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you can speak fluently in just one context,
you can learn to speak fluently in all contexts.
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Note: The materials found herein have proven helpful for many PWS. Some (but not all) have found fluency. Others have made much progress. But, this is not about a "quick fix." At best, these tools require two things: 1) Work and 2) Time. If you are willing to work hard, study hard and commit to several months of practice, then read on.
for Your Consideration:
How is it that you can speak
fluently in some contexts and not speak fluently in other contexts?
Does the fact that most People
Who Block and Stutter speak fluently in some contexts but not in others indicate
that the primary cause of blocking and stuttering rests in psychological
issues and not primarily in physical or genetic issues?
How can speaking fluently in one context and not in others be genetically caused? Is it possible for genes to carry that kind of information?
Bruce Lipton in "The Biology of Belief"
states, "Recent advances in cellular science are heralding an important
evolutionary turning point. For almost fifty years we have held the illusion
that our health and fate were preprogrammed in our genes, a concept referred to
as genetic determinacy. Though mass consciousness is currently imbued
with the belief that the character of one’s life is genetically predetermined, a
radically new understanding is unfolding at the leading edge of science.
Cellular biologists now recognize that the environment (external universe and
internal-physiology), and more importantly, our perception of the
environment, directly controls the activity of our genes."
Likewise, how can speaking
fluently in one context and not in other contexts be a physical problem?
Such behavior is a product of will and not physical. Of course, the
choice is unconscious or you could control it. Does the fact that you cannot
consciously control blocking and stuttering mean that it is a physical problem?
How many other behaviors do you have that are unconscious and not consciously
controlled? Do you attribute them to physical problems? (Read the article "Embodying
Negative Emotions" to learn how we embody our thought-feelings that result
in physical symptoms.)
If you were not fearful of
looking like a fool or being vulnerable because of your blocking and stuttering,
how would that affect your blocking and stuttering?
If you had a healthy view of
yourself as an innate person of worth in spite of how you speak, how would that
affect your blocking and stuttering?
If you felt in control of your
speech all the time as you do when you are fluent, how would that affect your
blocking and stuttering?
If you were able to rid
yourself of the belief "I have always blocked and stuttered in certain contexts
which means that I always will," what would happen to your blocking and
stuttering?
If you were not fearful of the
judgments of other people about how you speak, what would happen to your
blocking and stuttering?
If you viewed the world you live in as a warm, inviting, friendly and supportive place rather than a place to be feared and to always be on your guard about, how would that affect your blocking and stuttering.
We present materials in this web site that provide a further explanation about our beliefs about both the cause and the cure for blocking and stuttering.
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