Familiar phrases get skimmed. Effortful phrases — like one in a language you barely speak — get heard. The act of producing every syllable forces the meaning to re-engage. The friction is what makes it land.
Honest: some days it lands, some days it doesn't. The point isn't to feel different every time — it's to make the words available to you when you need them.
DO IT YOURSELF
Five steps. Five minutes.
Write 3–5 sentences in your voice. Things you want to actually hear, not stock affirmations.
Translate them into a language you took in school and forgot. The sweet spot is comprehensible with effort — not too foreign, not too familiar.
Hear it. Google Translate's audio button, or the Practice tab here.
Repeat each three times — with audio, alone, slowly.
Sit for ten seconds. Don't reach for your phone.
Calm time only. Morning practice when nothing's happening, so the words are there in working memory later. Build the muscle before you need it.