Hello Steve,

Do you own a copy of John Harrisons book. "How to conquer your
fears of speaking before people" I believe he distributes in PDF at
a small fee. BUY IT. and turn it into a hard copy.

I once told myself, when I get out of stuttering I'm going to write
a book so others can follow me. Then I thought maybe its already
been done. It has, John Harrisons book is that book.

Unfortunately, its not a do this and tomorrow you will not stutter.
It is a, keep on doing this over and over and over. Day after day,
month after month , year after year. I suggest you keep a diary to
keep track of your progress. And you need to read between the lines,
certain you just can't say to motivate someone.

The advice I gave you will assist for your next speech, but it
won't help you in the longer term. You need to get out of your
comfort zone to make progress. Its a chicken and egg situation but
its more egg for the first 2-3 years. You need to do it with a
stutter before your body will even allow you to do it without a
stutter.

If you are not sure what your comfort zones are?? If you don't want
to do it, then its outside your comfort zone. But don't go into a
situation thinking I'm outside my comfort zone I'm going to stutter.
Instead think its my stutter telling me I don't want to do this,
when actually I can.

In a nutshell your stutter is to protect your sub-conscious, either
it gets protected by a stutter, technique or a audio-feedback
device. You mind will use them as shields, with the stutter being
the strongest of them all. If your sub-conscious thinks that a
technique is able to protect you in a certain situation. It will use
that shield. If the situation gets too tough it will revert back to
the stutter for its shield. You don't have a choice in the matter.

You need to change your belief that you don't need protecting in the
first place.

Regards,

Max Stringer.