Pray like a voice memo to your best friend, not a speech to a principal.

Formality can quietly replace honesty. Praying in the voice you would use for an authority figure produces careful sentences and careful sentences leave most of the real content out, which is how a practice turns into a performance for an audience who was never asking for one. The suggestion here is simple language and the same candor you would use with someone who already likes you.

Try it plainly this week, out loud, in ordinary words, including the parts that sound unimpressive. Say what you actually want. Stop editing before you speak.