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Take control - tame your stammer Lots of talk in the stammering community about acceptance and being comfortable in your stammering skin. I was told this for decades, we all know there is no cure for a stammer, but I found it impossible to accept and wasn't able to move on from feeling pretty hopeless. I discovered costal breathing in conjunction with using a specific pattern of speech. This changed my life. Unfortunately, non-speech and language therapist-led approaches are often seen as either witchcraft or fable. I would turn this perception on its head. Speech training for stammerers led by stammerers who have mastered a technique is powerful. Learning a technique to tame your stammer from other stammerers is the definition of a safe space. If you are in the UK I would recommend Empowering Voices, a charity that trains stammerers to use costal breathing. If elsewhere find your local costal breathing course and see what you think.