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> How do you incorporate meditation during a social situation? Meditation practice offline helps me stay in the moment, stay relaxed and not let negative emotions get to me. >Do you feel bad at all when you stutter? I have recently tried to not let any negative emotion in my mind not only during speaking but also in every moment of my life. The most important real estate for a person is his mind. I realized as stutterers it is imperative that we do not let the pain of stuttering get to us. Stuttering and pain have a mutual snowballing relationship. >Do you practice self compassion? Yes I do. >Do you feel bad at all when you stutter? Yeah, I have not reached the monk stage where I do not feel any pain. However, when I do, I stay in the moment and let the pain go. >Do you have any tips? Keep practicing your speech exercises and meditation. I do not know if you have had access to a speech therapist. It did help me a lot. Accept the fact that no matter how fluent we get, we will still be stutterers. Acceptance -- it gives you closure and counter intuitively improves your stutter. After all, not trying to stutter and trying to accomplish peace while meditating are eerily similar in their counter-intuitive effect http://www.stutteringhelp.org/sites/default/files/Migrate/book0009_may2010.pdf This book helped me immensely get over the emotional pain of stuttering.