{"product_id":"every-waking-moment-the-journey-to-take-back-my-life-from-the-trauma-and-stigma-of-stuttering-2","title":"Every Waking Moment: The Journey to Take Back My Life from the Trauma and Stigma of Stuttering","description":"Every time a person who stutters wants to speak, they have two choices: reveal their stutter or be silenced by its many life-impeding side effects.\n\nStuttering consumes every waking moment. It’s not a speech disorder. But stuttering doesn’t have to be either.\n\nIn 2012, twenty-five-year-old Christopher Anderson laughed at the inevitable end of his marriage, cried when he couldn’t make a coherent phone call to get help for his ailing dog, and finally broke when he failed a once-in-a-lifetime interview to become an FBI agent. A debilitating stutter had sealed his destiny—until he decided to fight for his life.\n\nEvery Waking Moment is an intense, vulnerable, and insightful memoir showing how the struggle to communicate shapes the coming of age for those who stutter and what it means to accept yourstutter.\n\nFor millions of people worldwide, stuttering, also known as stammering, is defined by an endless uncertainty of how to escape its trauma and stigma. Thus, Christopher faces his greatest fears as he undergoes an extraordinary transformation that leads him life fulfillment: To find his one true love in marriage, To discover community in the National Stuttering Association, To an innovative speech-language pathologist who implores him to face his stutter, not hide it, To the frontlines of US national security in a dream job, To train for and finish brutal Ironman triathlons, and To what was once thought impossible, fatherhood. Christopher examines his through-life process of change to illuminate how one transcends disability once and for all, inspiring each of us to pursue the improbable—self-acceptance and a fulfilling life.\n\nEvery Waking Moment is one of those rare stories that fearlessly proves how we are changed by what we do in connection with others, no matter how long it takes, nor the obstacles we must confront.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0BHC35Q13\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B0BHC35Q13.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Anderson, Christopher\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43160586747965,"sku":"BVV.B0BHC35Q13.VG","price":14.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/B0BHC35Q13-0_6ed5c68d-c9a8-4738-a1bd-9a4db68a1680.jpg?v=1778275682","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/every-waking-moment-the-journey-to-take-back-my-life-from-the-trauma-and-stigma-of-stuttering-2","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}