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Hey,

Thanks for sharing your father's story, I have not done any psychological work but I'm aware that there can be psychological aspects to stuttering and I appreciate your offer for a coaching session.

I'm not really sure what caused me to stutter, but I still stutter now (I'm 22). Even today when I order at a restaurant, my stutter just kicks in, I could not pronounce anything.

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A basic approach would be to take a moment to stop and notice the feeling in your body when you start to stutter.

What are the emotions?

Where do you feel them?

Give your self space to ask them (the feelings) what they are trying to show you, what they need, how old they are, etc.

I’d do this with closed eyes and some belly breathing.

There are are other tools but I’d start with that somatic inquiry.

Ok so let’s say, we start the somatic inquiry in the middle of a conversation, wouldn’t the other feel weird? Like why am I taking so long to response to them?

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