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Writing helped wrestle my life free from the stranglehold of stuttering. Three years on, writing is now a daily practice, and I have yet to experience writer’s block.

Most of my posts will be about stuttering, affliction, healing, and what could be wonder. They will become the scaffolding from which I will build a practical model for life change, and represent a chronicle of my own journey.

There will be four kinds of posts: long, short, graphics, and etymology briefs.

If you’re new to here, begin with the initial posts to understand where you are entering the journey and how far along the model is in development. I also tweet much of the content published here if you want to follow along on Twitter.

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Reflection: Every Waking Moment Book Club, Winter 2024

In mid-January, the wonderful speech-language pathologist Dr. Ana Paula Mumy and I launched the fourth iteration of the Every Waking Moment Book Club. This running—our largest yet—used the three sessions to cover the three parts in the book, Affliction, Transcendence, and Change—along with an introduction of the key terms and topics, discussion, and lengthy question and answer sections. Over 20…

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Reflection: Every Waking Moment Book Club, Fall 2023

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…

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Letting Go of Control: My Reaction to His Stutter in Public

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…

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Ricochet

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…

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I Have A Son Who Stutters: Acceptance as a Parent Who Stutters

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…

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My Only Sunshine: Our Reactions to Stuttering

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…

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Onset: My Son’s Beautiful Stutter

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…

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Reflection: Every Waking Moment Book Club

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…

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Audiobook Narrator with a Stuttering Voice? – Training My Voice

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…

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Let the Stains Blow Away

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…

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Always write what you can’t NOT write.

Ryan Holiday