Episode 140 features Debbie Riordan, who hails from Dresser, Wisconsin. Debbie is a therapy aid at a nursing home. She really wants to get into writing, and is thinking of pursuing a college major called “Professional Communication and Emerging Media.”

Debbie shares many observations and insights about having lived with stuttering. She says, “I haven’t lived my life the way I could have.”  We talk about covert stuttering and the price one pays to live in hiding.

Debbie also candidly talks about social anxiety and wonders if it is because of her stuttering.

Listen in as we also discuss fears, namely being afraid of rejection. Debbie shares that she is “in her head a lot and needs to get out of there.” Debbie also mentions how she realizes she hasn’t measured her speech based on her stuttering but on her silence. This is powerful as it relates to covert stuttering.

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