A subscriber writes...
"Dear Mr. Isaac
I am 75 years old and have stuttered since childhood. In first grade a woman turned around in class and said "you are nothing but a stuttering jackass'. I was raised in a loving home with a loving family and my father tried to help me. He meant well, but he only made me more self-conscious.
I cannot afford the course you offer at this time, but I will in the future. Any help you may offer will be greatly appreciated. With gratitude I say thank you!"
Do YOU also have people in your life who mean well but their behavior only makes your stutter worse?
Do you also have distant memories of ridicule stuck in your mind?
There's a famous story that keeps making rounds in the stuttering community. It's about a guy who stuttered severely all his life. One day he ran into a very bad car accident that left injuries to his brain.
Due to the brain injuries, a lot of his past memories got erased. These included his stuttering memories. As a result, ever since he had the accident, he never stuttered!
So there's some truth to it when people say "It's all in the mind".
Luckily, you don't need an accident to get rid of stuttering.
Because here's the thing - it's not the memories itself but the beliefs and conditionings associated with it that cause stuttering. And we have the tools that help you eliminate these beliefs and conditionings from the roots.
Once this is done, you automatically stop thinking about those bad memories from past. And you automatically stop anticipating "difficult" words. And there's no more stutter.
It's doesn't happen overnight. But if you follow the steps and put some effort into it, you and everyone else around you will start noticing the improvements in your speech.
This is taught in detail in the Never Stutter Again online course. It's the only course that actually shows you how to de-condition negative stuttering memories and how to deal with the whole "anticipation" cycle via some simple daily exercises.
To get started on this path towards a stutter-free speech and start 2021 with a bang, visit the link below to get started:
https://neverstutteragain.com/onlinecourse/
The speech gurus miss the point.
All those 'experts' saying you should join Toastmasters or participate in singing or read out aloud one hour everyday...
They don't get it.
The problem with stuttering is that it affects you during "Spontaneous" conversations...
Not while reading a written script or speaking a memorized speech.
That resonates with the question 'JustHguy' posted in a forum. He writes:
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"Do you guys think that talking to yourself out loud can help with stutter?
Like I can read out loud with almost no stutter but it doesn't carry over to real world conversations where you have to think of words in your head and say them rather than reading where you have clear written out script of what to say."
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Like 'JustHguy' pointed out:
It just doesn't carry over.
There are a few exceptions though, and I'll come to that in a moment.
But the main reasons why it doesn't carry over are:
1. Reading a loud from a book is very different than speaking with someone in real-time.
2. When reading, you have the words in front of you. Whereas when speaking, you have to come up with words 'on the go'.
3. And so, reading does not train your brain to talk in spontaneous situations.
The exceptions?
Well...
Reading builds up your vocabulary... which might help you in being more efficient in pulling up words from your head when you need to.
Also, it can give you at least some confidence boost, knowing that if you can read without stutter... then one day you may as well be able to speak fluently.
To conclude, reading out aloud does not directly help with stuttering.
That's why in Never Stutter Again, you'll see three unique strategies to overcome your stuttering, and 'Reading out loud' isn't one of them.
Click the below button to learn more about the topics covered in the Never Stutter Again course.
Yesterday I was talking to a cousin who recently flew in from Canada.
He’s into cars and stuff and was telling me about how cool the new KIA Stinger is.
I am not into motorsports but what I really like about Stinger is the AEB system.
AEB stands for ‘Automatic Emergency Braking’.
It’s typically part of a warning system that uses radar or other sensors to detect when a crash is about to occur. It alerts the driver of the danger so the driver can brake or steer to avoid an accident. And in case if the driver doesn’t react quickly enough, the AEB system applies the brakes itself.
Stuttering is like a car with Automatic Emergency Brake system...
... the moment your brain subconsciously “warns” you about difficult words ahead, it starts hitting your vocal “brakes” to avoid “danger”.
In the stuttering community it’s called “Anticipation’.
Stuttering anticipation is the moment you know you are about to stutter, before you even open your mouth to say anything.
Like the AEB system in modern cars, the stutterer’s brain keeps on scanning ahead for obstacles.
If you’ve been stuttering and stammering for a while, you’re brain is now conditioned to perceive certain words and events as “dangerous”. Say, for example, talking to authority figures such as parents, teachers or boss. The radar of your brain is programmed to red-flag these kind of situations whenever it feels it is “within range”. When that happens - when it senses that a threat is imminent - it sends warning signals to your body, your throat muscles and your vocal chords, so they can prepare for “defense”.
This is what happens in your brain during Anticipation. It’s like a self-fulfilling prophecy: You anticipate you will stutterer, and you end up stuttering.
The only difference between a car and the stutterer’s brain is...
In the case of a car, the danger is REAL. There actually ARE hurdles along the way and if the driver doesn’t steer away or push brakes then there’s going to be a collision.
But the danger that your brain is anticipating, the fear of words.... it’s not real. It’s just PERCEIVED. It’s IN your mind. There’s nothing out there in the physical world that’s creating any danger.
“Words” are just sounds - they’re harmless.
You tell me...
How can a bunch of vowels and consonants ever be dangerous or difficult or hard??!
Like I said, it’s all in your brain.
You may think “So-and-so word is very difficult, I always stutter on it” - But in reality it’s much more complex than that.
What’s happening is that your mind is conditioned since childhood to associate some sounds, people and situations with fear and anxiety. Couple that with your genetic vulnerability for stuttering...
.... And you have a perfect formula for lifelong speech blocks.
But stuttering doesn’t have to be a lifelong condition.
In my course ‘Never Stutter Again’ you will learn how to break free from the stuttering anticipation by a process of deconditioning and unlearning the beliefs that cause you to stutter till now.
It’s a mindset training that will undo your brain’s “Automatic Emergency Braking” system, so you can speak with far more ease, clarity and fluency.
More information about the course is available in the below button.
This might actually be the best time for you to learn to overcome stuttering.
Here's why...
You see the Coronavirus is running rampage all over the world and going by the numbers, it only seems to be getting worse.
Being a good citizen, I've been in self-isolation at my house for the last 3 weeks now and the amount of free time I have to myself is borderline depressive!
You can relate to this right? Of course you do. We're all in this together.
And we all have things we always wanted to do but never had the time.
Like I always wanted to learn Javascript programming langauge but it was never really urgent.
But thanks to the isolation, I'm now able to learn and do things that were burried deep in my todo lists.
Like studying programming languages.
But there's also another reason why I'm doing this now...
To become more "Employable"...
You see, when all this is over, a lot will have changed in the world.
The economic challenges will be crippling.
And we'll need to come out better and stronger.
A huge workforce has already been made redundant who will be fighting hard to win back their 9 to 5s.
And guess who will be given more preference by employers on the other side of this pandemic?
You know it...
Those who are more 'confident' and bold - they are the ones who will thrive.
I don't want to sound pessimistic but I think we all should be ready and prepared to face these new realities.
I left my first job as a journalist many years ago because my stuttering was so severe I couldn't make a damn phone call.
I felt like a nobody in the corporate environment.
Confidence has always been the currency for success and I realized that during my first job itself.
Tell me...
Are you scared by the things to come?
Do you feel that because of stuttering and stammering, you're not able to be as expressive as you'd want to be?
And this will make it harder for you to get or keep a job that you know you deserve?
'Never Stutter Again' will give you the confidence and courage you need to face the post-coronavirus world.
It's a mindset training course that will help you become more spotaneous and worry-free in your everyday conversations.... with no visible stuttering.
Imagine talking to your colleagues and managers without feeling inhibited...
Imagine going to client meetings and handling it like a breeze...
These confidence-enhancing effects are also being reported by my students who took the Never Stutter Again course, studied it and aggressively practise it.
Like Phiko, who sent me the below message some time ago:
"...you'd laugh at how the cashiers here always squint their eye's at me expecting me to stutter and then are left confused when the word come out smoothly.. My speech is not perfect but it is much more expressive than what it was and its all thanx to you."
If you think this is something that you need and can do wonders for you...
... I invite you to take a look at this detailed page where I give more information about the course. Here's the link:
At the top of the page you'll see a coupon code that will give you 80% discount on the total cost.
I think this will be the best use of your time untill the virus goes away and we can go out in the world again to earn our living.
Here's the course page again:
https://neverstutteragain.com/onlinecourse
If you’ve never watched any episode of Game of Thrones...
If you didn’t bother about the season finale hype...
You have my utmost respect!
You resisted the peer pressure.
You stood strong, even though you were the lone wolf in the jungle of netflix-addicted human beings.
As someone who wants to overcome stuttering, that’s a skill you really need.
Here’s what I mean...
Believe it or not, one very good way to reduce the fears of stuttering is....
...whispering.
I know this may sound like a joke, but it’s true.
Most stutterers don’t stutter when they whisper. So why not take that to your advantage?
I’m not saying you should start whispering to people instead of talking. Nothing can replace real spontaneous talking. But to give yourself some confidence boost and to *prove* to your subconscious mind that there’s nothing wrong with you - you can start using the power of whispering in a creative way.
For example, start spending 10 minutes a day to read a book in whispering manner.
Yes, that’s right, read while whispering...
...not just lipsing.
This is something I don’t see any speech gurus talking about.
All i hear the gurus talk about is how to avoid difficult words... how to elongate your syllables... how to speak slowly.
No one talks about the power of whispering.
It’s so underrated, yet it’s so natural.
As kids, whispering used to be a fun activity. But as we grow older, peer pressure kicks in. You’ve got to behave like *adults*. You have to do what everyone else is doing. And if you don’t, you’ll be seen as a weirdo.
Much like those who haven’t watched Game of Thrones...
“You haven’t watched a single episode yet??” they say.
“You’re living under a rock!” they say.
But the fact is it’s only when you walk on the road less travelled and stop following the crowd, you’ll start finding secrets and insights that people normally wouldn’t notice.
Stop bothering yourself about avoiding hard words and stuff like that.
Try whispering like the way I explained above.
Make it loud, but not loud enough to produce *sound*. Do this for a few days, and then start applying the anticipation-beating strategies from Never Stutter Again program. The combination of these two is going to blow your mind. You’ll be surprised how fast you can overcome your speech blocks if you do it this way.
Using this whispering technique will give you a good confidence boost, but it’s not going to be enough. You must overcome the anticipations of stuttering, because frankly speaking you never know when and where your stutter will relapse again.
Anticipation, like i’ve explained in my previously, is the key to break the speech-stutter-cycle. It’s one of the pillars of the Never Stutter Again program.
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