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		<title>Virtual Stuttering Panel</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 19:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday night, I had the opportunity and privilege to participate in a Google Hangout panel that was streamed live on YouTube. How cool is that? For National Stuttering Awareness Week 2013, a diverse panel discussed stuttering, feelings and myths in an effort to educate stutterers and non-stutterers about the daily reality of living with stuttering. Several countries were [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6502&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Make Your Voice Heard</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 23:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s post doesn&#8217;t have a lot to do with stuttering. Or maybe it does in some way. Yesterday I had a conversation with someone who challenged me to find a way to make my voice heard. That was hard to hear, as I like to think my voice is loud and clear. I am open [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6493&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To Fear Or Not To Fear</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 17:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stuttering requires a degree of fearlessness. In order to stutter openly, at some point, we have to lose the fear we have of being made fun of, or laughed at, or getting &#8220;the look.&#8221; For most of us, letting go of that fear is hard to do. The fear of stuttering may indeed be more debilitating than the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6488&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Very Little Interaction</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 20:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve noticed that on days when I have very little opportunity for speaking that my stuttering is more pronounced when I do finally speak. Has anyone had that experience? I&#8217;ll notice it when I have to make a telephone call, that I&#8217;ll trip or block on words that I hardly ever do. It must be [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6481&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Confident Radiance &#8211; Episode 102</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 102 features Samantha Agan, who hails from the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Sam is originally from Philadelphia. Sam is a full-time college student studying psychology and also works full-time as a care giver for the elderly. Sam is planning to pursue her Master&#8217;s degree in psychology, with a long-term career goal of forensic psychology. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6474&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can Stuttering Be Cute?</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2013/04/22/can-stuttering-be-cute/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Burt from Belgium posed the question on one of the stuttering forums about how should one react when someone says our stuttering is cute. He wonders if people are just being nice by saying that. Quite a few people weighed in with their comments and insights. Some say it&#8217;s never happened. Some say [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6469&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Katherine Preston&#8217;s Out With It</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2013/04/15/katherine-prestons-out-with-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Be sure to check out Katherine Preston&#8217;s book, Out With It: How Stuttering Helped Me Find My Voice, which hits the shelves tomorrow April 16, 2013. This memoir details the journey that took Katherine from her home in London to many different cities in the United States to find meaning in her stuttering. I have met Katherine [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6460&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stuttering As A Mental Disorder</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2013/04/09/stuttering-as-a-mental-disorder/</link>
		<comments>http://stutterrockstar.com/2013/04/09/stuttering-as-a-mental-disorder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is quite a discussion roiling on one of the email groups about stuttering being renamed “childhood onset fluency disorder.” This classification will be found in the DSM-5, due to be released in May 2013. The DSM is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. All mental disorders (and medical conditions for that matter) [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6452&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Voting For A Stutterer</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2013/04/06/voting-for-a-stutterer/</link>
		<comments>http://stutterrockstar.com/2013/04/06/voting-for-a-stutterer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, Lazaro Arabos made it through another round on American Idol this week. In fact, voters put him in the top three this week. This came as a surprise, since Lazaro forgot some lyrics in his duet performance this week, just like he did in last week&#8217;s performance. And Jimmy Iovine, the show&#8217;s mentor, had predicted [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6446&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Model For Stuttering</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2013/03/31/medical-model-for-stuttering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Google alerts, I received this update today, about the Kirkup Center for the Medical Treatment of Stuttering. The Kirkcup Center is associated with UC Irvine Health (in California.) The center is (claims to be) the only program that treats stuttering as a medical condition, and combines medication and psychotherapy with speech therapy to reduce stuttering symptoms. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6435&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taking On Courage</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2013/03/19/taking-on-courage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s amazing to see how many people who stutter are using social media to bolster their confidence and speaking skills. The rise of Facebook groups for the stuttering community has really spurred people to take and create more opportunities to share a little about themselves in ways that were previously off-limits. This evening, I strolled over [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6421&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Owning Our Stuff</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2013/03/17/owning-our-stuff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the hardest things about being human is owning when we are part of the problem, instead of the solution. My guard has been up recently and I have been reacting quite defensively to things around me, and to people too. I&#8217;m taking things personally that maybe I shouldn&#8217;t. Instead of communicating my feelings and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6411&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Work Problems And Speech</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2013/03/12/work-problems-and-speech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been experiencing a lot of stress and tension at work recently. My team is facing challenges and opportunities as we look to grow and expand our programs. It feels like we are experiencing growing pains. I have reached out to one or two people for counsel and advice as I try to work my way [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6402&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Three Tough Cookies &#8211; Episode 101</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2013/03/01/three-tough-cookies-episode-101/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 101 features three women who stutter who have all recently made their acting debuts. All three women live in New Jersey. Katherine Filer is a long time computer consultant and recent life coach, Lucy Reed is a school based speech and language pathologist and Sue Camlin is a retired public school teacher who is involved [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6383&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking Barriers &#8211; 100th Episode</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2013/02/12/breaking-barriers-100th-episode/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 100 features Tamara Nunes, who hails from Maryland, via Brazil. She works in the disability field. Tamara was the very first guest on this podcast back in May 2010. We discuss acceptance and confidence, communicating at work, and speech therapy experiences. Tamara discusses being close to the University of Maryland, where Vivian Sisskin works, who [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6363&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Speeding Up Slows Us Down</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2013/02/07/speeding-up-slows-us-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend asked me to raise this question on Facebook. Do people who stutter tend to stutter more when talking with people who talk very fast? The question got a lot of responses. Many indicated that the pressure to speak faster increases anxiety, which then increases the stuttering. Some said they know they can&#8217;t keep [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6359&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Keep On Keeping On &#8211; Episode 99</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2013/01/29/keep-on-keeping-on-episode-99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 99 features Pamela Woebkenberg, who hails from Cincinati, Ohio.  Pam works as an office manager in a retail showroom, a communication heavy job. Pam and I met at the National Stuttering Association (NSA)  annual conference in Cleveland in 2010. Pam is actively involved with her local chapter of the NSA and is helping to launch [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6348&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>He Doesn&#8217;t Stutter When He Sings</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2013/01/19/he-doesnt-stutter-when-he-sings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s known that most people who stutter don&#8217;t stutter when they sing. The brain uses different areas for speech production and singing. So it was a bit offensive when judges on American Idol told a young man who stutters after singing beautifully during his audition that he should just sing all of the time. Can [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6338&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Gonna Fight -Episode 98</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2013/01/14/im-gonna-fight-episode-98/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 98 features Danielle W, who hails from the Bay area of California. Danielle is 17 years old and a senior in high school. Danielle is currently applying to colleges, and hopes to double major in musical theater and either business or psychology. As you will hear in our chat, Danielle is passionate about musical [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6327&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hey, You Can&#8217;t Say You Stutter</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2013/01/09/hey-you-cant-say-you-stutter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night at my Toastmasters meeting, we were all asked to introduce ourselves and tell each other what Toastmasters has done for us. Guests or new members were asked to share how they hoped to benefit from joining Toastmasters. Two people who spoke before me both used the word &#8220;stutter&#8221; in their introductions. A veteran [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6319&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Not Just An Event-Episode 97</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2013/01/04/not-just-an-event-episode-97/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 97 features Chloe Whittaker, who hails from Covington, Washington (near Seattle.) Chloe is 19 years old, attends community college full-time and also works full-time as a veterinary assistant. Wow, talk about busy! Speaking about her job, you can tell she really loves it, as she says she &#8220;helps to save lives.&#8221; Chloe has been [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6308&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Force It</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/12/31/dont-force-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 10:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On this last day in December 2012, I looked back at some of the many posts I&#8217;ve written since February 2009. It&#8217;s wondrous to me that I&#8217;ve kept up with blogging for almost 4 years.  Not everyone can say that. It&#8217;s easy to start something. The hard part is sticking with it, and sustaining it. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6298&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stuttering Radar</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/12/19/stuttering-radar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever I hear someone else stutter, that I wasn&#8217;t expecting, my stuttering radar kick in. What do I mean? I was at a networking meeting on Thursday and a woman from a local agency was the main presenter. She stuttered. My ears picked it up right away and I felt my cheeks warm, as this surprised me. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6290&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Out Of Hiding-Episode 96</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/12/13/out-of-hiding-episode-96/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 96 features Kelsey Smith, who hails from Springfield, Illinois. Kelsey is currently a student at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point. Kelsey will graduate in May 2013 with a history degree. Kelsey loves to travel and is considering involvement with the Peace Corps. We met in July in Tampa, FL at the National Stuttering Association (NSA) [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6281&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Speed Networking And Stuttering</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/12/08/speed-networking-and-stuttering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 19:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tried something totally outside of my comfort zone this week. I attended a professional networking group meeting, where the theme was &#8220;speed networking.&#8221; I was apprehensive before the meeting, as I had no idea what to expect. All I knew was that it involved talking and meeting people, quickly. Upon arrival, I was warmly greeted [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6271&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dictation Apps and Stuttering</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/12/01/dictation-apps-and-stuttering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 23:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many of you have the iPhone 4S with Siri? Do you use it? Do you like it? Today I got together with a couple of friends who stutter and we hung out over lunch and caught up, with lots of laughing and stuttering. We got talking about the dictation apps on smartphones and one [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6267&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Himself &#8211; Male Episode 19</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/11/20/finding-himself-male-episode-19/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 19 features John Harrison, who &#8220;ran away from home at age 25.&#8221; He went from New York to California with nothing but a 5 day hotel reservation. John wanted to go to California to find himself and his identity, and understand his stuttering, which took the form of silent blocks. Listen in as we [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6252&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5 Ways To Disclose Your Stuttering</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/11/15/5-ways-to-disclose-your-stuttering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. If you are meeting someone new for the first time, and you are engaging in small talk that leads to sharing a little about yourself, consider mentioning that you stutter. An easy way is to say something like, &#8220;One of the really unique things about me is I stutter. If you don&#8217;t know much about stuttering, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6246&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Didn&#8217;t Know I Stuttered &#8211; Episode 95</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/11/12/i-didnt-know-i-stuttered-episode-95/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 95 features Caitlyn McSally, who grew up in Monroe, Connecticut and went to undergraduate school in New Paltz, New York, about an hour and half from where I live. Caitlyn is currently in Columbia, South Carolina, studying for her Master&#8217;s degree in Speech Language Pathology. When asked why she chose this field, Caitlyn shares [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6233&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m The Guest This Time</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/11/09/im-the-guest-this-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am proud and delighted to be a guest on my friend Evan Sherman&#8217;s blog and podcast that he started recently. Evan and I have a conversation about involvement in the stuttering community, and the &#8220;evolution&#8221; of my journey. You can listen to it here. For purists, you can also access it from this direct [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6225&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Look What I&#8217;m Doing-Male Episode 18</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/11/05/look-what-im-doing-male-episode-18/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 18 of the conversations with men features Ray Welchman, who hails from South Australia. Ray is a systems engineer in a defense company. He also runs &#8220;Feel The Fear&#8221; workshops as a licensed trainer for Susan Jeffers training. Jeffers wrote the wonderful book Feel The Fear and Do It Anyway. Listen in as we [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6204&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Falling Off A Cliff</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/10/27/falling-off-a-cliff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2012 13:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does the actual moment of stuttering feel like to you? Yesterday in a training, we were talking about metaphors and the trainer was asking us to apply metaphors for things we were feeling. We were then to dig deep to see if we could identify the feelings behind the metaphor we chose. No one [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6194&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are We Better Off? -Episode 94</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/10/22/are-we-better-off-episode-94/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 94 is a special &#8220;monologue&#8221; version, where it&#8217;s just me, without a guest. Today, on International Stuttering Awareness Day, I offer my thoughts on a question I have pondered. Are we, as a stuttering community, better off than we were before we had so many support and self-help resources available? We can answer that [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6184&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Geeez</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/10/19/geeez/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I consider myself to be a fairly well adjusted, confident stutterer, after many years of hiding my stuttering, and denial that hiding it bothered me. These days, I stutter openly and talk about my stuttering often. I understand the complexity and variability of stuttering. Many of my friends remark often how cool it is to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6173&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Free To Speak Freely &#8211; Episode 93</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/10/16/free-to-speak-freely-episode-93/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 10:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 93 features Barbara Dahm, a Board Recognized Specialist in Fluency Disorders, who alternates between New Jersey and Israel. She has been a speech clinician for 40+ years. Barbara talks about a 17-year old girl she worked with early in her career who had a severe stutter. She talks about trying to find the answer [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6153&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Listening Deeply</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/10/12/listening-deeply/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the FRIENDS conference this past July, one of the phrases I heard that really stuck with me was &#8220;listening deeply.&#8221; People were asked what they hoped to get out of the conference, and someone wrote they hoped they would learn to listen more deeply. I have heard many people who stutter say they think [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6147&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Devil You Know</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/10/08/the-devil-you-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the papers on this year&#8217;s International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) online conference resonated strongly with me. ISAD 2012 presentations can be found on The Stuttering Homepage. The paper is titled Relapse Following Successful Stuttering Therapy: The Problem of Choice, by Ryan Pollard. In it, he discusses how difficult it is to change our [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6132&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The River&#8217;s Flow &#8211; Episode 92</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/10/02/the-rivers-flow-episode-92/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 10:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 92 features Ruth Mead, who hails from Dallas, Texas. Ruth is a writer, and before that she ran a car business. Ruth started writing when she was 33, and wrote non-stop for 3 months. She reached the point where she had entered &#8220;the flow,&#8221; meaning that she was just free writing and not having [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6114&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shared Secrets</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/09/29/shared-secrets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2012 14:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All of us have secrets &#8211; those deep dark thoughts that we keep to ourselves because we are embarrassed or ashamed or we think we&#8217;re the only one. With the rise of the stuttering community, many of us now know that we are not the only one. Maybe our secrets are similar to others who [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=5926&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More Than Words &#8211; Male Episode 17</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/09/25/more-than-words-male-episode-17/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 17 of the conversations with men who stutter features Robert Lucas, who hails from a small town in South Australia. Robert worked for 26 years in the gas pipe lines industry. He had worked his way up to an Inspector, before retirement. Robert shared how participating in engineering meetings was always tough for him. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6091&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>International Stuttering Awareness Day 2012</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/09/21/international-stuttering-awareness-day-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Make your plans now to check into this years&#8217; International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) on-line conference that starts on October 1 and runs through ISAD,  October 22,2012. This is always one of the marquee conferences of the year, because of its unique format. Presenters submit papers or presentations that are available to be read and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6078&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Care and Feeding Of Stuttering</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/09/15/care-and-feeding-of-stuttering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2012 15:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was asked this week during a meeting to introduce myself and tell my &#8220;story&#8221; to a new team I will be working with. The Director wanted to know our work and personal backgrounds, and essentially what makes us tick and our values. I chose to include some discussion about my stuttering journey, as how [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6068&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sport Of Speaking &#8211; Male Episode 16</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/09/11/sport-of-speaking-male-episode-16/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 16 features Geoff Johnston, who hails from Strathalbyn, South Australia. Geoff is presently the Regional Director for the McGuire program. &#8220;There is so much more to stuttering than speech.&#8221; Geoff talks about how fears, anxieties and self-limiting beliefs are well addressed in the McGuire program and how satisfying it is to see people&#8217;s lives [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6054&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stuttering To Win Votes</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/09/07/stuttering-to-win-votes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting story came my way yesterday. Friends from the stuttering community passed this article around &#8211; &#8220;Did Michelle Obama Fake A Stutter?&#8221; to see what &#8220;real stutterers&#8221; think of someone who may have used stuttering to exude sincerity. Stop for a minute and think about that. Why would someone giving a powerhouse political speech [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6047&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Planting Seeds &#8211; Episode 91</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/09/04/planting-seeds-episode-91/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 91 features Annie Bradberry, who hails from Corona, California. Annie was the Director of the National Stuttering Association for 10 years. She has been involved with the NSA all of her adult life. Presently, Annie works as the Director of Development of The 100 Mile Club, a physical fitness and lifestyles program for kids [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6033&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Only All The Time &#8211; Male Episode 15</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/08/27/only-all-the-time-male-episode-15/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 15 of the series of conversations with men who stutter features Hanan Hurwitz, who hails from Ra&#8217;anana, Israel, via South Africa. Hanan is an electrical engineer, and works for a company that makes server control equipment. Hanan attended his first National Stuttering Association conference in 2010. We discuss the power of support and community [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6021&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: What Stuttering Treatments Are Effective?</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/08/21/review-what-stuttering-treatments-are-effective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[approaches to manage stuttering]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read the e-book What Stuttering Treatments Are Effective? by Thomas David Kehoe. This is a survey of more than 200 scientific reviews of therapy approaches, mechanical devices or software and medication. Kehoe makes no attempt to state which approach is best. Instead, he just makes evidence-based research available for the reader in an [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=6005&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>All Heart &#8211; Male Episode 14</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/08/14/all-heart-male-episode-14/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 14 of the series of conversations with men who stutter features Grant Meredith, who hails from Victoria, Australia. Grant works at the University of Ballarat, as a Lecturer in multimedia and gaming. He is also coordinator for introduction and welfare for first-year students. Grant takes a very matter of fact approach to his stuttering, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=5990&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Even When Stuttering Is Safe</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/08/10/even-when-stuttering-is-safe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even when stuttering is safe and encouraged, and in the majority, some people still struggle with the social interaction. It may be because they never learned how to be social. They missed out on learning conversational skills because they feared  judgment I was one of those people. I was ashamed of my stuttering, so I [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=5928&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing Her Path &#8211; Episode 90</title>
		<link>http://stutterrockstar.com/2012/08/06/choosing-her-path-episode-90/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Mertz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 90 features Briana Pipkin who was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Briana is 21 years old and currently a senior at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. She is studying to become a speech language pathologist. Briana decided to study speech language pathology after ruling out other career paths and remembering a positive experience [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stutterrockstar.com&#038;blog=7494927&#038;post=5968&#038;subd=stutterrockstar&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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