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New! Interview with Bernie Weiner (North Central NSA Regional Chapter Coordinator)

Oliver_So — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:27:50 GMT

I e-mailed Bernie Weiner, a long time member of the National Stuttering Association, a Regional Chapter Coordinator for the NSA, and a former NSA chapter leader for 10 years in Royal Oak, Michigan, because I thought that he would have anything interesting to say that might help
the stutterers out there!
And it turned out that he gladly accepted my request of an interview!

Here it is for you!

* Do you think that stuttering is a cognitive och physical issue?
- I'm a big believer that stuttering is more of a genetic issue than a physical or behavioral issue. Researchers such as David McGuire are coming closer every day to find the genetic causes of stuttering. They know that stuttering often runs in families, sometimes with siblings, sometimes with parents, sometimes with other relatives. One of my uncles stutters, and my brother also stuttered for a few years. I can still "catch" him on occasion, but it's hardly noticeable. I was the "lucky" one in my family that held on to my stuttering throughout my life. I started stuttering when I was about 5 years old. I'm now 61.
* Do you think the stutterering often gets worse because of negative beliefs,
such as "If I stutter, I'll look like a fool", etc?
- I think it's very obvious that the more we try to hide our stuttering, the worse it becomes. I find it much easier, now, to get my stuttering out into the "open". I find that takes a LOT of the pressure off of me and also makes the listener more at ease, which leads to more fluent speech, for me.
*Are there any successfull therapies for stuttering out there?
- Depends what your meaning of "successful" is. I've gone through a lot of stuttering therapy, and I've taken something from each type of therapy. Today, the speech therapists no longer try to get people who stutter perfectly fluent. That's self defeating, it's not usually going to happen. The most successful stuttering therapy deals with both the "mechanics" of stuttering and the attitudes about our stuttering.
*Do you think it is important for the stutterer to accept that he or she sometimes stutter,
and to not feel bad when he or she does that?
- Since I have became a member of the National Stuttering Association, and attended my first NSA conference, in 1995, my whole attitude about my stuttering has changed. Stuttering doesn't define us, but it is a part of me. I no longer feel the shame, guilt, of fear about my stuttering. One thing that the NSA stresses is that it's O.K. to stutter. You can be a great communicator and still stutter. It's not how you say things, but what you say that is important.
*What is your other interests, except stuttering?
Geez, where to start. LOL. I have a lot of other interests. I have two grandchildren that keep me young. I'm an avid golfer, and play 2-3 times a week during the summer. I'm also a long time hockey fan, and have followed the Detroit Red Wings since I was a kid. I also enjoy reading. And I try to speak to college SLP grad students at least once during the school year.
*Do you think it's important for the one who stutter to realise that he or she can
do just about everything that the non-stutterer can do, and can live a just as perfect life
as the one who doesn't stutter?

- I sometimes disagtee with some of my NSA friends about what people who stutter can do or not do. For example, not all people who stutter would make good air traffic controllers or good Army generals dealing with speaking situations on the battlefield. . But, we all should find something we are good at, and do that job to the best of our ability. I always wanted to be a stand up comic, but I don't think my stuttering would enable me to do that. It's hard to get the punchlines out. LOL
*Why did you get so involved in stuttering organisations and such?
- I didn't really "plan" to get so heavily involved in the National Stuttering Association. I went to my first NSA chapter meeting in 1994, and there were only two people there. I didn't think that was really for me. But, I kept on going back each month. I was asked to be one of the our chapter coleaders, here in Michigan, and our chapter really grew from there. After attending my first NSA convention in 1995 ( then known as the National Stuttering Project), I knew that I wanted to stay involved and help other people who stuttered. I was a cochapter leader for 10 years until I got a little "burned out" and passed the coleader position to somebody new. I was asked to become a Regional Chapter Coordinator for the NSA a couple of years ago, and I thought it would be a great way to stay involved and help some of the other NSA chapters to get established. I've attended fourteen NSA conventions since 1995 and I still find them to be the thing that helps me to keep my confidence level up as far as my stuttering is concerned.
*Can you tell me a bit about when you grow up, and also how the stuttering affected you?
-I'm not sure we have enough time or space to really talk about this question. . Like most people who stutter, I encountered situations that were not always the most comfortable. Junior high and high school were not really that awful for me. I had a lot of friends that I grew up with and knew about my stuttering. I guess the hardest part of high school was dealing with girls. . They were not exactly eager to go out with the kid who stuttered. In college, I was able to take classes that did not require a lot of talking, believe it or not. Most of my classes were in huge lecture halls, and I could kind of "hide" and not have to give myself away as a person who stuttered.

- My stuttering doesn't really affect me too much now. I'm too old to let it bother me too much anymore. LOL. I have a great job, a wonderful family, and a LOT of friends in the National Stuttering Association. I've traveled a lot, and done some good things in my life. Stuttering is still a part of me, and always will be. But, it no longer controls my life, I don't let it.

New Interview with Bobby G. Bodenhamer, creator of the book "Mastering Blocking & Stuttering A Cognitive Approach to Achieving Fluency"

Oliver_So — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:25:11 GMT

I have been interested in Neuro-semantics and NLP for a long time, since
there are many interesting books out there on it.
When I found out that one of the big names in Neuro-semantics and NLP,
Bobby Bodenhamer, had began to help people with stuttering,
I was very interested. So I thought, why not make an interview with him?
And it turned out that Bobby was very friendly and helpful!

I am sure this will help many stutterers out there.
I believe very much in this new approach on stuttering treatment.
So, please take your time to read this interview =)

Before you read: PWS stands for Person Who Stutters.

1) Exactly, what is Neuro-semantics? What's the original meaning of it?

FROM WWW.NEUROSEMANTICS. COM:

"Neuro-Semantics is actualizing your highest and best. It is making real your highest meanings and visions, and it is implementing your best values and ethics.

"Neuro-Semantics is a field wherein we model the essential structure of experiences using positive psychology models including a great deal of Neuro-Linguistic Programming that focus on accessing the best resources and the highest meanings.

"As such, Neuro-Semantics is about performance—performing your highest meanings so that what you know you can do. It is about meanings—adding the most robust meanings to your life to make things more meaningful and significant."

2) How come you took you step into Neuro-semantics and NLP, and what has it meant to you?

I AM A CHRISTIAN MINISTER. AS SUCH I ATTENDED EVERY CONFERENCE THAT I COULD WHERE I COULD FIND SOME USEFUL SUBJECT MATTER FOR THE MINISTRY. WHILE ATTENDING A CONFERENCE ENTITLED "RECLAIMING THE INACTIVE CHURCH MEMBER", I ALONG WITH 25 TO 30 OTHER MINISTERS WERE INTRODUCED TO NLP.

WE WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF THE MODEL AND WE WANTED TO LEARN MORE. WE KNEW THAT WE HAD FOUND A MODEL THAT WE COULD BRING OUR BIBLCAL TEACHINGS TO WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM AND UTILIZE THE TOOLS IN OUR MINISTRY TO OUR PARISHIONERS.

WE WERE NOT DISSAPPOINTED. SINCE I WAS IN CEREMONY, I HAVE HAD AN INTEREST IN WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN HELPING SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS. INDEED, I ALMOST CHANGED MY MAJOR FROM THAT OF THEOLOGY AND PREACHING TO PASTORAL COUNSELING.

THE MORE I LEARNED ABOUT NLP, THE MORE I WANTED TO LEARN. INDEED, MY MAJOR FOCUS QUICKLY REVOLVED AROUND LEARNING ALL THAT I COULD ABOUT NLP AS WELL AS LEARNING HOW TO APPLY IT BOTH IN MY LIFE AND IN THE LIVES OF THOSE TO WHOM I HAD OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH.

What do you think is the case of stuttering and blocking?

Do you think it is a cure for stuttering?

Do you think it is important for the PWS to work with his stutter?

IF THE PWS HAS A DESIRE TO GAIN MORE AND MORE FLUENCY, THE PWS WILL OF NECESSITY HAVE TO COME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT IS CAUSING THEM TO STUTTER IN SOME SITUATION AND NOT TO STUTTER IN OTHER SITUATIONS. THIS WILL BY DEFINITION LEAD THEM TO THAT WHICH TRIGGERS THEM TO STUTTER IN SOME SITUATIONS AND NOT IN OTHER SITUATION. THIS IS NOT ALL THEY MUST WORK AT - THEY MUST LEARN "HOW" TO MINIMIZE THE MENTAL FRAMES THAT ARE BEHIND THE FEAR AND ANXIETY THAT TRIGGERS THEIR STUTTERING. THIS WILL ENTAIL RESEARCH, PRACTICE AND IN ALL LIKELIHOOD THE INVOLVEMENT OF THEMSELVES WITH A NLP/NS THERAPIST AND IF ONE ISN'T AVAILABLE THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF WORKING WITH A COGNITIVE THERAPIST, OR BETTER YET, A COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGIST.

Do you have any tips for the PWS? YES, HAVE AN OPEN MIND ABOUT WHAT TRIGGERS YOU TO BLOCK AND STUTTER. STEP OUTSIDE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU MAY HAVE LEARNED ABOUT STUTTERING AND HOW TO GAIN FLUENCY IF THESE PROGRAMS DID NOT INCLUDE HANDLING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES AROUND STUTTERING.

OPERATE FOR A MIND SET OF CURIOSITY BY ASKING YOURSELF FOR EXAMPLE: "HOW IS IT THAT I AM FLUENT IN SOME SITUATIONS SUCH AS WHEN I AM ALONE (THERE MAY BE OTHER CONTEXTS.) BUT WHEN I AM IN FRONT OF MY BOSS MAN I BLOCK AND STUTTER?"

DOES NOT THE TRUTH THAT MOST PWS ARE CONSISTENTLY FLUENT IN SOME SITUATIONS BUT NOT IN OTHERS INDICATE THAT THERE IS A "CHOICE" GOING ON HERE? OF COURSE THE CHOICE IS NOT CONSCIOUS - IT IS UNCONSCIOUS. BUT DOES THIS FACT NOT POINT DIRECTLY TO SOMETHING GOING ON THAT IS NOT PHYSICAL IN NATURE BUT IS IN FACT A PART OF COGNITION FOR WHEN BY MYSELF I AM CALM AND RELAXED. I DON'T FEAR ANYBODY JUDGING ME SO I DON'T STUTTER. BUT WHEN I AM IN FRONT OF MY BOSSMAN I AM TERRIFIED THAT I MIGHT BLOCK AND STUTTER AND HE WILL THINK I AM A LOSER. DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR? REMAINING IN THE STATE OF BEING "OUTSIDE" HOW YOU MAY HAVE BEEN TAUGHT ABOUT STUTTERING AND OPERATING FROM A MENTAL FRAME OF OPENNESS AND CURIOSITY, DOESN'T THE MIND HAVE TO BE INVOLVED IN DETERMINING WHERE AND WHEN YOU BLOCK AND STUTTER?

Do you think it is important for the PWS to accept his stuttering?

YES I DO. HOWEVER, I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT THEIR ACCEPTING THEIR STUTTER AS SOME "THING" THAT THEY HAVE AND THAT THEY WILL NEVER OVER COME IT. I WOULD LIKE TO RE-WORD THE QUESTION JUST A LITTLE BIT BY ADDING THE CONCEPT THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE PWS ACCEPT "THEMSELVES" AS SOMEONE WHO STUTTERS ONCE IN AWHILE. "STUTTERING IS NOT WHAT I AM FOR I AM FAR MORE THAN A STUTTERER. I AM A PERSON OF INNATE WORTH THAT HAS LEARNED AN UNUSEFUL BEHAVIOR CALL STUTTERING."

Do you think, that once the PWS accept himself as a stutter, the invironment, will start
to accept his/her stutter?

BY CHANGING THIS QUESTION TO MAKE IT ABOUT HOW THE PWS FEELS ABOUT "HIMSELF/HERSELF", YES IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE PWS ACCEPTS HIMSELF/HERSELF AS A PERSON WHO STUTTERS BUT WHO IS A PERSON OF GREAT WORTH AND VALUE EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE THE BEHAVIOR CALLED STUTTERING.

THE PWS WILL BY LOVING THEMSELVES AS A PERSON OF WORTH IN SPITE OF THEIR STUTTERING WILL PORTRAY SUCH A PERSON AND WILL DEMAND GREAT RESPECT FROM PEOPLE AROUND THEM. MOST PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHETHER YOU ESTEEM YOURSELF HIGHLY OR NOT. LET THEM SEE A PERSON OF SELF-WORTH WHO BY THEIR VERY NATURE DEMANDS RESPECT. REMEMBER, YOU ARE A PERSON WHO HAS A BEHAVIOR CALLED STUTTERING; YOU ARE A PERSON WHO IS FAR MORE THAN A STUTTERER... FAR MORE!

Do you think the PWS can learn something from his stuttering, instead of just feeling frustrated?

ABSOLUTELY, JUST TODAY I HAD TWO PWS CLIENTS TELL ME THAT IN A WAY THEY ARE THANKFUL FOR BEING A PWS BECAUSE IT HAS TAUGHT THEM TO BE COMPASSIONATE WITH THOSE WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE THEM MOST. THE PWS KNOWS HOW TO "HURT WITH THOSE WHO HURT". MY LAST CLIENT TODAY STATED THAT SHE BELIEVED GOD WANTED HER TO TAKE WHAT SHE IS LEARNING ABOUT HOW TO GAIN MORE AND MORE FLUENCY TO OTHER PWS AND GIVE THEM ASSISTANCE.

THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT THE PWS NEEDS TO LEARN FROM THEIR STUTTERING. FOR EXAMPLE, UNCONSCIOUSLY, ALL BEHAVIOR HAS A POSITIVE PURPOSE FOR US. AND, STUTTERING ALWAYS HAS A POSITIVE PURPOSE FOR THE PWS. MOST AREN'T AWARE OF IT BUT WHEN STUTTERING WAS BIRTHED IN THE PWS, THAT BEHAVIOR PROVIDED SOMETHING THE PERSON FELT THEY NEEDED AT THAT TIME.

AGAIN, I WILL TAKE MY LAST THERAPY SESSION THIS AFTERNOON. IT WAS MY FIRST SESSION WITH THIS PWS. INTO THE SECOND HOUR OF THE SESSION, OPPORTUNITY CAME FOR ME TO GO FOR THE HIGHER PURPOSE OF HER STUTTERING. AT FIRST I WAS CONFRONTED WITH A LOT OF RESISTANCE. SHE JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING POSITIVE ABOUT HER STUTTERING.

I KEPT DIGGING AND IT POPPED OUT - SHE SAID THAT HER STUTTERING WAS TO PROTECT HER. I ASKED HER, "FROM WHAT"? SHE RESPONDED, "FROM HURT"? THIS VERY ATTRACTIVE 36 YEAR OLD SINGLE MOTHER CAME FROM A HOME WHERE HER FATHER HAD LEFT BEFORE MY CLIENT COULD REMEMBER. HER MOTHER DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH HER AND HER BROTHER SO SHE DROPPED THEM OFF AT HER PARENTS (MY CLIENT'S GRANDPARENTS) HOUSE AND THEN HER MOTHER LEFT AND IT WAS NINE YEARS LATER BEFORE SHE SAW HER MOTHER AGAIN. SHE WAS ONE YEAR OLD WHEN HER MOTHER LEFT. HER MOTHER NEVER PROVIDED A HOME FOR MY CLIENT. SHE GREW UP IN HER GRANDPARENT' S HOME.

THERE WAS MUCH MORE PAIN THROUGHOUT MY CLIENT'S CHILDHOOD AND TEENAGE YEARS - SOME OF IT HAD TO DO WITH STUTTERING. MY CLIENT WAS HURTING. SHE WAS HURTING BAD. IN ORDER TO EASE THE "PAIN", SHE TURNED TO ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. SHE IS JUST NOW SAYING GOOD BY TO MARIUANA AS A CRUTCH IN HER LIFE. SHE HAS BEEN SOBER FOR 6 MONTHS.

"PAIN" - THAT IN ONE WORD DESCRIBES THE PURPOSE OF MY CLIENT'S STUTTERING - TO PROTECT HER FROM OTHER PEOPLE; PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HURT HER. WE CALL THIS PHENOMENON "SECONDARY GAIN". EVERY NEGATIVE THOUGHT-FEELING HAS A POSITIVE INTENT FOR ITSELF. THE PROBLEM COMES IN BECAUSE THE BEHAVIOR NOW IN ADULTHOOD WILL NEVER GET THE OUTCOME THAT IT WANTS. INDEED, THE PART THAT WAS HANGING ON TO HER STUTTERING TO "PROTECT" HER INDEED CAUSED FAR, FAR MORE HURT THEN DID THE PART HANGING ON TO THE STUTTERING.

THE THERAPY INVOLVED IN PRESERVING THE HIGHER INTENT OF THE PART - TO PROTECT HER FROM HURT. WE FOUND ANOTHER WAY FOR HER TO PROTECT HERSELF - IT WAS THROUGH HER RELIGIOUS FAITH THAT SHE FOUND ULTIMATE PROTECTION. AND, WITH THAT, THAT PROTECTING PART DISSOLVED.

THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF THE STUTTERING MIND. EACH PWS WOULD DO THEMSELVES A GREAT BIG FAVOR IN LEARNING FROM THEIR STUTTER AND IN LEARNING HOW THEIR STUTTER HAPPENS. "FRUSTRATION" LEADS TO MORE PRESSURE WHICH WILL LEAD TO MORE BLOCKING. "LEARNING" WILL PRODUCE FRUITS OF UNDERSTANDING AND ULTIMATELY TO A MUCH FREER MIND THAT SPEAKS FREELY.

Is it usual that Neuro-semantics techniques has long-lasting results with stuttering, fear, anxiety, etc?

IN ASWERING THIS QUESTION I MUST FIRST STATE CLEARLY THAT NLP/ NEURO-SEMANTICS IS NOT A "QUICK FIX" THOUGH ON RARE OCCASSIONS, IT HAPPENS.

I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN WORKING WITH PWS FOR SEVEN YEARS NOW. SO, I HAVE A FAIRLY LONG TRACK RECORD WITH THOSE CLIENTS WHO FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH BOTH THE THERAPY AND THE SOMETIME YEARS OF PRACTICING. AND, IN THOSE CASES, THE PWS ARE ACTUALLY FREER AND MORE FLUENT THAN EVER. AS THE YEARS PASS BY AND AS THE PWS LEARNS MORE AND MORE JUST HOW TO "RUN THEIR OWN BRAIN" THEY GAIN MORE AND MORE CONTROL OVER THEIR SPEECH UNTIL THEY REACH THAT MAGICAL POINT WHERE "STUTTERING" NO LONGER HAS A PLACE IN THEIR BRAIN.

WHEN THE PWS REACHES THIS POINT, THE POINT WHERE THEY DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT STUTTERING OR HOW THEY ARE TALKING, THEN THAT PWS IS NOW "NORMALLY FLUENT". FLUENT PEOPLE NEVER THINK ABOUT HOW THEY ARE TALKING. THEY JUST TRUST THEIR UNCONSCIOUS MIND TO GIVE THEM CONTENT AND THEN THEY DO WHAT IS NATURAL - THEY SHARE FREELY.

What have you improved yourself, with your knowledge and understanding of neuro-semantics and nlp?

IT HAS RADICALLY CHANGED MY LIFE. IT HAS HELPED ME TO "GROW UP" IN MY THINKING. AS THE YEARS GO BY, I AM GAINING MORE AND MORE FREEDOM FROM OLD MENTAL STATES AND BEHAVIORS THAT IN ACTUALITY WERE CHILDISH - SUCH AS BELIEVING THAT I WAS ONLY AN "IGNORANT MOUNTAIN MAN" WHEN IN FACT I HELD AN EARNED DOCTORATE AND SERVED A LARGE CHURCH AS PASTOR.

AND, IT HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED HOW I DO MINISTRY. FOR A LONG TIME I FOCUSED ON PREACHING AND TEACHING. BUT WITH JESUS WHOM I FOLLOW THERE IS ANOTHER LEG TO MINISTRY - HEALING. NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY 40 YEARS OF MINSITRY, I CAN SAY THAT I HAVE A BALANCED MINISTRY - ALL THREE LEGS OF THE STOOL ARE NOW IN PLACE: PREACHING, TEACHING AND "HEALING".

AND, I SUPPOSE THAT I SHOULD MENTION THAT THROUGH NLP/NS AND THROUGH THE WRITINGS I HAVE CONTRIBUTED THROUGH BOOK FORM, ARTICLES AND 4 WEB SITES THE WORLD HAS OPENED UP TO ME.

Do you believe neuro-semantics can help people feeling happy and thankful of life?

ABSOLUTELY!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!

Thank you for accepting the interview, I hope not there's to many questions. You dont have to answer all of them.

I TRUST THAT MY ANSWERS WILL PROVE HELPFUL TO THE PWS. THEY DESERVE ALL THE ASSISTANCE THEY CAN GET.
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I hope you liked the interview!! If youre interested in Neuro-semantics, check out this links:
www.neurosemantics. com
www.renewingyourmind.com
www.masteringstuttering.com

Interview with Bret Carr - Oliver So did the interview

Oliver_So — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:31:10 GMT

Hey there all stutters and everyone interested in stuttering!
I mailed Brett Carr, the man behind the story, director, and lead character of the
movie "Revoloution". It' a movie about how a violent, street fighting,
extreme stutter becomes a powerful communicator.

I have seen the movie a couple of times since I ordered it, and it's
a beatiful movie. And I wanted to find out more about what was his inspiration
behind this movie.
So I asked him for an interview. And fortunately, he said yes.

Brett also invited all member of this site, and readers, to
mail him at bret@revoloutionmovie.com if he can help you in some way.

Anyway, Here's the interview:

What was your inspiration to the making of revoloution?
i was knocked back to when my mom, who was a germ freak,

had the janitor kill our bird cause he got out of the cage..

i cried for hours and then a new age regressionist made me

go through that scene so many times that i laughed at it

by the end... they forced me through stages of loss that

remain unresolved and stay in the body's musculature or

whatever - bottom line is birds don't restimulate bad memories

- and i don't feel like i have to be safely locked up to

get the love i never got as a kid... whatever your metaphor

is, unresolved emotions create stories that we live out...

when i realized this, i had to give back...and the movie

allows people to see their stories... that's why the writer of

five time oscar winner , the deer hunter, wrote the movie for me.

What do you enjoy the most about making movies?
only being on set with other talented passionate creators -

and spirit or if you want to call it,

"the zone", takes over and starts utilizing the best of you to create

magic in the moment - it's like a high octane meditation...

the ultimate train set for storytellers is what making a film is...

but it's spiritual - it's a modern substitue for the campfire at the village.

Do you think it is important for someone who stutters, to accept,
and feel comfortable with the stutter?

what you bring present can dissapear and dry in the sun

what you hide from remains compulsive and will destroy you..

so says gospel of john -

i actually believe that RevoLOUTion can turn you onto the emotions

you need to cathart to be able to re-pattern the brain circuits and muscles

that cause stuttering... that's why the movie angers many and delights many.

no wonder the critics attacked it, while magazines

like awareness, and thought leaders, pro-active people like shiva rae the worlds

most famous yoga teacher, oprah author gay hendricks, jane fonda, etc.

endorsed it...

Did you get inspiration from the lead character Lou from any special person?

lou is a metaphor for what used to be my anger and repeating

patterns.
Can you tell something about that person?

Do you have any tips for someone who stutters?

watch the video here http://www.emofree.com/

Was there any specific message you wanted to spread out with the movie Revoloution?
yes, at the time it was that any severe emotional state can be overcome

in hours through regression - but now that EFT LINK http://www.emofree.com/

IS A SIMPLER TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU CAN USE ALONE OFF THE WEB AND IT'S FREE.

So, the movie is a story at the end of the day - but a parable that we don't have to relive the drama

of our childhoods over and over again, trying to change the ending to the story always. even to the point of

dis-easing our bodies, getting cancer from anger, kidney problems from not feeling good enough,

etc.
Do you think it is important to forget the past and to "look forward"?
if you can YES, if you can't check out the movie and use the link

http://www.emofree.com/
Do you think anyone, who's unhappy with his or her life, can have an instant tranceformation,
just like Lou had in the movie?

100% - try the Emotional Freedom Techinique - EFT in the link above

or watch the movie just for fun to watch the journey of one man doing just that.

stories ring emotionally true because we instinctively know those journeys are

metaphorically happening to us... that is why the movie works for some - and upsets others.

my favorite quote which you can hear at http://www.youtube.com/bretcarr

was
from a guy who raised his hand in the theatre at a question and answer
with me and said, "i hated the movie, i didn't get it, but i sat
here... (silence) -

i looked at this guy and wanted to be polite - so i said thank you for shar...

then he interupted and said, "and then i started to cry... it was an excellent movie..'

i have this guy on video on my youtube page and i'm repeating it, cause

that
was the essence of the experiment - revoloution was meant to be a
'revolutionary road' for movie goers brains - and the revolution i'm
speaking of was we laced the movie with trigger so that audiences could
experience a rite of passage which is missing from society today -
revoloution's revolution is what i believe is a movie first - a film
designed to be a motion picture rite of passage. A story following the
transformation of a man, his revolutionary road, so to speak, told
moment to moment as he figures out his way out of his head and into his
heart. this story created by quinn (deer hunter writer) and myself is
one which, if i never make another film, i will always be proud of
cause i did something unique and gave my all to make a contribution,
and shared what worked for me.

i'm
still looking for a way to get this movie out there - and maybe this
sycnronistic email from you is a message to do it through the
stuttering community, or toastmasters for that matter. i invite your
members and readers to let me know what i can do to help. bret@revoloutionmovie.com

Do you have any tips for the one who's unhappy with his/her life?

watch revoloution, watch a film called 'my life', giving to others is a great way out of your head, volunteer, do some eft http://www.emofree.com/

and
create balance of physical, emotional, sexual, spiritual play in your
life. if nothing else become a work out fiend and start screaming in
the streets the words i love myself, or get it out, or forget about
till something happens. those are just some ideas!

Why did you start making movies? Was there any particular person or type of movies that inspired you?

i
was lonely and bossy and traumatized and liked train sets. i saw
appocalypse now which i wouldn't even watch today... but realized if
something can make me feel and go through someone's life like that -
WOW! i had to be a story teller. i'm going back to school to art center
now, cause i'm so inspired by michael bay's visual style. I saw him
direct his first videos at propoganda and used to hang out on the set,
but i didn't have money to go to school and was too ignorant to realize
you could learn to make an image more dynamic and learn about different
planes of framing and use those frames to create the excitement the eye
wants... like a foreground object crossing a center frame with a
background plane also creating intrigue - that is where the eye goes...
spielberg uses color matching alot -foregrounds and backgrounds... etc.
i've kinda figured this stuff out from breaking down michael and
spielbergs work, but art center i'm sure will elucidate a whole new set
of tools.

acting
too, was a big inspiration as that really got me out of my head and i
did it as much as therapy as to meet girls and be a better storyteller.
so inspiring me on that level -props must go to the guy who branded the
excercises that most great actors train with to develop thier muscles
and that guy is sanford meisner, no longer in a body.

so thanks for asking these questions, i really appreciated the opportunity to get some

of
this stuff off my chest in a clearer manner than i was able to during
the trial release of the movie. perhaps one day i'll be able to get it
distributed!

best,

bret carr

If you're interested in or want to get the movie, check out revoloutionmovie.com or check out debugyourbrain.com

The Reason

weacceptstutter — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:05:20 GMT

GunsNRoses - Patience

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Born To Be Wild

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Every Rose Has It's Thorn

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Pour Some Sugar On Me

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