Let me show you the world coach Lee created: Imagine a community of ex-stutters, people that truly understands your pain as a stutter , felt it, been there... And they try to help you too. That's the world Lee created, a safe space where stutters, for the first time, feel free,safe, meet with other stutters. All this for almost free! My stutter reduced incredibly to almost 20% in one month! I'm a living testimony that Lee's method work! And it's almost free!
I’ve read his much updated editions (long and short) and it’s been the only thing to help me overcome stuttering. Lee can be animated at times, but that’s just him. I’ve probably watched 300+ coaching sessions and it’s been a major help in my life. His 1-2-3 Punch is still a regimen I follow to this day. I think you were being too critical. I would love to see you and Lee feature on video together one day since you both have helped many PWS.
Lee Lovett's methods have been incredibly beneficial for me. I've tried numerous therapies, but his approach is the only one that has truly made a difference.
First of all, I've joined WSSA (Lee's coaching program) a couple weeks ago and have also had some 1-on-1 coachings with Lee too. Here's my comments on your video in regards to my experiences so far: I find it incredibly disingenuous to judge Lee's 1-on-1 coaching skills by looking at one single video. Apart from Lee just being a very passionate person, he might have just had an off day here. Have you never had one? Could he have interrupted a little less? Sure. You would be able to see that this is not how the majority of his coachings are conducted at all if you had done your research and actually looked at the library of 1-on-1 coachings more extensively. This is not his general "style". In all the coachings I've had with him for example, he's been nothing but respectful. He was of course still passionate in his responses but that's just how he is and talks. It's in no way malicious. He wants nothing more than for you to succeed in beating stuttering. 1st dislike: I agree overall, his book could be more concise, as he himself agrees and even mentions at the start of the book. Gladly, he also has a summarized version of it. Personally, I loved reading it and read it aloud as it is intended. Also, I think the repetions are definitely by choice - you're trying to change the habit after all and that requires a lot of repetions. 2nd dislike: Lee has never charged a dime for his coaching. In a world where speech therapy is insanely expensive and thus unavaible for a lot of people with lower income, I really appreciate that all the services are as affordable as they are. I don't see anything wrong with him mentioning the affordability of the services up front since a lot SLPs and programs don't and charge an arm and a leg. He coaches people from all around the world - by keeping the prices this low, he makes attainable even for people that have a low income. 3rd dislike: I strongly disagree with your analysis of his methods being mainly centered around crutches. Actually, it literally is only one third of his "1-2-3 punch" (that he mentions over and over in his book by the way... guess more thorough reading through the "fluff" wouldn't have hurt... Sorry, I don't mean to be mean but I just had to go there). Reading aloud (1) and mind training (2) are at least as important as the crutches and Lee makes it a point to bring that across in all of his work (books, coachings, SAM-Meetings). This point especially makes me think that you don't seem to be very familiar with Lee's methods. Here's some direct quotes from his book: "Our methods are holistic in part. Healing the whole man is central to the success of our methods". After watching your critique, EITHER you're purposely trying to paint Lee and his methods in a bad light (which I don't want to believe because you don't seem like a bad guy) OR you just really haven't done enough research for this video, mate. I urge you to not take this comment as hate but merely as a critique to your critique.
Lee’s methods have been really helping me a lot. However, you really need to be disciplined in applying the methods ❤ it is no magic pill where many speech therapy takes so much money just for a few sessions and leaves the PWS hanging after that
I would disagree with parts of your video , especially the crutches aspect. They've helped me and sort of pushed me on to get used to fluency. As he says in the book, they're literal crutches to use so you can minimize bad incidents. This is coming from someone that was a severe stutterer.
First time i'm hearing on the guy. This is my first impression of him so idk if he's always like this but it doesn't feel like he's a Stuttering coach based on the constant interrupting and the his dramatic demeanor. Even myself that enjoys to be around those types of ppl i'm not sure i would pick it for my coach
hi MarcusI have been following you for a year nowI really love your videos and your courses if you put write a book that would be amazing with your life story and about motivation with how to overcome a stutter how much hundreds of videos of how to stop stutteringbut no one was like you I really appreciate your work and dedicationand I highly believe if you would write a book you are definitely be a best seller no doubt
You must not be informed of his new concise version of his big book. I suggest you got ahead and read the short version so that way you can be at least updated to his new improved methods. Come on man cherry picking one coaching video out of the hundreds he has here and thousands he has on WSSA doesn't seem fair. You know damn well you weren't joking about people giving you money and needing those luxury vacations or else you wouldn't have thrown it out there. Afterall, you do have the unnecessary passport coaching package lol
sir i belong a middle class family and cant afford your paid course. so please i request you to free your the self study plan please sirrrr please. i want to become a fluent speaker.
I think both you AND Lee Lovett are not good approaches to stuttering. All you guys focus on is achieving fluency, and you equate fluency with happiness. The problem with this "fluency-shaping" approach is: 1. You are teaching yourself you can only be accepted/loved if you are fluent 2. You are teaching yourself to avoid stuttering, which doesn't help fix the iceberg emotions (shame, self-hate, low self-esteem) 3. If you track fluency as your measure of progress, you will invariably think more about stuttering and get more in your head. You will essentially become a museum of tricks and have your guard up. 4. When you reach "fluency", you will still have a fear of stuttering in high-pressure situations. People will feel your vibe is off. You may be "fluent" using tricks/crutches, but your listener will detect there is something off about you. 5. Most of the crutches that Lee Lovett teaches actually makes you sound less intelligent. Inserting "ummms" and "ahhs". And the modulation sounds super exaggerated/bizarre with some students. 6. Lots of Lee Lovett's students are just drinking the Koolaid. They think speaking in a "SAM meeting" is somehow an achievement, when it actually is a comfort zone of other stutterers (there is zero fear of judgment in a supprt group). 7. Lee Lovett rewrites the testimonials for his students. He claims he is going broke because he can't afford to pay the server fees. What a joke. He's profiting well.
Lovett is a covert stutterer. I can see him avoiding/changing words, inserting silly pauses etc. constantly. Do i want to be a monkey mimicking fluent people? Nope. The nr.1 wish of all these stutterers is to successfully remain a covert stutterer. That is happiness for them. To hop around normal people as a fluency monkey. Now secretly in the dark they live in constant fear. What if all the methods fail, and the covert stutter comes to light! That's embarassing! And that embarrasment is exactly what they can't face (your 2nd point). Guess what... that fear of that specific embarrasment is one huge core part of stuttering (the tribal brain adaptation wants to avoid being seen as a cripple - cause in our evolution cripples were killed/sacrificed/pushed aside). It is numerically around 50% i would say: facing this fear could *actually really* alleviate half of the blocking. They create a fassade for life instead of dealing with the real core part(s).
Mr Lee keeps interupting her and it shows that he is a person who does not stutter and feel empathy for the pws. The fact that the girl is sharing her deepest insecurity and dark experience probably related to so much trauma is overwhelming for her. I'd feel honored if someone shared such deep thoughts and I would appreciate the person. I agree he is talking too much and too intimidatingly.
