Stammering/Stuttering
Is there a Positive Intention Behind a Negative Habit or Behaviour?
Saturday, February 4th, 2012In Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) I was taught that there is a positive intention behind every behaviour. Yeah right, I told myself! However, the more I would explore someone’s behaviour, I would end up finding a positive intention. What is positive intention? It is what the person gets out of doing that behaviour/habit. For example, [...]
Did you know I Stuttered – Part 4?
Friday, January 13th, 2012Following on part 3 where I share my strategy of how I embrace fear and stop the avoidance behaviour, I ended with a question: “What if I did block/stutter as I went through with the task or situation – like going through a drive-thru?” Well, there is a couple of pieces to this question – [...]
When did I start my stuttering behaviour and when did it stop?
Friday, December 9th, 2011May people ask me, after they hear my story, so when did you start stuttering and how is it that you do not stutter anymore? Intuitively or unconsciously, I knew I started the behaviour when I was in the process of completing Kindergarten and some of us in KG had shown a higher IQ or [...]
Did You I know I stuttered – pt 3?
Monday, November 28th, 2011There is a quote and I am not sure who or where it is from – “Courage is not a lack of fear, but the ability to act while facing fear.” Well, I had decided to face my fear and I have to tell you as I kept on facing my fear and overcoming my [...]
Did you know I stuttered – part 2?
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011So as my Speech pathologist asked me the question, I replied, “I guess by facing my fear.” She nodded. When I walked out of her office, I had a bag of mixed emotions, but as I walked away I just knew that I did not want to live my life like this – always thinking [...]
Did you know I stuttered until my 30′s?
Saturday, November 19th, 2011Most of you watched the Oscar-winning movie, The King’s Speech, and understood what a person who stutters (PWS) goes through emotionally and physically. So when I tell people that I stuttered, they cannot believe that because I am a public speaker, a workshop facilitator and executive coach…..and I hardly stutter! How did that happen? I [...]