Weekend Wrap-ups
“Start to do something. That way, time will be an ally, not an enemy.” The Fifth Mountain Share your stuttered words every day, sweet and proud! – Elizabeth Kapstein October 22, 2016
Category Archives: 2016 Connecting With Others
Family & Friend Fridays
I have many sweet memories of sharing experiences with other stutterers. Here’s a photo of a bunch of us at Brooklyn, NY Pride. We had custom made Pride tee shirts. I taught the group how to make balloon sticks. I … Continue reading →
Throwback Thursdays
There are many profound writers in the stuttering community. One of the most gifted writers to bring a stutterers experience to life in writing is the late Marty Jezer. I wrote a reflection in 2005, Stuttering Life Bound Up in … Continue reading →
Wednesday Words
Anxiety I think about the role of “anxiety” in our lives as stutterers. It has a powerful way to describe our feelings or attitudes towards my stuttering. Most people tell you that they experience “anxiety” during the stuttering experience. What … Continue reading →
Tuesday Transformations
As with my earlier posts this October, I am writing again about my experiences at conferences for people who stutter. When I was first around in the early 1990’s, the NSA was still called the National Stuttering Project. I met … Continue reading →
Monday’s Modalities
I recently began avoidance reduction speech therapy and a few weeks ago, my SLP suggested that I write a letter to my stuttering. As a person who has been a covert stutterer for many years, he wanted me to start … Continue reading →
Weekend Wrap-ups
Years with supportive friends who stutter keep me on my own path of shared stuttering words with pride and joy. What about you? When you travel towards your objective be sure to pay attention to the path. The path teaches … Continue reading →
Family & Friend Fridays
How do you educate your family and friends about stuttering? We can do so with “pride, respect, dignity, and recognition.” Stuttering is often a misunderstood and stigmatizing speech disorder. Family and friends may have many questions about stuttering. People who … Continue reading →
Thursday Throwbacks
For many decades I have been both a baseball fan and a person who stutters. It feels natural to combine these two interests; particularly at NSA and Friends’ Conventions, during the summer, which I think of as “stuttering season.” When … Continue reading →
Wednesday Words
The word for this week is GROUNDING. The following definition is taken from Seeking Safety: A Treatment for PTSD and Substance Abuse (L. Najavatis). Grounding is a set of strategies to detach from emotional pain, (i.e. racing and thoughts, negative talk, … Continue reading →