In September, the ever-passionate speech-language pathologist Dr. Ana Paula Mumy and I launched the third iteration of the Every Waking Moment Book Club. This running, the three-session club was tailored to school, private, and clinical-based SLPs, and was eligible for continuing education credit. We had 20 SLPs who showed up eager to participate and dive into the lived experience of stuttering. Each of the three two-hour sessions were based on the three parts in the book—Affliction, Transcendence, and Change—along with an introduction of the key terms and topics, discussio ..read more

This is the fifth post in a series on parenting a child who stutters as an adult who stutters. For context, I’ve worked hard to achieve my own personal version of self-acceptance of my stutter, and, therefore, may hold different perspectives on how best to support my son’s journey. I offer my story and that of my family to bring awareness to this part of the stuttering experience that both people who stutter often fear and usually overlook as a transition in their journey that we will have to confront. The aspect of my son’s stutter that I hadn’t thought about was my adjustment to all its gl ..read more

This is the fourth post in a series on parenting a child who stutters as an adult who stutters. For context, I’ve worked hard to achieve my own personal version of self-acceptance of my stutter, and, therefore, may hold different perspectives on how best to support my son’s journey. I offer my story and that of my family to bring awareness to this part of the stuttering experience that both people who stutter often fear and usually overlook as a transition in their journey that we will have to confront. The sound of Wik Starts and restarts Wwwik – wwwik – wwwik His accen ..read more

This is the third post in a series on parenting a child who stutters as an adult who stutters. For context, I’ve worked hard to achieve my own personal version of self-acceptance of my stutter, and, therefore, may hold different perspectives on how best to support my son’s journey. I offer my story and that of my family to bring awareness to this part of the stuttering experience that both people who stutter often fear and usually overlook as a transition in their journey that we will have to confront. Perhaps it was irrational while being somewhat inevitable. For as long as I can remember ..read more

This is the second post in a series on parenting a child who stutters as an adult who stutters. For context, I’ve worked hard to achieve my own personal version of self-acceptance of my stutter, and, therefore, may hold different perspectives on how best to support my son’s journey. I offer my story and that of my family to bring awareness to this part of the stuttering experience that both people who stutter often fear and usually overlook as a transition in their journey that we will have to confront. My wife had been playing with our son while I cooked dinner. This time between when I pic ..read more

This is the first post in a series on parenting a child who stutters as an adult who stutters. For context, I’ve worked hard to achieve my own personal version of self-acceptance of my stutter, and, therefore, may hold different perspectives on how best to support my son’s journey. I offer my story and that of my family to bring awareness to this part of the stuttering experience that both people who stutter often fear and usually overlook as a transition in their journey that we may have to confront. I knelt on the floor to meet my son eye to eye. He had started stuttering a few weeks prior ..read more

In January, the wonderful speech-language pathologist Ana Paula Mumy and I launched the first two iterations of the Every Waking Moment Book Club. We had one three-session club tailored to school-based SLPs, and another for clinical SLPs, with both eligible for continuing education credit. Each of the three two-hour sessions were based on the three parts in the book—Affliction, Transcendence, and Change—which included an introduction of the key terms and topics, discussion, and a lengthy question and answer section.  This was an opportunity that I had in the back of my ..read more

This is the third article in a series of posts chronicling my journey through audiobook production, from conception to publication on Amazon Audible. In this article, I write about the rest of my training prior to beginning to record. It describes a walk-in-my-shoes through my daily morning reading sessions, progress and setbacks, and personal feedback on how I thought I was doing. Note that I’m writing this article after I’ve already finished recording due to the focus and energy it took to record. Training Continues Between July 5th and August 20th, I completed 38 training sessions ..read more

Moments of stuttering are ever present in my mind from over 20 years ago. The feelings, emotions, and aftershock of each still vibrate through my mind and body, usually outside of my control.  These are the imprints of stuttering that have lasted, impeded my life, and those that I’ve focused on to smooth over their influence over shaping who I become.  I denied their existent for too many years. While I stashed the side effects of my many moments of struggle behind the proverbial wall in my mind, my body holds their energy and determines how they influence my interactions with the wo ..read more

The Lead Up I was thinking about it, yet I knew I was going to do it. There was no question that I wouldn’t, which in the many years leading up to the moment I hadn’t been so sure of myself.  This was the difference—no hesitation.  I waited patiently as the father of the bride, maid of honor, and the mother of the matron of honor delivered their congratulatory speeches.  I was ready for my turn.  The Moment  Unfolding my one-page speech, I walked up to the front, grabbed the mic, and looked out over the crowd. Anticipating eyes stared back at me just as my visual field ..read more