Avoid Regrets – Episode 124
Posted on: July 28, 2014
Episode 124 features Natalie Bragan who hails from Fairfield, Maine. Natalie works for the state of Maine as a managing accountant. She is also a member of the Maine Chapter of the NSA.
Natalie recently returned from her first National Stuttering Association conference. She discusses what it was like, describing the gamut of emotions from overwhelming to empowering.
Listen in as we also discuss covert stuttering, the road to confidence and acceptance and stuttering more in intimate situations. Natalie also shares about her home schooling experience, which gave her many opportunities to be covert.
This was a great conversation and a chance to relive conference moments through the eyes of a first time attendee. Feel free to leave comments or ask questions, as feedback is a gift.
The podcast safe music used in this episode is credited to ccMixter.
Make Room For The Stuttering 
August 31, 2014 at 12:19 PM
Natalie,
I was at the last open mic session at this year’s NSA conference and I heard you speak. I learned things about Maine people that I didn’t know before! I don’t think that you rambled. It felt as if once you made the decision to get up it wasn’t as bad as you thought and you enjoyed yourself talking to others. It took me a long time to have the courage to go up, but after seeing you, I thought that if you could do it I could too. It felt great to be up there and it was hard to stop once I got started.