Some Stutter, Luh! S06E06 - Ben Pahl

Description:
In this episode of Some Stutter, Luh! podcast, Ben Pahl shares his journey with stuttering—from childhood speech therapy to fully embracing his speech today. He highlights the role of community, humour, and self-acceptance in overcoming stigma. Let’s listen to Ben who considers his stutter as part of his identity that has made him more confident and even memorable!

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Notes:
28-year-old Ben shares his experiences growing up with stuttering and undergoing speech therapy from elementary to high school. He reflects on the challenges of speech therapy, including limited resources and ineffective techniques, and the long journey toward self-acceptance. Ben emphasizes that stuttering is not something to be "fixed" but rather embraced, and fluency is not everything! Ben shares how finding a supportive community and embracing humour as a tool that lightens the situations have been transformative in his journey. His message is one of resilience and self-acceptance, inspiring others to see stuttering as a unique part of their identity.

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In this episode:
00:00 Intro
10:04 The Interview
10:33 On Speech Therapy
14:11 How Ben feels about his stuttering now
17:20 Stutters are "Studs"!
18:53 Seeing the humour
21:09 Acceptance = Community, Humour
23:15 People who stutter need community most of all
25:12 Open vs Covert Stuttering


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