I think what people actually mean when they say “embrace it” is to learn to be comfortable with the inevitable. There are a lot of different types of stutter therapy, and as you and most of the people here probably know, there is no cure. I did this one kind of speech therapy that focused on breathing techniques and weird pronunciation tricks. It worked so well for a while…then it didn’t. It actually got worse after. Then I tried Avoidance Reduction Therapy and one of the first things the therapist said to me was “At your age, you’re probably gonna stutter for the rest of your life. How does that make you feel?” That obviously hit me like a train and was incredibly depressing coming from a therapist. Then they said “You can keep going through your life feeling bad about it, in perpetual denial, or you can come to terms with it. I’ve known people that stop stuttering entirely or severely reduce their stutter through doing that, which I know is kind of ironic. But let’s say that doesn’t happen for you, you would at the very least finally be comfortable with stuttering and with yourself.” This all felt a little bit like snake oil to me, but they said “As you know, there is no cure. There’s no form of therapy that’s proven to work for everyone and continues to work. If there was I’d be pitching that. I’m just saying before trying your 4th different therapy model, why not first try to get comfortable in your own skin and feel happy with your stutter.”