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What Others Saying About Voice Unearthed
Parents and speech therapists often connect with me to provide feedback and insights into their own journeys after reading Voice Unearthed: Hope, Help, and a Wake-Up Call for the Parents of Children Who Stutter. With their permission I am sharing a number of...
Flash Back – First Trip to the Ranch
Eli and I attended the last Stuttering Group Meeting at UW River Falls last week … at least the last one Eli will be able to join in on for a while as he’s off to college. To give you a feel for the nature of these gatherings, we spent an inordinate amount of time...
Summer Update From The Holtes
It’s been a whirlwind summer for the Holte family -- started off with Eli’s 18th birthday followed two days later by his grad party (120+ friends and family -- good times!!). See below -- note the gecko coming out of the eyeball… These events were followed up by...
Befuddled and Grateful!
This past Monday I had the honor of doing a Skype session with Communication Disorders graduate students from City University New York (CUNY). They were truly inspiring and I thank them and their professor, Peggy Connor, for inviting me. They had all read my book and...
Visit the British Stammering Association Group Facebook Page
Hello all -- been awhile! I have Eli's graduation party coming up -- and then my other son's wedding. This means I have to do some serious cleaning :0! We are also still working on getting a new website up and running -- soon I hope. But the real reason I...
To a Father From Anna
Happy Spring again. If I say it enough times I'm certain the snowbanks that persist outside my office window will go away. I am a member of the Neurosemantics of Stuttering Yahoo group and am always informed and inspired by these amazing adults. The following is a...
I Won’t Blog Just to Hear Myself Blog
Happy spring to all of you! If you're still living in the midst of a giant snowbank like the one I'm staring at out my office window, this hardly seems possible. Hopefully the calendar doesn't lie. This post has nothing to do with...
Book Recommendation for Parents and Speech Therapists
Just finished reading, for the second time, Dr. Gunars Neiders' book, From Stuttering to Fluency: Manage Your Emotions and Live More Fully. Dr. Neiders is a psychologist and a person who stutters. He enlists Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) to address shame...
Keeping My Fingers Crossed
Recently, in an email conversation with a leader in this field, it was suggested that I should be writing more about the positive experiences families are having connected with speech therapy for their children who stutter. This professional stated that most...