Six tips to improve stuttering (replace "I can't do this" with "I may stutter, but that's okay"; acknowledge that stuttering is not a personal failure; focus on prosody)

Six tips to improve stuttering (replace "I can't do this" with "I may stutter, but that's okay"; acknowledge that stuttering is not a personal failure; focus on prosody) Tips: 1. replace "I can't do this" with "I may stutter, but that's okay" 2. be kind to yourself and acknowledge that stuttering is not a personal failure 3. encourage yourself with "I am confident in my ability to communicate" or "I am worthy and capable of expressing myself" 4. change your goal "I need to be error-free" to "I am capable of communicating effectively" 5. divide your speech strategy (of effortless, natural speech) into much smaller parts. Practice only little steps each week, and reward yourself each Friday when the week ends 6. increase the feeling of nervousness if you apply fluency behaviors. Speak with nervousness without holding back speech while focusing on calm breathing, muscle relaxation and at the same time, speak on the timing of your intention and prosody to maintain the forward flow of speech. Stop trying to reduce the nervous feeling by doing the compulsion. Don't justify doing the compulsion