This is the absolute foundation of overcoming stuttering. 👇👇⁣ ⁣ Without this I wouldn't be speaking freely and effortlessly for the last 3 years. 👇⁣ ⁣ 💧 Learning to not resist your stutter. ⁣ ⁣ We have all heard the saying "what you resist, persists". And it's undeniably true.⁣ ⁣ Every time you think "dont stutter" what happens? Do the feelings of stuttering go away? ⁣ ⁣ No. ⁣ ⁣ They get stronger and you will have some of the hardest time speaking. ⁣ ⁣ Think of it like this.. ⁣ ⁣ Everytime you avoid a word due to fear of stuttering, you feed your stutter. You make it grow. ⁣ ⁣ Everytime you avoid speaking or going to that event, same thing. ⁣ ⁣ You stutter gets more powerful the more you feed it, and avoidance/being unable to sit with your stutter is you directly telling your brain "I cannot handle this". ⁣ ⁣ So we push it away and resist it. ⁣ ⁣ But our stutter doesn't go anywhere. ⁣ ⁣ You compound the doubt, insecurities, and fear you have with it. Making it into such a bigger monster than what it is. ⁣ ⁣ Your stutter is not a monster. ⁣ ⁣ It's simply a verbal indicator that exposes you to situations and people where you feel unfree & unsafe to be your full authentic self. (Understanding this has changed my life).⁣ ⁣ Your stutter is simply an outcome of what you're feeling inside. ⁣ ⁣ The more tension you're feeling, the more you will stutter. ⁣ ⁣ & most the tension is coming from the fear of being judged, not the fear to stutter.⁣ ⁣ But that's a whole different post ;). ⁣ ⁣ Learning to stop resisting stuttering is #1. ⁣ ⁣ Just a reminder.⁣