20 Feb 2022
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Dr. Christopher Constantino joins Peter Reitzes to discuss what we gain from stuttering and the stuttering advantage.
Link: Stuttering Gain by Christopher Constantino
6 Feb 2022
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Dr. Christopher Constantino joins Peter Reitzes to discuss the question: Is it stuttering if the house is not on fire?
30 Jan 2022
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Dr. Ryan Pollard joins Dr. Christopher Constantino to discuss the frustration and confusion of the loss of control caused by stuttering.
They cover a wide range of topics including what prevents us from allowing ourselves to stutter, making the stuttering experience “less bad” and “worthwhile,” using stuttering to make connections with others, what may be gained by stuttering, and how losing control of your body robs one of agency and pokes at the integrity of the self
Dr. Ryan Pollard is a Clinical Assistant Professor and Board Certified Specialist in Fluency at the University of Colorado Boulder.
2 Oct 2021
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Nicholas Fischer joins Dr. Christopher Constantino to discuss stammering dominating all of one’s decisions, stammering as much as you want, and how much one should focus on facing stammering. Nicholas and Chris also discuss different views stemming from issues raised in the previous StutterTalk episode, Stuttering Recklessly: Doing the Hard Work of Change (Ep. 710).
Nicholas Fischer is an intellectual property lawyer at London-based firm Marks & Clerk Law and a person who stammers. He is also one of the co-founders of STAMMA Legal, a network for people who stammer working in the legal industry.
17 Jul 2021
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Dr. Chris Constantino joins Peter Reitzes to discuss stuttering recklessly and doing the hard work of change. Peter and Chris share thoughts on “tough love” in self-help and in speech therapy and the importance of being open with stuttering.
Chris Constantino is a speech-language pathologist and assistant professor at Florida State University. Chris co-edited the highly acclaimed book Stammering Pride & Prejudice.
Peter Reitzes is a speech-language pathologist in North Carolina and President of StutterTalk.
19 Oct 2022
Take Back My Life from the Trauma and Stigma of Stuttering (Ep. 715)
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Chris Anderson joins Chaya Goldstein-Schuff to discuss the release of his book Every Waking Moment: The Journey to Take Back My Life from the Trauma and Stigma of Stuttering.
Following his vision set out in episode 466, Chris came back onto StutterTalk to talk about his newly released book. In our conversation, Chris shares why he wrote such a deeply personal book and what he hopes his readers will gain from it. Chris touches on non-traditional topics such as stuttering and mental health and stuttering and trauma. He shares his heart, wisdom, and insight, and some steps on how to start moving forward on the path toward healing.
Christopher Anderson, a person who stutters and writer, is a longtime member of stuttering self-help community and, this October, will self-publish his first book on stuttering, Every Waking Moment: The Journey to Take Back My Life from the Trauma and Stigma of Stuttering, which examines his through-life journey to self-acceptance from first stutter to fatherhood. He is also an award-winning subject matter expert on national security for the US Government in Washington, DC, where he lives with his family. For more, see everywakingmoment.blog.
Chris’s blog: everywakingmoment.blog
Chris on twitter: https://twitter.com/justconfront
Purchase Every Waking Moment: click here.
Upcoming book release events:
NSA event: https://westutter.org/event/chris-anderson/
AIS book release event: https://www.stutteringtreatment.org/events/every-waking-moment-book-release-with-chris-anderson