I Was 40, but I Still Felt Like a Child

Olga Bednarski, May 2026 For a long time, I felt like a child pretending to be an adult. In my twenties and even thirties, I would watch other adults and feel like they belonged to a world I hadn’t been granted access to. They moved through life with an unspoken sense of permission. They made […]

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TISA Patna SHG Meeting Report – 28 September 2026

An Unplanned Meeting, A Beautiful Experience Sometimes, the best meetings are the ones that were never planned. On 28 September 2026, a few members of The Indian Stammering Association (TISA) decided in the morning to meet offline in Patna. By 4 PM, Abhinav, Jitendra and Naresh came together at Veer Kunwar Singh Shaheed Udyan, Patna, […]

TISA 16th NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2026- LUCKNOW

Welcome to the registration page for TISA 16th National Conference 2026 in Lucknow! Date November 20th, 21st & 22nd, 2026 Venue Literacy House, Kanpur Road, Vishnulok Colony, Alambagh, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (Map) Check-in 10:00 AM, 20th November 2026 Check-out 5:00 PM, 22nd November 2026 Seats are filling up fast! • Click here to Register for […]

16 वर्ष TISA के साथ: हकलाहट से संघर्ष से स्वीकार्यता तक की मेरी यात्रा

कुछ रिश्ते केवल समय के साथ पुराने नहीं होते, बल्कि समय के साथ और गहरे होते जाते हैं।मेरे और The Indian Stammering Association (TISA) के बीच का रिश्ता भी ऐसा ही है। आज TISA से जुड़े हुए मुझे 16 वर्ष पूरे हो गए हैं। पीछे मुड़कर देखता हूँ तो लगता है कि इन 16 वर्षों […]

When Speaking Feels like an Exam

Written by Olga Bednarski, August 2026 | Liverpool I used to experience speaking as if I were sitting an examination. Every conversation had a predetermined outcome, standard, and expectation. Every phone call was a test. Every introduction, question, or social interaction was an opportunity to either succeed or fail.The strange thing was that the examination […]