At 35, Still Finding My Feet with Stuttering—A Positive Journey

About this episode

Andrea Navarra shares his experiences with stuttering and his journey through healthcare and environmental sustainability.

Today's featured guest is Andrea Navarra . Andrea Navarra is a 35-year-old Italian living in Malta. He holds a BSc in Nursing from Rome and an MSc in Green Economy from Bournemouth University, where he specialized in carbon management, renewable energy, and environmental law. He began his professional journey in healthcare as a nurse (2014–2021) before transitioning into environmental sustainability and occupational health and safety. He currently works as an EHS Manager. Outside of work, Andrea enjoys cycling, trekking, photography, scuba diving, and indulging in good music, movies, and great food. Andrea first remembers stuttering around age 7 or 8, when his mother took him for a speech assessment and he began speech therapy. Around age 9 or 10, he also tried autogenic training, a relaxation technique. At 18, he joined a therapy group led by someone who promoted his method on Italian TV, spending a couple of weeks in Rome practicing an approach based on acting speech models. While he isn't sure he fully adopted that method, the experience gave him confidence and strength. Even though he still stuttered, it didn't bother him much until he was 28. Around that time, stuttering…

People in this episode

Host: Pedro Pena

Guest: Andrea Navarra

Topics covered

• stuttering
• personal journey
• healthcare
• environmental sustainability
• therapy
• confidence

Keywords

• stuttering
• therapy
• environmental sustainability
• healthcare
• confidence
• personal journey

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bournemouth University, Italian TV

Places: Italy, Malta, Rome, Netherlands

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