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Hello, my name is Chris and this is where I write about the lived experience of stuttering and how I took back my life from it. Stuttering shaped who I am today, though it provides a unique perspective through which to experience the world.
What is Every Waking Moment? The answer I give to others who ask what it was like to come of age with stuttering and then learn to thrive with instead of fighting it.
And…I just self-published the #1 NEW RELEASE, titled:
Every Waking Moment: The Journey to Take Back My Life from the Trauma and Stigma of Stuttering
Follow along as I write and speak about the complex nature of stuttering and its impact on my life.
To learn more about my journey
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Thank You For Sharing A Wonderful Day
If you have lived with stuttering or another chronic difference, then you know the ups and downs, the oscillations between “good” and “bad” days, whatever your measure of such may be. There is a toll it takes, and you either submit to its demands or you build specific defenses—coping mechanisms—to withstand at least some of…
Day One: He Noticed His Difference
Most nights, my wife puts our son to bed and reads him a few books to end his day. I leave him with a hug and a kiss, telling him that I love him. In recent months, my release begins when I close his door. I begin to let down the façade that makes everything…
The Wince: ‘Holding Space’ For Our Son
There is no alternative. As time stands still, my heart stops, awareness heightens, hearing narrows, and I physically turn towards my son as I detect that he is about to speak. No matter what I’m doing or where I may be, he gets my undivided, hypervigilant attention. The seconds between first detection and the beginning…
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You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
R. Buckminster Fuller
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