Meet Tim Fox, a highly successful insurance professional who stutters. Tim shares his journey as a person who stutters, from "round robin reading" to a highly important business presentation. Tim has learned to manage his stutter well, but he also shares that at times, "it's everything". Tim and Brian explore life as a "covert" stutterer"... hiding it at all costs. They talk about the importance of disclosure and being grateful to having found a community of wonderful people who stutter. Don't go it alone.

In this episode, the fathers of two young men who stutter, Bob Rafferty and Dan Quinn, discuss their sons' experiences and resilience in managing their speech challenges. Brian Nolan, also a father of two sons who stutter, shares his own journey as a parent and a lifelong stutterer, and why he became an advocate later in life. What's extra special here is that Bob and Dan are the fathers of Kevin Rafferty and Conor Quinn, two Board members of the Stuttering Springboard who are changing the perception of stuttering and what it feels like to be a person who stutters.

The message from the dads: "let them". Let them be them. Don't try and fix your children. Help them build confidence by focusing on what they do well.

Welcome back Kevin. Since we last spoke Kevin's career has taken off, both in the profit and nonprofit world. In business, Kevin's journey as a wealth manager with GVA Wealth Management has taken off. Brian now uses Kevin as well and says that "nobody will work harder for you than Kevin". In the nonprofit world, Kevin is the Treasurer of The Stuttering Springboard, the new organization that was formerly known as The Noan Stuttering Foundation (listen to the podcast for more details!). Kevin explains his professional journey, through college, internships and his new level of acceptance of his stutter. His advice: disclose, disclose, disclose. It will change your world. Enjoy the podcast!