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We had the pleasure to speak to Güneş Yağız Işık, Vice President of the Turkish Stuttering Association (Kekemeler Derneği) and a person who stutters. Güneş is 25 and lives in Istanbul, where he studies Chemistry at Boğaziçi University. In addition to being the vice president of the Turkish Stuttering Association, he is a board member of the World Stuttering Network and actively supports the stuttering community through events, advocacy and more. Watch now his incredible journey of strength and resilience. Ps: We had a technical issue during our online interview, thus, we apologise for the moments the image was frozen.

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Interview with Güneş Yağız Işık, Vice President of the Turkish Stuttering Association (Kekemeler Derneği)

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We had the pleasure to speak to Güneş Yağız Işık, Vice President of the Turkish Stuttering Association (Kekemeler Derneği) and a person who stutters. Güneş is 25 and lives in Istanbul, where he studies Chemistry at Boğaziçi University. In addition to being the vice president of the Turkish Stuttering Association, he is a board member […]

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We recently had the opportunity to interview Larry Stein, speaker and author of several books on stuttering and public speaking. Based in the United States, Larry Stein struggled with stuttering for 50 years, compromising his career and suffering debilitating depressions. In an effort to save the business of his dreams, he launched a drive to improve his speech that far exceeded his expectations. Over the next two years, he relearned to speak, retrained his brain and worked through speaking situations that once paralyzed him. Today, he runs his dream business, is a professional speaker and mentors people who stutter on nearly every continent of the world at no charge. Active in the stuttering community worldwide, he writes and posts videos on his blog SteinOnStuttering.com as well as his YouTube, Facebook and Instagram channels of the same name. Larry Stein is also on LinkedIn.

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Larry Stein’s Journey: from 50 years of stuttering to public speaker

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We recently had the opportunity to interview Larry Stein, speaker and author of several books on stuttering and public speaking. Based in the United States, Larry Stein struggled with stuttering for 50 years, compromising his career and suffering debilitating depressions. In an effort to save the business of his dreams, he launched a drive to […]

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Erik Lamens is the co-founder and President of Belgian Stuttering Association since 2011. A filmmaker and a person who stutters, Erik shares his powerful journey from a childhood marked by bullying and isolation to becoming an award-winning filmmaker. His acclaimed film, ‘To Speak,’ has won 17 awards and aired in 15 countries, resonating with audiences worldwide. Watch the interview to hear Erik’s inspiring story and insights. To watch his movie ‘To Speak’, with subtitles in FR/ENG: https://vimeo.com/44418974

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Erik Lamens: From Bullying to Filmmaker and President of the Belgian Stuttering Association

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Erik Lamens is the co-founder and President of Belgian Stuttering Association since 2011. A filmmaker and a person who stutters, Erik shares his powerful journey from a childhood marked by bullying and isolation to becoming an award-winning filmmaker. His acclaimed film, ‘To Speak,’ has won 17 awards and aired in 15 countries, resonating with audiences […]

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Halife Tunç is a 23 year-old university student living in İstanbul but studying in Kayseri. During our interview, he shared his journey growing up with a stutter, how he deals with stuttering at university, acceptance and projects for the stuttering community. In addition to his studies, he works as a Turkish-English translator remotely for a company based in UK.

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Halife talks about growing up with a stutter, stuttering at university, acceptance and resilience

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Halife Tunç is a 23 year-old university student living in İstanbul but studying in Kayseri. During our interview, he shared his journey growing up with a stutter, how he deals with stuttering at university, acceptance and projects for the stuttering community. In addition to his studies, he works as a Turkish-English translator remotely for a […]

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Raiani Sibien, founder of Stuttering Society, had a chat with Rutger Wilhelm, author of the book ‘Too Fast for Words’, about how she handled performing on stage and giving interviews as a singer/songwriter while stuttering. She also shared about stuttering at work and the journey of acceptance. Rutger is a person who clutters. If you want to learn more about cluttering, take a look at our interview with Rutger and his book, where he shares his journey with cluttering.

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Founder of Stuttering Society talks music career, public speaking, stuttering and acceptance

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Raiani Sibien, founder of Stuttering Society, had a chat with Rutger Wilhelm, author of the book ‘Too Fast for Words’, about how she handled performing on stage and giving interviews as a singer/songwriter while stuttering. She also shared about stuttering at work and the journey of acceptance. Rutger is a person who clutters. If you […]

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Rutger Wilhelm is chair-elect of the International Cluttering Association. Also, he is board member of the Dutch stuttering association and has served the board of the International Stuttering Association (ISA) in the past. Rutger has published a book about his experiences with cluttering: Too fast for words. For years Rutger was told by others that he stuttered. The fluency disorder had a disruptive effect on his life. To better cope with this, he attended all kinds of (group) stuttering therapies. Slowly he began to realize that he was “different” from other stuttering speakers. After he was diagnosed with cluttering many things started to fall into place. In this lecture he shares with you his personal voyage of discovery. We will discuss need-to-knows, tips, tools and strategies to better cope with the cluttering; on a mental and emotional level, or in interaction with others.

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Author Rutger Wilhelm: how I discovered I clutter and my journey with cluttering

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Rutger Wilhelm is chair-elect of the International Cluttering Association. Also, he is board member of the Dutch stuttering association and has served the board of the International Stuttering Association (ISA) in the past. Rutger has published a book about his experiences with cluttering: Too fast for words. For years Rutger was told by others that […]

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James Hayden is an HLA technologist, writer, and a person who stutters from the New Orleans area. James is the author of Dear World, I Stutter: A Series of Open Letters from a Person Who Stutters. His work has been published by The Mighty, The Stuttering Foundation, Stamma, Yahoo, and MSN. James has also appeared on several podcasts, presented at the National Stuttering Association conference, the Australian Speak Easy Association Virtual Conference, numerous universities, and was a speaker at TEDxOchsner 2019. He also serves as the chapter leader for the New Orleans chapter of the National Stuttering Association. Here’s a link to all of his articles: https://linktr.ee/jhayden93

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Author James Hayden talks stuttering, hiatus, and acceptance

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James Hayden is an HLA technologist, writer, and a person who stutters from the New Orleans area. James is the author of Dear World, I Stutter: A Series of Open Letters from a Person Who Stutters. His work has been published by The Mighty, The Stuttering Foundation, Stamma, Yahoo, and MSN. James has also appeared […]

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Isabel Espinoza is a make-up artist and social media influencer based in Colorado, USA. Isabel started stuttering at the age of 17 and after ups and downs in her stuttering journey, she decided to be a voice and help other people with disfluency. In this interview, she talks about resilience, raising awareness, motherhood and how her daughter changed her perspective on stuttering.

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Makeup artist & digital influencer shares how motherhood changed her perspective on stuttering

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Isabel Espinoza is a make-up artist and social media influencer based in Colorado, USA. Isabel started stuttering at the age of 17 and after ups and downs in her stuttering journey, she decided to be a voice and help other people with disfluency. In this interview, she talks about resilience, raising awareness, motherhood and how […]

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Malachi Kanfer is the Cantor at Congregation B’nai Jacob in New Haven, Connecticut and he also serves as the Education Director for Yahad, the joint Hebrew School of Congregation B’nai Jacob and Congregation Or Shalom.

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Cantor Malachi Kanfer shares his journey as a musician who stutters

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Malachi Kanfer is the Cantor at Congregation B’nai Jacob in New Haven, Connecticut and he also serves as the Education Director for Yahad, the joint Hebrew School of Congregation B’nai Jacob and Congregation Or Shalom.

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Karen Dipp shares her journey and talks about stuttering: “Embrace your stutter. People will like you for who you are. Be you!”

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Karen Dipp shares her journey on stuttering acceptance and confidence: “BE YOU!”

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Karen Dipp shares her journey and talks about stuttering: “Embrace your stutter. People will like you for who you are. Be you!”

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