Taking control. Stammering, being in prison and not letting things define you

This week I share an insightful conversation I had with Sean BW Parker. Sean is a British writer, artist and academic in art, cultural theory and justice reform. He lived in Istanbul for ten years until 2014 where he lectured at Istanbul University, and gave a TEDx talk 'Stammering and Creativity'. 

He has published or contributed to a number of books, won six Koestler Arts awards (including a platinum for his play The Wolfstadt-Wire) and a Perrie Lectures essay award in 2019. 

Sean is Editor of False Allegations Watch, for the Empower the Innocent organisation.  

What you’ll hear about:

• The enigma of stammering
• Stammering Pride
• Accepting your disfluency
• Taking control and being open to talk about your speech impediment
• Turning internal language processing into creativity
• Balancing a state of aspiration and integrity
• Being pragmatic through changing a name
• R is the hardest letter to pronounce in the English language
• Finding community while in prison
• Keeping strong to maintain your innocence 
• Not letting things define you and putting it down as another chapter in your life

Weekly Challenge : Reach out with curiosity to someone you know with a speech impediment to learn more.

Power of Music : Don’t believe the hype by Public Enemy

Links:

Sean’s LinkedIN

Sean’s Youtube

TED X Sean BW Parker Stammering and Creativity

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