing in our lives or the things that we avoid saying, that&#39;s the disability.”Mentioned in the episode:Tik Tok clip - <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/madisonmcgee/tiktok-with-a-stutter-drive-thru" rel="nofollow">This Woman With A Stutter Is Going Viral After Filming Herself Ordering At A Drive-Thru, And Her Videos Are Raising Awareness About The Disorder</a>San Francisco Speech and Fluency Center - www.sfstutteringhelp.comBE PART OF THE SHOW:Rate this pod - <a href="https://ratethispodcast.com/proudstutter" rel="nofollow">https://ratethispodcast.com/proudstutter</a>Have a question or comment - Leave a voicemail for Maya &amp; Cynthia at (415) 964-0140 - this is a voicemail-only line, so we promise you won&#39;t have to talk to someone in person!Be a guest on the show - we would love to talk with you! Send us an email at info@proudsutter.com.FOLLOW PROUD STUTTER &amp; ITS CREATORS:Maya’s Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mayasharona" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/mayasharona</a>Cynthia’s LinkedIn - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthia-l-chin/" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthia-l-chin/</a>Podcast website - <a href="https://www.proudstutter.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.proudstutter.com</a>SUPPORT US:Donate - <a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/contribute" rel="nofollow">https://www.proudstutter.com/contribute</a>Buy cute merch - <a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/shop" rel="nofollow">https://www.proudstutter.com/shop</a><a href="http://eepurl.com/hIJVZj" rel="nofollow">Sign up</a> for Proud Stutter updates, news &amp; events

Stuttering with Confidence: A Conversation with a Speech Therapist Who Stutters

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Maya and Cynthia talk to James Hayden, a person who stutters, a Tedx speaker, and the author of “Dear World, I Stutter.”Many stutterers like James and Maya have been discriminated against because of their stutter, whether it be in a job, during an interview, or at school.So often, we pass judgments on people by our first impressions of them, often without giving it a second thought. But how often do we take the time to look beyond our first impressions of someone?In this episode, Maya and Cynthia talk to James about first impressions and how to let go of self-judgment when stuttering in front of new people. LINKS!Purchase Jame’s book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dear-World-Stutter-Letters-Stutters/dp/1976248132" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Read writings by James <a href="https://themighty.com/u/james-hayden/" rel="nofollow">here</a>, <a href="https://www.stutteringhelp.org/search/node/james%20hayden" rel="nofollow">here</a>, <a href="https://stamma.org/search/content?fbclid=IwAR15OSMXocBG6uBOzEJI3XyGT6TLPR__yulURb8DaGvkAP3Iiu61tfmHiRY&keys=james+hayden" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and <a href="https://stutteredblog.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Support us:<a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/contribute" rel="nofollow">Donate</a><a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/shop" rel="nofollow">Buy cute merch</a>Email: info@proudsutter.com

Stuttering and Looking Beyond First Impressions

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Maya and Cynthia explore the Stuttering Subreddit, a supportive online community for people who stutter. Topics include parenting choices, stuttering through the pandemic, and the serious consequences of misunderstanding people who stutter.Links!<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/" rel="nofollow">Stuttering Subreddit</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-ntvNHwYIM" rel="nofollow">2021 NSA Keynote: Dream. Speak. Live: How To Navigate Fluency Conformity And Reduce Stuttering Stigma</a>Support us:<a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/contribute" rel="nofollow">Donate</a><a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/shop" rel="nofollow">Buy cute merch</a>Email: info@proudsutter.com

Stuttering Subreddit: Building Community Online

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Maya and her mom have a raw and emotional conversation about her stutter. Before this interview, Maya had never shared with her mom how she really felt about growing up with a stutter, how exhausting speech therapy was after school, and how hiding her stutter took so much out of her mentally.“Having all these tools to practice was just another kind of thing I had t-to think about when I never really wanted to do it in the first p-place. But at th-the same time, I really appreciate you going above and beyond t-to help me especially b-because at that time I really did hate my stutter...I felt so alone in it.”Support us:<a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/contribute" rel="nofollow">Donate</a><a href="https://www.proudstutter.com/shop" rel="nofollow">Buy cute merch</a>Links!<a href="http://www.stutteringhelp.org/referrals-information" rel="nofollow">Therapy referral lists of speech-language pathologists</a><a href="http://www.westutter.org/events" rel="nofollow">International Stuttering Association Events</a>

Real Talk with Mom: Stuttering Acceptance vs. Fluency

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Cynthia asks Maya about what it was like to date with a stutter. Maya’s perspective may surprise you. Hint: Filtering system.

Cynthia asks Maya about what it was like to date with a stutter. Maya’s perspective may surprise you. Hint: Filtering system.

Dating with a Stutter

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After hiding a part of herself for most of her life, Maya reveals things about her stutter she has never told anyone, not even her family.

After hiding a part of herself for most of her life, Maya reveals things about her stutter she has never told anyone, not even her family. She became an expert at avoiding certain words and passing as fluent, all in the effort to assimilate, fit into societal norms, and succumb to ableist expectations. 

How did Maya get from doing everything she could to hide her stutter to now embracing it? What happened when Maya started disclosing her stutter for the first time?

Find out in the first episode of Proud Stutter with hosts Maya Chupkov and Cynthia Chin. Maya is a proud person who stutters and Cynthia does not have a stutter. Join the journey to changing the conversation about stuttering so it is better understood by society and lifts more stuttering voices. 

LINKS:
For resources on stuttering, visit National Stuttering Association at www.westutter.org.
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Stuttering, The Coming Out Story

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Proud Stutter is a podcast series about shifting the narrative around stuttering.

Proud Stutter is a podcast series about shifting the narrative around stuttering. Host Maya Chupkov, a woman who stutters, discusses her experience with Cynthia who does not have a stutter.

The goal of the podcast is to bring justice to those who stutter and are constantly misunderstood by society, to raise awareness that stuttering is just a different way of speaking, where the very idea of “normal” speech is undone.

This podcast is for everyone because whether you know it or not, you’re connected to someone who has a stutter.

Introducing Proud Stutter!