Swallow Your Pride Podcast
1) 374 – Building Confidence in FEES: The Key to Successful Swallowing Assessments
What happens when a passionate SLP flies to Hawaii to train a hospital team in FEES—and ends up learning just as much as she teaches? In this episode, Theresa shares the powerful, behind-the-scenes...Show More
2) 373 – From Board-Certified in Swallowing… to Getting a Feeding Tube for My Son
After an unexpected summer hiatus, we’re back with a solo episode that’s part update, part confession, and 100% from the heart. In this deeply personal kickoff to the new season, Theresa opens up abou...Show More
3) 372 – What If Reflux Isn’t Just an Acid Problem? A New Way to Think About It with RefluxRaft
What do you get when you mix a surgeon, a scientist, and a self-proclaimed “tinkerer” who also happens to struggle with reflux? You get Dr. James Daniero—and you get this conversation about RefluxRaft...Show More
4) 371 – When Care Misses the Mark: How Health Literacy Impacts Our Patients
“They just told me I had a stroke—but no one ever explained what that means.” In this eye-opening episode, Theresa chats with with bilingual SLP and educator Jackie Rodriguez to unpack one of the m...Show More
5) 370 – Improving NG Tube Placement: What Every Med SLP Should Know About the PatCom Introducer
If you’ve ever wondered, “Wait… are we as SLPs really allowed to be in the esophagus?” — this episode is for you. Theresa brings on two MedSLP Collective favorites, Christoph Schmitz, CEO of PatCom...Show More
6) 369 – When the Research Meets Real Life: Pediatric Feeding, Family, and Feeding Tubes
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 Marshall—a clinician-researcher an...Show More
7) 368 – Exploring the Vital Role of Breathwork and Airway Health in Speech and Swallowing Challenges.
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...Show More
8) 367 – Beyond the Workbook: Engaging Patients with Meaningful, Tailored Therapy
When it comes to true community reentry after brain injury or stroke, real magic happens through teamwork—and Alexandra Arvidson, M.S., CCC-SLP, is here to show us how. In this episode, Alexandra shar...Show More
9) 366 – From Stroke to Strength: How One Survivor is Rewriting the Recovery Story
In this episode of the Swallow Your Pride podcast, Theresa Richard sits down with Ali Mehreganfar—a stroke survivor, motivational speaker, and author who is redefining what recovery can look like. Ali...Show More
10) 365 – The Diez Technique: Revolutionizing Dysphagia Care Through Breathing Coordination
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...Show More