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Notes

Writing about stuttering, phone dread, and practising the calls you avoid. Mostly from personal experience.

Nobody's on the other end

The hardest part of a phone call isn't the talking — it's being perceived while you do it. What changes when there's genuinely no one there.

5 min read

Stuttering in a phone interview: what actually helps

Disclosure, scripting, and why word substitution is quietly costing you the job. Real things, not "relax."

7 min read

How to practice phone calls when you stutter (without a script)

Every practice method lets you pick the moment — which is the easy version of the problem. Here's what actually helps.

6 min read