If you're a person who stutters, but you can speak on your terms, all the struggle, tension, and stuttering anxiety go away. It's not quite stuttering as a condition any more. The best part, by speaking on your terms you actually learn to make your own choices, do what you really think is right to do, you learn leadership skills if you would, you learn to live your life on your terms. Which is an amazing byproduct. This seemingly little speech improvement effort can bring a profound change into your life.  And it's much closer than you think.  So, how do you learn ..read more

In this blog post and video, we'll cover 17 stuttering techniques or strategies from the mainstream ones to not so traditional ones. I'll show and demonstrate them, and we'll try to understand each of them so that you could see what could be useful, helpful and beneficial for you. And if you are using a technique that is not on the list, please leave a comment and let me know! The VIDEO: Top 17 stuttering techniques   Top 17 stuttering techniques https://youtu.be/B7cK7tOUacw This is an overview for you to get the idea behind each of the techniques, and get th ..read more

We might think about stuttering as a linear thing. I have a predisposition to stutter, so I stutter. That's it. I can hide it. I can accept it. I can try to manage it.  Well, it's a little more complicated. But let's try to make that complexity simple. I want you to be very clear how stuttering works and what we can do about it.   The Podcast: Understanding stuttering better   Stuttering Cycle Stuttering is not a dot. It's not a linear thing either. It doesn't "just happen." Stuttering is an automated cycle that reproduces itself. So, let's see how ..read more

Stuttering is full of mystery. We don't seem to fully understand it. And that is intriguing.  Let's try to look behind the curtains and see what makes is so mysterious.  Let's uncover together the secret of stuttering.  The VIDEO: The secret of stuttering   The secret of stuttering https://youtu.be/9OrSw_8hlUI The biggest secret The main idea I want to share with you in this blog post and video is that we, people who stutter, try to keep stuttering as a secret. And this is the biggest problem we want to realize. You see, keeping it a secre ..read more

Is stuttering (stammering) curable? Henry Ford once said something like "if you believe you can or you believe you can’t - in both cases you’re right." It's the same situation with stuttering. If you believe that it’s not curable (maybe based on your own experience) then I would leave you in this belief. It’s true for you. But if you believe there must be another way that leads you to that emotional state of freedom where you can speak on your terms and truly enjoy speaking interaction - then stay with me! The VIDEO: Is Stuttering Curable?   Is stuttering curable? http ..read more

I don't like typical stuttering "before and after" videos. As a person who stutters, I know that they don't say much. You can be fluent in the therapy room but stutter badly the next moment you do go outside to the real world.  This blog post is about the stuttering transformation that you might be looking for. It's not a typical "before and after" video and you'll learn why.  Let's dive into it!  The VIDEO: Stuttering Transformation   Stuttering Transformation https://youtu.be/zvn13D-S2Y4 The comfort of the classroom It's week 1 and Vildan is doing ..read more

If you are a person who stutters you perfectly know that for people who stutter some situations like public speaking, an important or unexpected phone call and quite a number of other settings are way more stressful than other more casual situations.  In this blog post, we’ll cover what makes these situations so stressful. I'll give you practical tips on how to deal with such situations and most importantly I’ll share with you the most effective way to prepare for those situations so that they stop being stressful in the first place.  Is it actually possible to make them no long ..read more