Hey! I completely understand and feel what you're going through. When we're excited or need to say something important, we seem to stutter the most - it's honestly really frustrating as a person who stutters. The key thing to understand here is that we can change our stutter, but we can't get rid of it. I think it's great you told your boss you're a person who stutters. Everyone has vulnerabilities and stuttering is just the accent we come with and nothing else - we have nothing to be ashamed of! As easy as it sounds, this is much easier said than done. So how can we feel less ashamed? I just launched the first Slack-based stuttering community for professionals who stutter a few months ago and we already have 150+ professionals who stutter - it's completely free to join (www.stutterfreely.com). In this community, we talk about navigating workplace environments as a person who stutters around people who don't stutter. You'll see that you're not the only one dealing with your speech challenges and together, you'll start building more normalcy in your speech. More normalcy in your speech will help you feel less ashamed when you talk and feeling less ashamed will help you gain more power back into your life. Your words and thoughts matter just as much as someone else's. You made all the right decisions in your old job and if you were just a little less anxious of your speech and stuttered more freely, I bet your colleague would've been fired! Feel free to sign up for the community since it's free and cheers to personal growth in 2023!