Diaphragmatic breathing: Breathe in for 2 seconds, out for 4 (one-mississippi, two-mississippi). Make sure your stomach is rising, *not your chest.* Keep your hands on your stomach and chest to make sure. You can also lay down on your back when you start, and progress to sitting/standing up. Pause and plan: before you start with your sentence, take a little bit of time to think about what you're going to say. This way, you're less flustered when you start speaking, and you can finish a thought instead of changing your phrasing or backing up to add something, which could cause you to block. Exhale before you talk: To go along with diaphragmatic breathing. Let out some air before you start speaking and speak into the exhale. Don't pause between the breath and speaking, or that defeats the purpose of doing this. The rhythm to follow is inhale for 2 seconds, exhale for for 1-speak. I find this particularly helpful on words starting with vowels. Light touches: When you say consonants, say them really softly. For example, if you're saying "Bee", don't mush your lips together and really force it. Instead, say the letter really softly. Barely press your lips together when you say it. This goes for all consonants, say them really softly, don't emphasize them and avoid putting a ton of pressure on speech-related muscles. This principle can be applied to vowels as well, though trouble with vowels is remedied by exhalation. The idea is that you want to reduce any pressure and stress on your speech-related muscle groups (lips, tongue, jaw, throat, chest, diaphragm) which causes stuttering. Slowing down: this in particular feels really unnatural at first, but as you get used to it, it really does get better. I urge you to record yourself speaking normally, then record yourself speaking at a slower rate. When I feel like I'm speaking normally, I sound really fast. When I feel like I'm speaking slowly, I actually sound normal. This also goes hand in hand with pause and plan. When you slow down, you're giving yourself more time to think through what you're going to say next, and how to integrate what you want to say next into what you're saying right now. You're also allowing yourself the time to to assess how feel. Do you feel completely in control of your speech? Do you feel tension building? Where, and what can you do to alleviate it? Linking: the best way I can describe it is, speak as if your sentences are one huge long word instead of individual words. Don't break words up, keep the phonotation continuous. Probably best to practice while speaking really slowly in the beginning, just so you can get a feel for what to do. Of course, practice by yourself before trying it with others. Also, when you need to pause, do the breathing, exhalation, and light touches again. Cancellation: When you stutter (or feel pressure building up), just stop. Don't try to power through it. Just stop, breathe in, exhale, light touches, speak. Also, maybe don't try to repeat the word you got stuck on, either repeat the sentence or go back a few words.