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Stuttering Solutions Atlanta
by Tim Mackesey
If you seek a deeper understanding of stuttering and if you desire solutions, begin to listen. These podcasts offer stuttering help and stuttering therapy ideas. You are encouraged to begin listening at the bottom- with Purpose, Intention, and Stuttering. The content has continuity and everything begins with Purpose and Intention, doesn't it?
Episodes
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Stuttering, Shy Bladder, and Social Anxiety
I'm afraid to say my name and you fear public restrooms! We both have social anxiety that can control the decisions we make and how we navigate our day! You won't attend concerts or go to the shopping mall. I made up a lie and skipped a wedding to conceal my stuttering. We are both scared to tell...
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Projecting and Imagining Judgement
As a cognitive therapist I hear what I call "stuttering movies" all week long. People who stutter projecting thoughts, imagining judgement, and placing a "premium" on NOT stuttering with particular individuals. Examine your beliefs about stuttering to reduce your fear and anxiety.
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Advocate and Educate for Kids
If you fail to educate teachers, coaches, counselors, sitters, and other shareholders you roll the dice with kids who stutter. That is sobering but true.
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Anxiety and Internal Conflicts
People who stutter develop social anxiety (fear) related to stuttering. What explains the situations in which they cannot emply their"techniques" or "targets?" What are internal conflicts inside of stuttering therapy? Many pws report they have an internal conflict: they spent alot of energy and...
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Stacy Bruce: Earning her Freedom of Speech
Stacy Bruce, PharmD is a pharmacist in Alabama. Listen to her list of accomplishments with speaking and how she got to where she is today. Her roles at the hospital place her in numerous public speaking situations. She is a member of two Toastmasters clubs. Stacy spoke with me at the SHAA...
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Success through West Point, the Army, and MBA program: Kevin Colton's story
Imagine, if you stutter, getting through military school, the Army, learning Japanese and now a premier MBA program!?! Kevin & Tim catch up after 12 years. Kevin vividly remembers his speech therapy with Tim. We discuss holistic therapy that integrated CBT and SLP. Listen to this compelling story!
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My stuttering has "flared up!" What can I do about it?
Many adults who stutter struggle with a "flare up" or an "exacerbation" of stuttering and the feelings that come with it. Let's explore the anatomy of a flare up. How does it happen? What can I do about it? We need to explore the cognitive and the physical aspects of the flare up.
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Regional Sales Success Story: Courson Eells Interview
Listen to Courson share the victories from high school until now. Tim & Courson last spoke 11 years ago. Full-immersion and "trial by fire" are what we have in common. Courson is now 27 years old and he is thriving in sales. Stuttering will not slow him down!
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GOALS FOR 2025 (and beyond)
Happy New Year! It is time to get rid of FOPO. FOPO stands for Fear Other People's Opinion. FOPO leads to so much anxiety and avoidance, doesn't it. Listen to podcasts by Michael Gervais to start your year. Watch or re-watch The King's Speech and When I Stutter. Check me out on Insta and TikTok…
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"My Stuttering is a Burden"
In the last 33 years of being an SLP I have lost track of how many people say "my stuttering is a burden!" It may be worded as "I will hold up the meeting" or "the partners in my presentation will resent my stuttering" or "the waiter is busy and I have to speak fast or he'll be upset." Because I...
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Stanford Medical Student Who Stutters Interviews Tim
A fresh twist to my podcasts! Bhav Jain, a Stanford Medical student, interviews me. After listening to my podcasts, Bhav sent me an email with several questions intended to help him with his stuttering. Stuttering is a complex challenge and Bhav seeks the same insight as most adults who stutter…
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SSMP Progam: Dorvan Breitenfeldt, PhD is Joined by 5 SLPs
The Successful Stuttering Management Program (SSMP), started in 1962 by Dorv Breitenfeldt, PhD and Dee Lorenz, is powerful and relevant in today's stuttering therapy! Tim Mackesey, Joe Klein, Kim Krieger, Tom Gurrister, and Robbie Jackson are all SLPs who participated in this discussion…
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Stuttering is Like a Road with Speed Humps
If you stutter, you know that talking is like a road with speed humps. In your car, you approach speed humps be slowing down and easing over the hump. You'd never back up, right? When talking you will feel a stutter coming, maintain eye contact, slow down, loosen your speech muscles and ease the...
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I Stutter on the Word Stutter! Argh
For 32+ years I have seen pws stutter on the word stutter and tell me they fear the word! I used to stutter on the word stutter nearly 100% of the time. The bottom line is that we attach a strong negative meaning to stuttering on stutter- shame and embarrassment. Many people who stutter refer to…
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Did I Download a Stuttering App?
Tomorrow, next week, or 60 days from now how will I know to fear or avoid very specific words, sounds, or situations? Did I download an App to my brain that controls me? Experiences on my timeline create these fears and avoidance habits. Pschologists talk about "one trial learning" when a phobia…
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Speaking in Noisy Environments is Often Hard if you Stutter
I hear from people who stutter on a regular basis that it is hard to talk in noisy environments. Speaking when there is ambient noise, with multiple listeners competing to be heard, or "chaotic" moments was hard for me. I get it. We have to examine what we are thinking and feeling in those…
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An English and Spanish Transformation: Tyler Goodwyn
Tyler is a college senior who is earning a degree in psychology and a minor in Spanish. Listen and you will hear his speech pattern two years ago. He stuttered and cluttered 24 months ago. He has enjoyed his new speech pattern for 6 months now. Tyler will explain what he learned to make both...
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The Journey Begins Within and it Ends Within
This powerful quote is attributed to Sufism and it's philospophy of spiritual awakening. Stuttering is not an external thing that we are a victim to. Listen to explore how a pws can "peel the layers back" and investigate their stuttering. How can we breakthrough the grind of avoiding and anxety?...
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Dylan Cooper - Excelling in Public Speaking and Webinars!
"When the ojective is clear enough, there is no obstacle" ~Earl Nightingale I met Dylan when he was a sophomore in college- at age 20. Listen to his story. Like myself, it was very hard stuttering as a child. Now, as a senior VP for a fantasy sports gaming company he has to speak in meetings and...
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Golf and Stuttering
Like learning to play an instrument, golf has MANY similarities to stuttering. We need patience, self-forgiveness, to be free of a temper, and to not personalize bad shots or high scores. Golf has subtleties like wind, sand, deep rough, penalty strokes, hazards, and other twists and turns.…
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Reddit banned me for life!
Listen to the insane and stupid story. As of today, 100% of my podcasts, my articles, and my YouTube videos are FREE. Yet, I must be banned. LMAO
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When I don't think about talking I don't stutter
I have heard "when I don't think about talking I don't stutter" a million times. If only it was that easy! Can I be hypnotized today and never think about talking or stuttering? Nope. When athletes think "don't miss it!!" they do miss it. Sometimes they are "in the zone" and making 3 point shots…
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Internal Rules- Examine them and Break Free
People who stutter often have "internal rules." An example that pertains to voicemail on a phone would be: "I can't leave a stutter on someone's voicemail!" Or, "my personal greeting cannot have a stutter!" Another, "during an interview I cannot have blocks!...if I do, I won't be hired...little...
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You won't help me say my name?!?
An adolescent who was unable to say his name without dramatic blocking and who was being teased on a regular basis attended a stuttering day camp. When he asked for help with his name- the #1 reason he attended the camp- he was told "we don't do that here." When a SLP will not help child with his...
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Patience is Bitter but its Fruit is Sweet: A conversation with Lee Reeves
Managing a stuttter, being willing to disclose that you stutter, and coming out of your shell all take patience! Many of us tried to hide it for years. Lee Reeves, DVM is a retired veterinarian and he has been active in the stuttering community for decades. Lee and Tim examine the power of the...
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F.E.A.R = False Evidence Appearing Real
How many times have you feared the very worst about stuttering and the worst never happened? So many pws stuttered during interivews, they felt sure an offer would not come because of the stuttering and POOF the offer came! A pws can worry in the past tense and in the future tense. This is why...
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Self-Sabotaging Beliefs: What are Those?
I will not disclose my stutter! I will not use self-deprocating humore about my stutter! I will not use my new "stutter more easily" technique such as a pull-out with people who have seen me stutter for years! I will not tell anyone that I have joined a stuttering support group or that I attend...
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Rigid Beliefs- Identify Them and Destroy Them!
We have all experienced painful moments of stuttering during which we formed rigid beliefs. Rigid beliefs are the ones that we think are gospel, no one can talk us out of being under the spell of the belief we have, and we rationalize these toxic thoughts. What is a belief? L Michael Hall, of...
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Tyler Lane: A Transformation Interview
Tyler Lane is a 24 tax auditor. I met him when he was in 4th grade. Listen to his story of transforming his speech and unleashing his courage. He walks the walk.
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Go Through Stuttering! Be Brave and Take Chances
"The Best way out is always through!" Robert Frost How does that apply to stuttering? "You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore!" William Faulkner How does that apply stuttering? "A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for" John A...
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You FEEL a Stutter Coming: How is That and What to do About it
PWS feel a stutter coming in their soma (throat, chest, or stomach). This is related to anxiety about stuttering. This fact explains how pws develop very specific word fears and they are often overwhelmed in the moment. Most speech therapy techniques are focused on once the stutter is up in the...
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Break Stuttering Barriers by Using the Cartesian Questions!
If you stutter, these questions will help you get the leverage needed to summon up courage and purpose! If you help teens or adults who stutter, these questions will help them immensly. Mathematician Rene Descartes created this type of questioning in the early 1600's. Identify a fear you have…
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Controlling a Stutter?: Examining and Defining Control
The notion of "controlling a stutter" has become somewhat controversial. It requires a deep dive now. We have to define the concept in order to eliminate the 'black and white' thinking that exists for some in the stuttering community. Who gets to tell a person who stutters or a troubled parent…
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Acceptance!- How do I do it? What's in for me?
Many people who stutter spend the week trying to hide and conceal their stutter. The refusal to accept, disclose, and evolve creates anxiety and avoidance habits. Acceptance is defined as "the quality or state of being accepted." We who stutter often project on our listeners and we imagine a lack...
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Joseph Dewey- college student success story
Joseph is a rising junior at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC. He is studying economics. That was my undergraduate degree; ironically :) Joseph is rapidly reducing the severity of his stuttering. More importantly, he is taking on MANY sepaking challenges that are remarkable. He is...
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Grace Rieger interview: MLB analyst shares her courage to face stuttering
Tim and Grace talk about her fast paced job and the constant speaking demands in her role with the KC Royals. We learn Grace's back story and what she faced to get there. I have known Grace since she was 15 years old and stuttering will never stop her from a vision she has. She reminds me of…
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My techniques and targets don't work!
Many people who stutter are often baffled by and frustrated when the strategies, techniques, or "targets" don't seem to work when they want them the most! What are your strategies? Which ones are helpful and which ones are actually part of the problem? How does anxiety affect you and make it seem...
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Reverse Engineer Stuttering: Can I Really do that?
As we begin to stutter we typically develop a myriad of avoidance tricks and unique physical symptoms of struggle. If you attend a stuttering conference, you will see a wide array of stuttering behaviors. Word changing, looking away while stuttering, taking phone calls in privacy, and inserting...
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Noel Kierans: Software Testing Expert 20 Years After Speech Therapy
Noel and Tim reunite 20 years after speech therapy. Noel explains where he was when we met, the therapy we did together, and his success today! Using metaphors and analogies from computing we break it all down. People who stutter have malware (negative thoughts) that populate instantly and…
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Time-Line Therapy: Why We Need It
People who stutter (PWS) develop fear and avoidance habits. Unless we know how to help a pws with reducing fear and anxiety, we are not providing holistic therapy. An embarrassing moment of stuttering or avoiding talking is "stored to the hard drive"- it is consolidated, and it can be...
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Serving Bilingual Children Who Stutter - Interview
For a long time, bilingual families were told to discard their native language and to only use English. Many practitioners and clinicians force English on their clients and patients during appointments. Ana Paula G. Souza Mumy and John Gomez join Tim for an interview. Ana Paula's research was...
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Jeff Ingram Interview- retired sales executive 15 years after speech therapy
Listen as Jeff tells you about his milestones that led to a highly successful career in sales. In retirement, Jeff is a non-stop volunteer and a minister to those in need. Jeff describes his several attempts at speech therapy before we met and he found what was missing: cognitive behavioral…
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Watershed Moments Part 2: how victories transform us
Yesterday I explained the consequences of negative watershed moments that lead to anxiety and fear. A watershed moment is a turning point, the exact moment that changes the direction of an activity or situation. A pws can have victories that are positive watershed moments. Examples are: rewarding...
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Watershed Moments in Stuttering- how is the stuttering getting worse?
A watershed moment is a turning point, the exact moment that changes the direction of an activity or situation. A watershed moment in stuttering is a dividing point where the stuttering and the impact it has on the pws takes a turn for the worse. Notice the title is "how?" and not "why?" The...
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The Cinema of the Mind- how mental movies about stuttering create anxiety
The mind can operate like a cinema or a movie and create wild images that portray the fear of stuttering. People who stutter (pws) can create very vivid and specific "movies" about their stuttering. Pws also remember past moments of stuttering with negative thoughts linked to them. This podcast...
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Preschool Stuttering- helping parents diagnose stuttering and how to make informed decisions
Is my child really stuttering? Preschool presents a special time window that offers the greatest opportunity to resolve stuttering. Many parents hear conflicting advice from physicians, clinicians, and teachers regarding stuttering. Generalizations (i.e., "all kids do that") can be innacurate and...
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Emotional Trauma and Stuttering
Many recent news interviews and articles have made a matter of fact declaration that "stuttering is not caused by trauma." It's true that young preschool children do not begin to stutter because of trauma. Stuttering is best classified as a neurological disorder. Now let's look at the role that...
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How to be a CHAMPION in stuttering
Yes, I said that you can be a CHAMPION in stuttering. Listen for my 10 point plan to help unleash your speech and your confidence.
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Look & Let it Out: be brave and speak your mind
What is L2? Look and let it out! People who stutter tend to look away and to compensate for stuttering from a place of fear or embarrassment. A snap shot of a moment of stuttering may be a pws introducing himself and following these steps: 1) look away, 2) inhale, 3) begin to stutter, 4) back up...
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Jason D'Arcy: product sales manager
Jason and Tim catch up 20 years and one month after our last session. At age 25 he was an engineer doing desk work. His old anxiety was holding him back. Now he has 20 years of constant talking, phone calling, internet chats, seminar talks, managing, and team building under his belt. He travels...
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If you seek a deeper understanding of stuttering and if you desire solutions, begin to listen. These podcasts offer stuttering help and stuttering therapy ideas. You are encouraged to begin listening at the bottom- with Purpose, Intention, and Stuttering. The content has continuity and everything begins with Purpose and Intention, doesn't it?
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