My Stuttering Life

Today's featured guest is Daniel Lopriore. Mr. Lopriore is a 28 year old music producer from Perth, Australia. He started producing music at the age of 22. He wanted to take producing full time and few out to Los Angeles to attend the music school Icon Collective. Daniel has been stuttering his whole life and just recently started YouTubing, sharing stories about his life growing up with a stutter. He hopes these stories can help young kids who stutter understand that you can still have a normal life, and achieve your dream.

I believe there is healing in sharing and Mr. Lopriore is an inspiration to all. I am very appreciative of all the guests that have shared their story of adversity and triumphs on the MSL podcast.

If you want more information on Daniel Lopriore, here is the contact information:

There comes a time when an interview doesn't feel like an interview and feels more like friends chatting in a coffee house.  My guest, Lanny Morris, brought back some fond memories of when I used to live in Corpus Christi, Texas.  Mr. Morris is a 47 year old association executive in the world of not-for-profit, non-government entities and states that his stutter is his friend.  Mr. Morris is happily married with two children and enjoys life on the Treasure Coast of Florida.  Mr. Morris told me that he found out about my podcast when he attended Podcast Movement 2019 last March in Orlando, Florida.

I believe that there is healing in sharing and Mr. Morris is an inspiration to all.  I am very appreciative of all the guests that have shared their story of adversity and triumphs on the MSL podcast.

If you would like to reach out to Mr. Lanny Morris, you can email him at:  lanmorrisvo@gmail.com

Thank you to Epidemic Sound for the intro/outro music.  https://www.epidemicsound.com/

Thank you to Chris Jackson from the Stop Holding Back Foundation for the intro jingle.  For more information on the 'Stop Holding Back Foundation' check out these links:

James Hayden returns as my special guest to discuss his Tedx Talk experience and his book  "Dear World, I Stutter".   This book can help many people who stutter in their journey and I will be purchasing my book today! 

I believe there is healing in sharing and Mr. Hayden is an inspiration to all.  I am very appreciative of all the guests that have shared their story of adversity and triumphs on the MSL podcast.

If you wish to contact James Hayden, here is the contact information:

Email:  dearworldistutter@gmail.com

Today's featured guest is James Hayden.  Mr. Hayden lives in the New Orleans area and works for Ochsner Health System as an HLA Technologist.  Outside of work, James is a writer and serves as the chapter leader for the New Orleans chapter of the National Stuttering Association.  James is also the author of "Dear World, I Stutter" and his work has been published by various platforms such as The Mighty, Yahoo, MSN and the British Stammering Association.  James is also a New Orleans Saints fan and a Survivor Superfan.  We will continue this conversation next week where James Hayden talks about his Tedx talk and dives deeper into his book, "Dear World, I Stutter". 

I believe there is healing in sharing and Mr. Hayden is an inspiration to all.  I am very appreciative of all the guests that have shared their story of adversity and triumphs on the MSL podcast.  

If you wish to contact James Hayden, here is the contact information: 

Email:  dearworldistutter@gmail.com

Today's featured guest is Mike Wallace.  Mr. Wallace is a 28 year old software engineer who also enjoys creating video games with others and playing them competitively (both of which can rely heavily on spoken communication).  Mr. Wallace also enjoys photography and creative writing, both of which he finds as a useful outlet for expressing himself out of speech.  Mr. Wallace is also a lifelong stutterer and he shares his story with us. 

I believe there is healing in sharing and Mr. Wallace is an inspiration to all.  If you would like to reach out to Mike Wallace, his twitter handle is:  https://twitter.com/KimChi_Pls

If you are a person who stutters then I know this has happened to you.  Have you ever walked into a store and wanted to ask for help but did not due to your stutter?  Listen to my story....

If this has happened to you, send me a voice message and let me know how you dealt with it.  We are all different in our stuttering journey but we have a common bond that we are not alone. Let's help one another and share our stories so that we can use this as a teaching moment moving forward.

If you are a person who stutters then I know this has happened to you.  When you are dialing a number and get ready to speak but nothing comes out and the other caller makes a rude remark (in my case) and hangs up on you it can be very devastating.  The after effects usually, in my case, resulted in falling back into my dark place for a while until I recovered.  I have learned that you have to keep moving forward and keep making those phone calls.  I learned to embrace my stutter and not fight it.  I learned that I will make mistakes but I will learn from them and keep moving forward.

If this has happened to you, send me a voice message and let me know how you dealt with it.  We are all different in our stuttering journey but we have a common bond that we are not alone. Let's help one another and share our stories so that we can use this as a teaching moment moving forward. 

What a year this has been for me.  A huge thank you to my son, Ethan,  who recorded his first jingle.  I would also like to thank my guests for their inspirational stories and my supporters for your amazing emails of encouragement.  I look forward to Season 2 of MSL podcast filled with more inspirational guests and episodes to let other PWS know that you are not alone and that we are in this together.  I believe that there is healing in sharing so let's kick off Season 2 with a BANG.  

Thank you to the Guru Warrior, David Hooper, Nicki Price, Michelenino, Maria Humphreys, Roy, Joni, Clint and Thomas Kenyon for your great voice messages.  I will be adding more as they come in and I'm so blessed to have this platform to share my life experiences as a PWS. 

For more information on these great podcasts, here are the links:

Today’s podcast has a special guest, Jason Curtis. Mr. Curtis has been involved with horses and horse shows for the majority of his life.  For many years he had operated Oakridge Farms, a breeding & boarding operation in Florida, but decided to pursue his dream of becoming a full-time horse show announcer.  He started announcing at a local horse show when he was asked to fill in for the regular announcer. The rest as they say is history, today he announces shows nationwide. In addition to announcing, Jason is producing his equine podcast series “Welcome to the Barn” available on all major podcast directories including iTunes and Google Play.  He has been featured in World Dressage News, has announced the equestrian portion of the Modern Pentathlon and in January of 2015 he announced the first ever USEF recognized Western Dressage show. He is a regular announcer at many hunter and jumper shows in Florida and dressage shows up and down the East coast of the United States. Mr. Curtis is also a person who stuttered as a young man, but has learned ways to mostly control his stutter.  

I would like thank Mr. Curtis for his bravery in sharing his story for the first time on this podcast as a person who stutters; there’s healing in sharing.