#12: Conversation with Tom Scharstein

Published: Aug. 23, 2020, 4 p.m.

Guest Bio:

Tom Scharstein is a stutterer from South Florida. After serving on the NSA Board of Directors, Tom co-founded the World Stuttering Network (WSN).  His vision is to bring together all stuttering support group leaders from around the globe to share beneficial information.  The WSN will also assist organizations create their own network of stuttering support groups.  Tom has been involved in the stuttering community since 1997.  His life motto is, "The more you help, the more you heal.”

In this episode Tom and Uri discuss:

- The concept of “covert stuttering”

-The power of giving confidence to young people

- The more we give the more we heal

- Kayaking and alligators

- Business, leadership and entrepreneurship

- His new project: The World Stuttering Network

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NSA

Host Bio:

Uri Schneider, M.A. CCC -SLP passionately explores and develops practical ways for us to create our own success story. Delivering personalized experiences of communication care informed by leading professionals and influencers, Uri is re-imagining the next-level of speech-language therapy for people to benefit in real life.
Uri Schneider, M.A. CCC -SLP is co-founder and leader at Schneider Speech Pathology and faculty at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.

For more, visit www.schneiderspeech.com