Friends- I had been feeling something in my guts for sometime- and today I found a write up about it: “Why Bollywood produces the most films and the least awards.“Found it quite interesting.
Tag: Informational
It Hurts?
Last week, I came across this yet another website, started by one of those self-proclaimed “ex-stammerer”, who have come up with a program to get rid of stutter (it’s amazing how the species belonging to this community is growing at an alarming rate!). Everything usual about this site, but one thing worth a mention is […]
Courage to Stutter
Hello friends…As I was browsing internet and searching some information about stammering, I stumbled upon this very nice blog about stammering. It’s named “Courage to Stutter”. The blogger’s name is Kevin O’Neill who is a software professional and lives in Seattle, USA. I found this blog very inspiring, and thought it would be a good […]
An Evening With The Toastmasters
Keith Boss introduced us all to the Toastmaster’s Club. He vehemently talked about it in his posts and during his visit down here. Manohar of Pune then put in some more light on the Toastmasters by joining it, and uploading some of his videos. All this added to the curiosity, and with the help of […]
On Acceptance and TISA..
Acceptance is a core value of TISA. This video discusses our understanding of the issue.
Make Room For The Stuttering
Here is a link to a radio interview of Pamela Mertz, a facilitator working towards Stammering Awareness and Women who Stutter. This url is shared by Hetal, from Surat. Thanks Hetal for sharing.
Vipassana – Towards Fluency of Mind
Vipassana! We have been hearing and reading about it a lot on this space. There were testimonials about how Vipassana has helped people (PWS and others). Dr. Sachin has been vehemently stressing on its benefits too. All this led me to find out more about it. And I stumbled upon the “Goa Vipassana Samiti”. On […]
discover your place in the world
Hi, I stumbled upon this video while browsing through the blogs. thought of sharing… http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4593755
Meeting Keith : The Pune Odyssey
After a lot of yes and no… I and Santosh, finally planned our trip to Pune to meet Keith Boss. Sceptic about getting leaves from the workplace, Santosh suggested a very good way to do so – Just tell the boss frankly that we are going to work on our stammer. It really worked wonders! […]
In the larger interest of the next generation..
Hey fffriends, Live mint of Hindustan Times has done a comprehnesive write up on stammering, based on Keith’s interview. You too can write to news-papers & dailies in your cities and talk about what it means to stammer and how self-help can change our perspective..We must talk to the outside world if we want the […]
TA & PAC
Transactional analysis (TA) is a useful way of understanding communication and intentions (often subconscious) behind it: a social psychology developed by Eric Berne, MD. It helps us to understand why sometime some of us dissatisfied with the communication itself or its outcomes. Harish has offered some very interesting examples of TA in the context of […]
Just plain Stammering ?
Disorientation and inability to focus attention, e.g. on where one is in a presentation. A feeling of having forgotten one’s craft, e.g. words, basic knowledge. Subjective feeling of loss of control – the brain ‘goes blank’ and the head is ‘swimming’. Constant worry about the inability to perform successfully. A feeling of being alone or […]
Just in case you did not realise…
Keith is sharing very valuable experiences and thoughts at:http://stammer.in/forums/topic/44-Keithanswersyourqueries12thto24thFeb.html Check it out and come up with your thoughts, concerns, comments and questions..sachin
TISA Communication workshop report
TISA is pleased to share the online report (pdf, 8.7 mb) of first Communication workshop conducted in Herbertpur from 7th to 16th Jan 2010. Ten IPWS participated in it. Two worked as facilitators. Everyone contributed to the onward momentum and collective sharing. The framework of the workshop was based on CALMS approach. Prolongation, bouncing, pausing […]
Stammering : Do’s and Don’ts for the Non-PWS
The hatred for stammering by all PWS has it’s origin in the kind of reaction that they are met with when talking to the world, or the non-PWS which are relatively more fluent ( I won’t say fluent ) then the PWS. A PWS will be at his / her ease when speaking to another […]
Yet another website?
Active listening
My friend Hetal from Surat, has sent this very interesting link about active listening… We need to really work on this- may be even more than on our speech..http://www.mindtools.com/CommSkll/ActiveListening.htm
Book for children
Those children who can read English comfortably and can spend some money- for them there is a book- Nice one, about how to deal with stammering, if you are a child:http://www.tampabay.com/features/books/article969896.eceIf the parents do decide to buy, here is the amazon link; and yes, dont order just one- order two and give one to nearest […]
How to get Rich
Having more money is on top of everyone’s wish list. People buy lottery tickets hoping to become instant millionaires. Some read books written by the rich hoping to gain some insight about how to make their first million. Others succumb to get-rich-quick scams all because the idea of receiving loads of money is just too […]
Self Hypnotism and slowing your life down..
Dear friends,There were 9 PWS who attended the 22nd March meeting. In this meeting Mr.Ramesh who came on our request, has demonstrated about self-Hypnotism which was liked by every one. This self-hypnotism is basically meant to feed positive thoughts into our sub-conscious mind. Really a good one. A practical guide to control the stammering which […]