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b'Episode 57 of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast features Nicole Butler, Founder and Executive Director of Speech Within Reach, providing pediatric speech therapy in client\\u2019s homes. Nicole is also an ASHA Board Certified Speech-Language Pathologist, actress, host and improv performer at The Groundlings and Second City. \\n\\nNicole and Heather caught up virtually from Santa Monica, CA and Marina del Rey, CA. \\n\\nListen in as they talk about: \\n\\n\\u2022\\tNicole\\u2019s background in speech therapy and how a friendship in middle school sparked her interest in helping children find their voice.\\n\\u2022\\tThe impact of going into a child\\u2019s home versus a more clinical setting with Speech Within Reach on the day to day lives of the children and their families.\\n\\u2022\\tHow assistive technology like the cochlear implant and text to speech apps play a part in her therapy and the lives of her clients.\\n\\u2022\\tNicole\\u2019s love of theater and improv and how being the goofy one as a kid led her to an acting career.\\n\\u2022\\tSummiting Mount Kilimanjaro and getting hit with HACE (High Altitude Cerebral Edema) which led to a rush down the mountain to save her life.'