“We’re all the same, but unique. We’re all part of the same life source, all evolved from the same ancestors.” “Stammering is a big deal” VS. “Stammering is no big deal” – who’s being honest? who has better chances of recovery?…only by talking about them (painful times)…acknowledging them..accepting them…do they vanish…Let’s talk about our pain..not deny […]
Dear Fellow Stammerers, Good evening! What a day…I arrived back in Mumbai this morning from Pune. Came home, prepped for the SHG and went off to it! I got inspiration for the agenda from the communication workshop agenda, specifically this part: 2-2:30:Introduction in Pairs 2:30-2:45: Intro to Acceptance 2:45-3: Eye contact, Bouncing in Change Game […]
Dear Fellow Stammerers, A very good evening to you! We had our 110th meeting at Ghatkopar today. We are joined by two new members today (Abhishek & Sai), and one old friend visiting from the US (Aditya). Honestly, I had not planned for today’s SHG. My game plan: Stay Present. Feel the room, and go […]
Dear Fellow Stammerers, Five of us met today at the YMCA Ghatkopar, Nikhil Iyer, Vishal Mishra, Rakesh Prasad, Narendra Bhandava, and Dhruv Gupta. We started off by breaking up into pairs and doing an introductory activity. Then, we came back as a group and talked about TISA, what we do and what we can hope […]
Host: Dhruv, Co-host Chinmay Participants: Prachi, Kaushal, Jayesh, Akshay, Nikhil, Chinmay, Dhruv Here was the plan for the SHG today: 1:45 – 2: Ice-breaker, Page 9 in Creative Facilitation Techniques, Nikhil 2-2:15: Social Contract: Chinmay & Dhruv, Create a safe space 2-15-3: Childhood shame – people share stories, and do impromptu skits/performances to face these […]
Hi all! In the TISA spirit of transparency, here are the donations for TISA on Milaap & Indiegogo, and expenses for activities that use these funds:A BIG THANK YOU to all those who donated to TISA through these campaigns. You can see who donated by clicking on the Milaap & Indiegogo links. And a BIG THANK YOU to Jugal […]
Dear Friends – Helped by SPEAK, TISA is taking a step forward by organizing FIRST time a facilitation workshop. As you know- to run a Self help group, you need special skills: Facilitation and Peer counseling. So, in this workshop we will be focusing on these two skills, to ensure that participants go back as […]
Today’s Minutes of the Meeting: This topic was found in: http://stammer.in/2008/05/14/running-self-help-groups-support-groups/. Topic: Personal Awareness Goal: Increase personal awareness Activity: Discuss my feelings A. Begin the meeting by asking members to name as many feelings as they can–such as: A time I felt angry was; A time I felt happy was; A time I felt scared was; […]
We have two versions of the campaign: Indigogo (for donations coming from outside India) and Milap (for funds from within India). Both are active. Please promote these in different forum, on FB, on other platforms and among your friends or contacts. The funds raised will be used for activities directly related to stammering initiative. A […]
Dear TISA, I give my very best regards to everyone at the NC who I didn’t have the opportunity to bid a personal farewell to this morning. There are so many wondrous, wise and courageous people I met in these past few days. I wish the requirements of life and responsibility would have allowed me […]
Hi everyone! We would like to invite you to Meeting #15. Meeting Theme: Bring out your inner child Playful….excited…passionate…loving…joyful…curious…daring…dabang yaar! Learning Session: However old we are…our Inner child is always alive…so it’s time to engage in fun activities to bring your child back. Conducted by Gaurav Dubey Prepared Speeches by: Jayesh Folka Kevin D’Souza Aditya Yadav TBD Facilitator of […]
Hi Guys, The SHG meet started at 1:30 pm, with the wonderful welcome speech by the Facilitator of the meeting, Bharat Soni (who chipped in at the last minute). The facilitator then asked each of the role players to introduce themselves and their roles. The joke master Aditya shared a funny joke 🙂 There were some […]
Hey everyone! Meeting Theme: I can’t…R.I.P Do you ever think you can’t do something? Well….it’s time to say….I CAN DO IT! […]
Hi all, We started the meeting just after 1:40. Jagdish stepped up to take the role of Facilitator of the Meeting at the last moment. Kaushal also stepped in as Timer and I took the role of Technique counter. The word of the day, as mentioned by Grammarian, Ramesh, was assiduous. We learned that this […]
Hi Everyone, We at Mumbai SHG would like to share how our meetings are going. We have adopted the new SHG structure that matches the organization of Toastmasters with the emotional depth of a TISA SHG. For those of you who haven’t heard about this format yet, I’d like to share it with you. Each […]
Life is hell… Life is tough… OR Life is a game… Life is adventure… Life is a party… Join us this Sunday wherein our Facilitator of the Meeting and Extempore Facilitator Srinivas Basutkar will help you learn that: Life is what you want it to be And a learning session where we learn to treat our stammering objectively! If you’re […]
In February 2013, I had just come back from a trip to the US, where I spent 3 weeks working on myself. It was a stimulating time. I began to realize that I can do anything I set out to do. Whatever that may be. I can do it – if I just have heart […]
You should be able to read this post in 5 minutes. However, if you read it with some voluntary stuttering, it might take 10. In either case, worry not, you’ve got enough time. 🙂 Ever since I can remember, I have stuttered. When I was 7 years old, a 3rd grader, I felt that I […]
TISA Communication Workshop Pune – December 6 – 8, 2013 Friends, here are the videos: “1, 2, 3, BUM, 5, 6, 7, BUM, 9, 10, 11, BUM, 13, 1 BUM, 15…” Can you figure out the pattern? We all stood in a circle and counted in this way. It was a fantastic ice-breaker activity to […]
If you want to sign up, email: pune.stammer@gmail.com Day 1 (6th Dec) 9.30 -11.30 am: Intro Marathon (a warm up exercise to be conducted by Sachin); Sharing of ground rules and discussion about logistics (Sachin, Vivek, Virendra); Choose practice partner / make 3-4 sub-groups Discussion on expectations – what to expect and what to plan […]