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Hey there! McGuire student for about a year and 2/3 months now. As /u/Blaat1985 rightly said, **throw your fluency out the window!** It's all about saying what you want to say, confidently and clearl...

The goal of the program is NOT to become a fluent speaker, but to be an eloquent speaker. Which means control over your speech and assertive self-acceptance of your stuttering. If use the program to b...

I use techniques which I learned on the McGuire programme. It involves costal breathing which is deep breathing, stuttering on purpose, voice projection, speaking clearly and a lot of other psycholog...

When I'm meeting new people I know it will obviously come out at some point and I just allow it to naturally. If I have a real hard time on a word I'll make a little joke about it to tell them I am in...

We don't have that here! I personally use going to the doctor as a challenge rather than viewing it as a feared situation. I use the technique "stuttering on purpose" when I go in and I always come b...

If you point it out you give it too much attention and makes you seem self-aware of it. I don't bring it up and if they happen to notice or remark I'll just play along and use it as a convo starter....

Use it to your advantage. They will probably find it endearing. Not that it's cute or anything but just because you've 'come out' for want of a better expression. It could be a good talking point. Som...

[This is a comment I posted about a trick I've found](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/4wnez9/it_is_possible_to_overcome_stuttering_and_speak/d6ab69w). I probably should have made it a top le...

> Anyone have anything they've tried which seemed to help stuttering? [Today I posted a comment about a weird trick I discovered](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/4wnez9/it_is_possible_to...

[You might be interested in this odd little trick that I have discovered](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/4wnez9/it_is_possible_to_overcome_stuttering_and_speak/d6ab69w)....

Find a consequence free situation (ordering at a drive through, or asking a question at a mall kiosk or store, reserving a room at a hotel and later canceling, anything where you know you wont be flue...

Hey there, welcome to the subreddit. Firstly, we've all been through this stage in our stuttering paths, I and many others have come out the other side (still stuttering) with a love of life and ever...

I can second this. Although it's not about fluency, but about showing your stutter, exposing it, and generally fluency comes. But the timeframe ranges from person to person and depends on the amount o...

The McGuire programme is based on Articulation rather than fluency. Do you feel the 4 weapons help you? Deliberate dis fluency? May I ask what McGuire region you're from? I'm part of the programme t...

I'm pushing my comfort zone daily. I'm part of the McGuire programme. Which means it's required of me. During courses I always do at least 100 street contacts, the public speech and other set challeng...

The program is based on 'costal breathing' which is one kind of the basic functions for this to work. While training your costal breathing, you're also learning to stutter on command. By doing that, y...

Reading aloud. But, for me reading aloud alone simply didn't replicate the type of tension my body feels when reading or speaking to another person. So, in an effort to increase this tension when alo...

If formal therapy isn't for you, maybe look up some exercises you can do to practice on your own. Something I do, and I know this sounds silly, is to start my day by greeting the things in my house....

Couldn't have said it better myself. The process of doing this is called "overkilling". I do it on any word/ any sounds I find tricky or that I'm likely to avoid. It's one of THE BEST ways to become ...

The point is stuttering isn't what's making you feel like shit. If you stuttered without struggle, hard blocks, tension, anxiety, fear, or shame then it wouldn't be such an issue. You need to learn yo...