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Stuttering Challenges: Say Your Name Confidently
Everyone’s stuttering is unique. But nearly every person I’ve met who stutters has at least this challenge in common: to say your name....
Larry Stein
Dec 8, 20206 min read
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Your Stuttering: Play Offense, Not Defense
I stuttered for decades. For nearly all that time, I played defense. What does that mean? I was terribly defensive with my speech, trying...
Larry Stein
Dec 8, 20203 min read
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Stuttering Mindset: Are You a Victim or Unstoppable?
What is your stuttering mindset? Are you a victim, bystander or unstoppable? In my decades of stuttering, I experienced all three parts...
Larry Stein
Dec 6, 20206 min read
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Why Fluency Tricks Ultimately Fail
I’ve made just about every mistake you can make in stuttering, including developing a mess of fluency tricks. They seemed to help for a...
Larry Stein
Nov 19, 20204 min read
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How to Handle Difficult Speaking Situations
In my last blog post, I discussed how to play with your speech to get more comfortable speaking. I also suggested that you make it a...
Larry Stein
Nov 6, 20203 min read
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Play With Your Speech to Get Comfortable Speaking
Are you rigid when you speak? I sure was: Tense, serious, always expecting to stutter and trying anything to avoid it. Once I was invited...
Larry Stein
Oct 22, 20203 min read
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Take Control or Be Controlled by Stuttering
Take control or be controlled by stuttering — it may be THE question facing anyone who stutters. Do you let stuttering control you, or do...
Larry Stein
Sep 25, 20204 min read
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Small Steps to Make Big Changes in Your Speech
In the last three posts, you read about my relearn to speak strategy: Breathe, Emphasize, Phrase (BEP). But how can you bring those...
Larry Stein
Sep 21, 20205 min read
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Become More Calm to Reduce Stuttering
Working through your stuttering is hard enough without making it worse with things that add anxiety. That’s why, early on in my efforts...
Larry Stein
Jan 31, 20205 min read
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Stuttering Challenges: Start Conversations Easier
Perhaps the most frequent challenge faced by people who stutter is how to start conversations. I’m talking about starting a new...
Larry Stein
Mar 6, 20193 min read
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