My Voice, My Way
Welcome to “My Voice, My Way” – the podcast that gives a voice to those living with voice disorders.
I’m your host, Margaret Stoddart. I live with a complex voice condition – a combination of Muscle Tension Dysphonia and Spasmodic Dysphonia – and I’m also proud to serve as an Area Contact Leader for Dysphonia International, supporting others across the UK who are living with these often misunderstood conditions.
I created this podcast to raise awareness and start honest conversations about what it really means to live with a voice disorder.
Each episode, I speak with people who understand voice disorders from the inside – fellow sufferers, voice users, and expert clinicians, including ENT specialists, speech and language therapists, and clinical psychologists. Together, we explore the challenges, the treatments, the emotional impact – and the resilience it takes to reclaim our voices.
Whether you’re living with a voice disorder yourself, supporting someone who is, or working in voice care – you’re in the right place. This is a space for shared stories, practical insights, and above all – connection.
This is My Voice, My Way. Let’s get started.
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looking forward to hearing your discussions with your daughters. It affects the family so much. I have 9 grandchildren and I’ve longed to be able to read more to them. They’re the best at accepting me as I am. I can play card games (matching pairs) and simple board games as I can get by not speaking. Lots love Sally xx
wow you sound so so much better after your procedure to thicken vocal cord. Lovely idea to interview the grandchildren. I will interview mine I think 😃
I just want to hug you both. Aren't loud places a nightmare? Someone said to me on Sunday "have you lost your voice again" (charming) when it was really good I thought ! And they were being hopeless at lip reading me saying: "no it's just too loud in here". People being hopeless at lip reading drives me crackers!