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An addendum to my last blog post:
I casually used the term “stupid” in my last blog – inspired by Seth Godin’s message. A thoughtful reader and person who has been very supportive of my work shared his opinion on my using this term to convey my message. He made an excellent point: “There is a world of...
There’s nothing wrong with stupid
This is the second in a series of blogs inspired by Seth Godin’s work in What To Do When It’s Your Turn. (I highly recommend this book!) When a person feels stupid, there are all sorts of emotions that can come into play – uncertainty, embarrassment, confusion,...
Freedom is an opportunity – to make informed decisions around intervention.
Last week I took a copy of Seth Godin’s book, What To Do when It’s Your Turn with me on a week-long vacation in a condo with a hot tub – and several significant snow falls which went oh so well with that hot tub! We were probably the only people in Minnesota who were...
My new book: An overview of VoiceS Unearthed
Available on Amazon! What is the impact of childhood intervention on those who continue to stutter? Many adults have shared their experiences in memoirs, on podcasts, in blogs, etc. and most of those experiences are stories of recovery – not from stuttering, but from...
“…we did luck into this approach to therapy”
A new Voice Unearthed blog post, “…we did luck into this approach to therapy.” is from a series of interviews that shaped the narrative of my next book, VoiceS Unearthed: The Impact of Early Intervention on Those Who Continue to Stutter – available April 1 – as both...
“…now you’ve got the tools so off you go.”
Mary, mom to Seamus, age 17 Mary found the most useful part of professional intervention was the parent workshops. “The ‘fix- it’ therapy created more problems—harder problems that the stammering.” “Seamus got up one day and he couldn't speak. I did a double take....
“I could do techniques really, really well when working with a therapist.”
A new Voice Unearthed blog post, “I could do techniques really, really well when working with a therapist.” is from a series of interviews that shaped the narrative of my next book, VoiceS Unearthed: The Impact of Early Intervention on Those Who Continue to...
“We wanted to exhaust every option… ”
A new Voice Unearthed blog post, “We wanted to exhaust every option… ” is from a series of interviews that shaped the narrative of my next book, VoiceS Unearthed: The Impact of Early Intervention on Those Who Continue to Stutter. (Names of interviewees have...
“I thought this speech therapist was crazy.”
24-year-old Charles: All his life, Charles had been told to hide his stutter. This crazy therapist told him to stop using tricks and openly stutter. Now he says, “I do presentations. I stutter. I have no fear of stuttering. Nobody is laughing." “I started stuttering...