I don't use "strategies, techniques, or even think about it at all." I was taught fluency. There were techniques that I learned, but they weren't a way to avoid disfluency. They were parts of a learning system. They weren't to be used individually. They were foundational parts of developing fluent speech. I didn't shift from disfluent to fluent speech. There wasn't a migration over time. I learned fluent speech. Separate from my disfluent speech. It was a progressive path. Starting with the basics of speech and building layer upon layer. Learning to speak from square one. All the while, not mixing my disfluent speech with my fluent speech. It was months and months of therapy and practice. Working at it every day practicing alone. Tuning and advancing to the next later in my therapy sessions. It became muscle memory. Second nature. Then I instructed to begin using my fluency outside of controlled settings. Yes, I am fluent. Not silver-tongued by any means. But I don't give my fluency or speech any thought. When I speak, it's just me. I'm not without the occasional disfluency. But I also have zero "struggle or anxiety or embarrassment." I don't practice any longer. Haven't in years. I simply speak. I've spoken to rooms of more than a hundred people. I speak to my coworkers. And it's not through any techniques or strategies. It's just me. No one is born fluent, or disfluent. Speech is learned. Disfluency is developmental. It's not inherent. There are certainly genetic factors at play, but disfluency onset differs in people. >Unless that describes you, you can’t say you’ve “achieved fluency.” Check yourself... Nobody else gets to approve or deny someone else's success.