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I Am Speaking

I Am Speaking

I Am Speaking is a podcast focused on the lives of “othered” Americans. The goal of this podcast is to hear, share, and amplify the voices of Americans--both citizens and noncitizens-who have felt like outsiders in their homes. Hosted by first-generation Indian-American sisters, I Am Speaking highlights the unique experiences of people who feel or have been marginalized by the current US cultural hegemony in their communities.

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Karen, Our Resident Therapist, Is Speaking (Season 5)hrr
Nov. 2, 2023

Karen, Our Resident Therapist, Is Speaking (Season 5)hrr

There is no question that there is a link between physical health and mental health. What do we do, or what can we do, when one informs or impacts the other? Karen Rothstein Pineda, founder of Multicultural Counseling Associ…
Peter Vishneski Is Speaking -- Life From a Wheelchair
Sept. 6, 2023

Peter Vishneski Is Speaking -- Life From a Wheelchair

October 21, over a decade ago: Peter Vishneski was driving late at night with friends and became tired behind the wheel. He nodded off. He woke up in the ICU two days later unable to move his fingers properly.  You will fall…
Dana Blanchard Is Speaking - Becoming a Caretaker
Aug. 31, 2023

Dana Blanchard Is Speaking - Becoming a Caretaker

“Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there’s got to be a way through it.” - Michael J. Fox Life, in all of its challenges, came at Dana Blanchard, hard and fast i…
Teresa Janik Is Speaking - Life Before, During & After an Ostomy
July 17, 2023

Teresa Janik Is Speaking - Life Before, During & After an Ostomy

In October 2019, Teresa Janik found herself in excruciating pain. She could barely focus, took her work home, and told her husband “take me to the ER right now.” What she didn’t know what that by entering the ER, she’d be en…
Jennie Ebmeyer Is Speaking - Breast Cancer Thriver
July 10, 2023

Jennie Ebmeyer Is Speaking - Breast Cancer Thriver

Jennie has spent years as an Operating Room nurse, counseling her patients, holding their hands through the pain, hearing their fears and seeing the heartbreaks. Then, one fateful day in 2022, the tables were turned and Jenn…
Vickie Stolle Is Speaking - Building Resiliency after Cleft
July 3, 2023

Vickie Stolle Is Speaking - Building Resiliency after Cleft

Vickie spent her life building armor that she believed would save her from emotional pain. After decades of surgeries, medical appointments, dental procedures, scarring, braces, and bone grafts, Vickie thought her emotional …
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