Swimming and playing the trumpet have helped my breathing

After taking both swimming and trumpet lessons over the past three months, I can see a difference in my speech pattern. Speech is smoother than before and I'm sure its due to the fact that one has to be in control of their breathing at all times during a swim or performing on a trumpet. I just feel much more relaxed with my speech. Nothing is forced.

Today I have a telephone conference with a major client and for the first time in a long time I feel confident. I feel more in control of my air flow. I just have to remember to slow down and not try to get everything out in 2 minutes. I've always had this problem of speaking too fast. This is when the train wrecks normally happen.

In the end, I have a stuttering brain but that doesn't mean I have to like it...

Recently....

My stuttering has improved recently, although I do still sometimes stutter around family (I guess its because I know them so well and vice versa), I feel much more confident about my speech pattern these days. This is due to the fact that I try to slow down when I want to say something and also I think about my breathing. I'm always telling myself, "Take a breath before you open your mouth." Like most stutters, I have so much going on in my brain that my mouth just can't keep up. Therefore I have to slow it down. I suppose I would make a pretty bad comedian.