Stuttering – My experiments with fear

(Received from Dr Tejpal, Chandigarh) In a recently concluded National TISA Conference at Chandigarh, Anapana meditation was taught by Vipassana Teacher. Anapana meditation is a preliminary step of Vipassana meditation, which is widely practised by students in schools and by adults by jail staff and prisoners in many prisons all over India and abroad. Many […]

That moment of fear made my day

Today we had our quality management meeting in our company. All of us gathered in the conference room. Roughly around 30 new trainees were there including me. The quality manager came and started the presentation. He started asking questions to all of us along with introduction. I became very uneasy sensing that my turn would […]

The rise of the Heroes..

Yesterday I went for the play – http://stammer.in/2017/07/13/an-evening-with-stories-26th-27th-july2017-atta-galattabangalore/ I reached the venue good 30 mins before the performance.. I had taken my wife and kids along.. only kids above 12 are allowed in plays. Anyways my kids were allowed! All is well and OK when our own people are involved in the logistics! 😉 Rashmi […]

Because of stammering..

This has been some of my experience and those of my mates who have candidly shared in shg meetings that I attended in last few years.. Because of stammering, I failed in Interview. Because of stammering, I was not promoted. Because of stammering, I could not give the presentation Because of stammering, I could not find […]

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

As by profession I have to meet the doctors as per their timings and days for collecting the insights related to pharma products .And it’s field work job ,so sometimes we have to think where to sit if their is time in between doctors call (meeting a doctor is we sat call ) . Just […]

Condolences: Akash Acharya

Dear friends, The shocking news of the loss of our dear friend Dr. Akash Acharya arrived yesterday. I confess that my eyes teared up and I have needed more than an entire day to calm myself. It is my hope that this note will help us all -in some small way, at the least. Akash […]

Ego: Emotions Gone Overboard…

Ego is bad for people. Sounds clichéd?? Well, It’s more so for pws. The singular factor that can ease the life of a pws is –  Confidence. It is when the mind and heart are in unison, without fear, that words flow unhindered. For a pws like me,  (teacher with stammering) with nowhere to hide, […]

Tumbling Down a Relapse Slide…

Life is a roller-coaster ride, they say. So is it, for me. Heaving up in joy on days of “easy talk” and tumbling down in anguish on days of “blocked talk”. Life! Right now, I am in a period of relapse. After progress made with tireless toil, I am sliding down. The quiver of lips […]

I am Binu, and I am a Stutterer

Hello, I am Binu and I am a stutterer. Hmm … That felt funny. Even though I know for a fact that my personality, my thoughts, my choices have been mainly influenced by the dreaded stammering, this is probably the first time in my life that I have introduced myself as a “stutterer”. It was always […]

My journey 8

Hello friends , hope all of you are fine and doing well in your life. I am writing after long time approximately 1 month . In this one month , i got some amazing ideas about how to live more freely and happily . The secret of happiness which i found in last one month […]

When the time is right.. by Shanti K.

“When the time is right, everything falls into place,” my life at this moment echoes this sentiment. A couple of days ago, as usual, I prepared the content of a presentation but allowed my collegeue to present it because  I was terrified that I would stammer. This incident awakened the guilt in me that I […]

Alchemy

Sir, This is Vimal… Remember? I met you in that workshop? As I climbed this little trail uphill, near Kotabagh (Haldwani), after a 300 km drive, my first reaction to this phone call was a little irritation (Why cant people just email me?) – but then, it is always fun to catch up with old workshop […]

Commonwealth Meet!

We met at a restaurant in Herbertpur to celebrate first day of the New Year, 2017! Ravindra, Raghavendra, Shubham came from Dehradun. Surendra from Vikasnagar; Pawan, Parmanand, Sunny and self from Herbertpur. Sunny came with his guitar. We laughed, joked, sang, did some role play- on the whole, we had great time- almost three hours- […]

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My Stammer Personified

One of my really good friends and Person-Who-Stammers (PWS) suggested an activity that was all about creating a short story of your stammer as if it were a person/friend/pet under the activity name “Stammering Personified”. Well, frankly speaking, at first it seemed a little ridiculous and childish, but after being open minded, it opened other […]