Swallow Your Pride Podcast

Swallow Your Pride Podcast


Latest Episodes

369 – When the Research Meets Real Life: Pediatric Feeding, Family, and Feeding Tubes
May 13, 2025

Feeling all the feels around pediatric feeding disorders? You're not alone. In this powerful episode of Swallow Your Pride, Theresa Richard sits down with Dr. Jeanne Marshalla clinician-researcher a

368 – Exploring the Vital Role of Breathwork and Airway Health in Speech and Swallowing Challenges.
May 06, 2025

Raise your hand if you've ever felt like airway and breathwork live in some mysterious corner of our field that only a handful of people truly understand Well this episode might just be your flas

367 – Beyond the Workbook: Engaging Patients with Meaningful, Tailored Therapy
April 29, 2025

When it comes to true community reentry after brain injury or stroke, real magic happens through teamworkand Alexandra Arvidson, M.S., CCC-SLP, is here to show us how. In this episode, Alexandra shar

366 – From Stroke to Strength: How One Survivor is Rewriting the Recovery Story
April 21, 2025

In this episode of the Swallow Your Pride podcast, Theresa Richard sits down with Ali Mehreganfara stroke survivor, motivational speaker, and author who is redefining what recovery can look like. Ali

365 – The Diez Technique: Revolutionizing Dysphagia Care Through Breathing Coordination
April 13, 2025

In this episode of the Swallow Your Pride podcast, host Theresa Richard speaks with Roxann Diez Gross, PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow, an expert in dysphagia with over 38 years of experience. Dr. Gross d

364 – Navigating the Complexities of ALS: A Deep Dive into Dysphagia and Airway Management with Dr. Lauren Tabor Gray
April 06, 2025

In this episode of the Swallow Your Pride podcast, host Theresa Richard speaks with Dr. Lauren Tabor Gray, a clinician scientist and assistant professor at Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Gray, wh

363 – From Research to Reality: How REST is Changing the Game for Swallowing Specialists
March 25, 2025

In this episode of the "Swallow Your Pride" podcast, host Theresa Richard engages with Dr. Stephanie Watts and Jessica Gregor, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S to discuss advancements in dysphagia care. They intro

362 – From Parched to Perfect: The Game-Changer for Dry Mouth Relief with Aquoral
March 17, 2025

In this episode of the "Swallow Your Pride" podcast, host Theresa Richard interviews Bennett Blakeman, co-founder of K Pharmaceuticals, about Aquoral, a product designed to alleviate dry mouth (xerost

361 – Beyond the Clinic: How animal models are changing dysphagia research with Dr. Michelle Ciucci
March 03, 2025

What do rats have to do with swallowing disorders? More than you think! In this episode, we talk with Michelle Ciucci, PhD, CCC-SLP, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to explore the

360 – When Beauty Treatments Go Wrong: An SLP’s Warning About Cosmetic Botox Injections
February 25, 2025

"I go to swallow, and nothing triggers. Alarm bells are ringing in my head because, as a speech therapist, it's the scariest feeling." - What started as a routine cosmetic procedure turned into a medi