speech neuroplasticity 2025-09-11T13:53:14Z

That conference call shattered me. When the Boston team asked about quarterly projections, my mouth dried like desert sand. "We... um... projection is good," I stammered, hearing my own clumsy syllables echo through the speakerphone. Silence followed - the brutal kind where you imagine colleagues exchanging pitying glances. I'd practiced business phrases for weeks, yet under pressure, my tongue became a traitorous lump of meat. That night, I deleted three language apps in rage, their cartoonish