> Going from this I made adjustments to how I talk, Fantastic, I like descriptions :) > at any given time I try to rest my tongue flat on the bottom of the mouth. This allows for movement and room to do so while making the sounds. The tongue actually fills the majority of the mouth, so the idea that the tongue can "rest at the bottom" is a bit of a misnomer. However, I think giving yourself rest time is beneficial for you, not because of tongue position but because you're adding in pauses to your speech. This is a strategy I use (although I call is phrasing and pausing). I break my words into chunks and take brief pauses in between the chunks of words. You're doing the same thing. > I talked slower and calmer. To allow the tongue time to move and shape for new sounds. There are two ways to talk slower -- (1) slow the movements of the tongue / lips / soft palate / jaw or (2) increase the time between words. When people talk slower they typically don't slow their movements but they increase the time between words. My guess is you're doing something similar. Talking at a slower rate decreases our arousal (excitability). It makes our bodies more "relaxed". People who don't stutter will use this strategy, too -- particularly when in high stress situations like talking in public. (as a caveat slowing the movements of speech would alter the acoustics of speech making it more difficult to understand. For example, if I were saying "the ball" slowing the lowering of the tongue wouldn't change "the" a whole lot, but by slowing the opening of the lips would change "ball" -- it would become "mball" Thus the listener would have to decide whether I was saying "them ball" "the mmm ball" or "the ball"). > But the absolute key thing, was to talk in a deeper tone. So I don't know if this reflects what you're doing, but I wonder if you're intentionally sustaining vocal fold vibration. I don't use this strategy, but I know people who do. I call this one, "continuous voicing." As I was writing this it reminded me a lot of the strategies I imagine James Earl Jones uses. He is an excellent (stuttering) orator who expertly uses continuous voicing and phrasing and pausing. Anyway, these are my two cents. :)