🔬 The Scientific Foundation of the Pro90d System 🔬

Discover the Power of Neuroscience 🧠

At the heart of Pro90d lies a deep understanding of how our brain forms and changes habits. Key areas like the basal ganglia and prefrontal cortex, which are crucial for habit formation and decision-making, work together as you practice new speaking patterns. This synergy helps make these patterns more natural and automatic over time.

• Myelination: Boosting Your Brain's Speed and Efficiency ⚡
  • Myelination is the process where your brain insulates neural pathways, speeding up and strengthening connections. With consistent practice, these pathways become more efficient, enhancing your ability to communicate fluently.
    
• Hebb's Law in Action 🔄
  • According to Hebb’s Law, “neurons that fire together, wire together.” This principle emphasizes the importance of regular practice in strengthening the neural connections required for fluent speech, making these patterns more ingrained and automatic.
    
• Real Change Takes Time—But It’s Worth It ⏳
  • Changing your speech is a journey. Forming new habits typically takes 18 to 254 days, with an average of about 66 days. Consistent dedication is key to unlocking your potential for smooth, confident communication. We recommend working with us for at least 6-8 months to fully integrate these new habits.
    

🔄 The Science Behind the Daily Routine (B.A.S.E.) 🔄

The B.A.S.E. activities in Pro90d are designed to target various aspects of speech fluency and confidence, grounded in neuroscience to create lasting change.

Breathing 🌬️

• Scientific Basis: Breathwork activates the parasympathetic nervous system, reducing stress and anxiety—common triggers for stuttering and disfluency. It also helps regulate the prefrontal cortex, improving focus and reducing speech-related anxiety.
  
• Pro90d Application: Techniques like 7x7x7 breathing are used to help clients maintain control and composure during conversations. As Adam shared, "Breathing exercises helped me maintain control during high-pressure situations."

Affirmations/Self-Talk 💬

• Scientific Basis: Affirmations and positive self-talk promote neuroplasticity, enabling the brain to form new, empowering beliefs about speaking abilities. This process engages the prefrontal cortex, reinforcing a confident speaking identity.
  
• Pro90d Application: Clients use affirmations to build confidence and create a new self-perception as fluent speakers, aligning with Hebb’s Law. Carlos noted, "The affirmations and self-talk techniques taught me to replace my negative thoughts with empowering ones."
  
• Audio Listening: Listening to carefully curated audios helps imprint positive speaking styles on the subconscious, serving as a powerful tool for modeling. These audios are designed to inspire and instruct, leveraging my personal experience and research to shift your focus from negative to constructive thoughts.
  

Smooth Speech Practice 🗣️

• Scientific Basis: Repeated practice of smooth speech enhances myelination in relevant neural pathways, making new speaking patterns faster and more automatic. The motor cortex, responsible for controlling speech muscles, becomes more efficient with consistent practice.
  
• Pro90d Application: Structured practice sessions help build fluency across various speech scenarios. Mona shared, "I acted as though I was Michael when speaking, and this helped me gain the fluency I needed to succeed."
  

Free-Flow Speaking Practice 🌊

• Scientific Basis: Practicing constant airflow during speech helps prevent blocks and interruptions, engaging the respiratory system and smoothing out transitions between words, reducing stuttering. This practice also synchronizes neural circuits involved in speech production, leading to a more fluent speech pattern.
  
• Pro90d Application: Free-flow speaking exercises allow clients to maintain a natural speaking rhythm, crucial for fluency in various situations.

Modeling Practice 👥

• Scientific Basis: Based on Social Learning Theory, modeling involves learning behaviors by observing others. The brain’s mirror neurons facilitate the replication of observed behaviors, accelerating the learning of new speech patterns.
  
• Pro90d Application: Clients practice modeling by imitating smooth and confident speakers, helping them adopt and internalize these patterns. This practice supports identity transformation, making it easier to transition permanently to a more fluent speaking style.

Exposure-Experience 🌐

• Scientific Basis: Gradual exposure to speaking situations, especially under pressure, desensitizes anxiety triggers through behavioral conditioning. This process rewires the brain’s response to such situations, reducing fear and fostering positive experiences.
  
• Pro90d Application: Real-world practice is encouraged to reinforce new speech habits and build confidence. Julius noted, "Pro90d encouraged me to face challenging speaking scenarios, which eventually became opportunities for growth."

👥 The Science and Power of Private Coaching 👥

Accountability ✅

• Scientific Basis: Regular accountability aligns with behavior change theories, suggesting that consistent reinforcement of new behaviors helps prevent relapse and promotes lasting change.
  
• Application in Coaching: Through regular sessions, I hold you accountable for practicing the B.A.S.E. routine. Paul highlighted, "The weekly coaching sessions were crucial for my progress."

Feedback 📝

• Scientific Basis: Feedback is crucial for learning and skill development. The feedback loop theory emphasizes that timely, specific feedback allows you to adjust your behaviors and strategies, leading to faster improvement.
  
• Application in Coaching: I provide immediate, targeted advice to refine your techniques, ensuring steady progress. Jason shared, "Michael’s guidance was invaluable. His coaching provided the structure and support I needed to achieve my goals."

Encouragement 🎯

• Scientific Basis: Positive reinforcement and encouragement are vital for maintaining motivation. Research in positive psychology shows that encouragement boosts self-efficacy, making you more confident in overcoming obstacles.
  
• Application in Coaching: My encouragement helps you push through challenges and stay motivated, focusing on your progress. Julius noted, "The coaching helped me gain confidence, and now, I handle conversations with ease."

Experience 🧘

• Scientific Basis: With over 12 years of coaching experience and personal experience overcoming stuttering, I bring a unique perspective that is both effective and relatable.
  
• Application in Coaching: My coaching approach is rooted in a deep understanding of the science of speech improvement and a personal connection to the challenges of stuttering. This enables me to offer tailored guidance, supporting your journey toward fluent, confident communication.

Accelerated Progress 🏁

• Scientific Basis: The combination of structured practice (as seen in the BASE routine), personalized feedback, and consistent accountability creates an optimal learning environment. According to motor learning theories, such an environment accelerates skill acquisition by providing you with the right balance of challenge and support.
  
• Application in Coaching: Through private coaching, I provide tailored guidance that addresses your unique speech challenges, ensuring that you make faster, more consistent progress toward your speech goals.
  

Overcoming Communication Challenges 🧗

• Scientific Basis: Addressing the psychological and emotional components of speech challenges, such as anxiety and negative self-talk, is essential for overcoming them. Cognitive-behavioral approaches integrated into Pro90D help you reframe your thoughts, reducing the mental barriers that contribute to speech difficulties.
  
• Application in Coaching: I help you apply these cognitive-behavioral strategies in real-time, offering support and strategies to manage anxiety, refine self-talk, and build resilience. This approach ensures that you can overcome stuttering and other communication challenges more effectively.

Long-Term Transformation 🔄

• Scientific Basis: Sustainable behavior change requires consistent practice, reinforcement, and the replacement of old habits with new ones. The Pro90D system, supported by private coaching, provides the necessary tools and environment for long-term transformation in your speech and communication.
  
• Application in Coaching: My coaching ensures that you not only achieve your immediate speech goals but also develop the skills and confidence needed for lasting change. I help you transition from focusing on specific techniques to internalizing a new speaking identity, which leads to enduring success.
  

🌐 The Science Behind the Virtual Speech Masters Club (VSMC) 🌐

Practical Application and Feedback 🛠️

• Scientific Basis: The VSMC offers real-life practice under pressure in a safe and supportive environment, aligned with principles of deliberate practice and exposure therapy. Real-world application and feedback are essential for mastering new skills.
  
• Application in VSMC: By participating in the VSMC, you practice speaking in various scenarios, receive constructive feedback, and refine your skills in a supportive community. Madhukar shares, "It is a great platform to get direct feedback on your impromptu and planned presentations not only from Michael but also from other students. It is directly based on the principle of more firing leading to more rewiring of the brain."

Confidence Building and Resilience 💪

• Scientific Basis: Repeated exposure to challenging speaking situations in a controlled environment builds resilience and confidence. The supportive feedback loop in VSMC encourages continuous improvement and helps overcome speech-related anxiety.
  
• Application in VSMC: The practice and feedback you receive in the VSMC enable you to build confidence and resilience. Mirela notes, "It's a GREAT Program to boost confidence and take speech to the next level. You see quick results in a very short time."

Community Support and Motivation 💬

• Scientific Basis: Being part of a community with shared goals and challenges provides emotional support and motivation, which are essential for long-term success.
  
• Application in VSMC: The VSMC fosters a sense of belonging and shared purpose, helping you stay motivated on your journey toward fluent, confident communication. Jade highlights, "Great group interview practice. Excellent way to simulate the pressures of various speaking situations. Love the supportive feedback and community!"

🪜 Take the Next Step 🪜

If you're ready to take control of your speech and experience these transformations yourself, now is the perfect time. We're offering a special 12-for-8 deal—12 coaching sessions for the price of 8.

This is your opportunity to work directly with me, gain the confidence you need, and overcome those embarrassing scenarios once and for all.

Yes Michael, I'm Ready!