A free tool from Birdsong

The Unscripted
Moment Map

You already communicate in English, and it works. This is about the moments that ask for more.

Some conversations you replay. Some you rehearse. Both count here — and moments like these happen to people in their first language too.

Four questions, about five minutes. Answer in whichever language comes faster — English isn't required anywhere on this page. Nothing is saved or sent anywhere unless you choose to send it. There is no score, nothing is right or wrong, and you can stop at any point.

Begin

We begin with one real moment

Not a whole history of your English. One moment — a meeting, a call, a Q&A, a message thread, an interview. One that already happened, or one that hasn't yet.

01
What happened — or what's coming up?

Write it the way you'd tell a friend. A few lines is plenty.

02
What did you do that helped?

Something in that moment worked, even if it was small. You kept going while you looked for the word. You asked them to repeat it. You stayed in the room. You sent the follow-up that fixed it.

If nothing comes to mind yet, leave it empty. Your own answer belongs here, and finding it is one of the first things we do together — it isn't something anyone else should fill in for you.

03
What did you hope to say?

The meaning, not the wording. Plain words are fine — and if it comes faster in your first language, write it in your first language. Nothing here has to be in English.

04
What else was going on?

Before you decide it's your English, look at what else was in the room. Tap anything that was true.

Everything stays in this browser tab until you decide otherwise.

Your map

Four things to carry out of this

Keep

What you already did

Widen

What else was in the room

Wonder

The question worth sitting with

Try

One thing, before the next one

one thing, not ten.

A moment you've already had is evidence, not a verdict. It's the most reliable information you have about what happens to you under pressure — which is exactly why it's useful for the next one.

Your words

What happens to this now

Nothing, unless you choose. Three options — all of them optional, none of them permanent.

Or send it to Mary, and get a reply

Mary reads every map that comes in and writes back — a few sentences, in her own words, naming something real in what you wrote. It's not an automated sequence, and it usually takes a couple of days. If it seems useful, she'll mention the free Discovery Call at the end of it. Nothing is booked on your behalf, and there's no pitch either way.

Your map goes to Mary and nowhere else. It is never published, quoted or shared.

When you're ready

Four ways this continues

No need to decide now — the map is useful on its own. These are in order of how much you've already decided.

The English Café

If you're curious. Free, live, a small group. Forty minutes with other multilingual professionals — the cheapest way to find out how Mary works, which is to say free.

A Discovery Call

If you'd rather just ask questions. Free, one to one, nothing to prepare. You ask whatever you want to know about how this works, and nothing is decided at the end of it.

Before the Room

If something is already on your calendar. One 60-minute session, $275, built around the specific thing you're walking into. The Voice Cycle is for the way you show up in general. This one is for the moment you already know is coming.

The Voice Cycle

If it's the pattern, not one meeting. An introductory session and three working sessions, $995. We begin with one real moment, find your footing, shape the language, and carry it forward. If you book within 30 days of a single session, the $275 comes off.