I have found that if you relapse it means you have a stuttering brain. The brain will automatically goes back to its comfort level. It is both frustrating and annoying. I am a speech pathologist and I have expertise in teaching to the brain. When I discovered that my brain is wired differently than a brain of a fluent speaker, I realized that learning a technique or a strategy would lead most likely to a relapse. I researched and studied fluent speakers as to why they don’t stutter. In that my expertise is teaching to the brain I decided to retrain my brain to become a fluent brain. This is what I did and I have never had a relapse. My path to fluency started with the concept of the Valsalva response.