I recently finished a group family class at a local school. We had been meeting for 7 weeks, sharing challenges, insights, and successes as we worked on improving their executive functions. It ...
An adult coaching client arrived the other day in a high state of anxiety and overwhelm. First we reviewed how the emotional control aspect of executive functioning dominates the brain. His anxiety ...
Are other people taking over all of your free time? That was a common theme of adults in my recent group classes. Coworkers, aging parents, children—all can take over your time. How ...
This week there was an opinion piece in the New York Times (January 29, 2012) “Ritalin Gone Wrong” by Alan Sroufe, PhD. This article set off a flurry of concerns among professionals ...
What does losing weight have to do with executive functioning? As it turns out, lots. For me, executive functioning is all about understanding my brain’s needs so that I have maximum control ...
Planning is an executive functioning skill of the brain. It affects our ability to take the actions necessary for completing multi-step goals requiring future planning. It also affects our ability to do ...
Organizing is an executive function skill of the brain that many people struggle with. In Seeing My Time, I ask a question, “What things do you keep misplacing?” Once that list is ...
My working memory is pretty awful. It is likely that a concussion on the playground way back in early elementary school is a big factor in this executive functioning deficit. Alas, what ...
When I work with people who struggle with executive functioning deficits during Seeing My Time sessions, I am keenly aware of what they are asking of themselves. By working with me, they are ...
Being a parent is hard work; kids don’t come with directions. You bring home that little bundle of joy and you are off on a 24/7 job that lasts for years and ...
I can readily see the tempo of my life every morning when I sit down at my desk. If, like this morning, it is pretty messy, it means I have been pretty ...
Our demanding world requires us to do many things in a day. There was a time when time management strategies included getting good at multitasking—doing more than one thing simultaneously. Just think ...
One of the reasons I love my work helping individuals and families with their executive functions is that I am often surprised and inspired by my client client’s responses to the prompts in ...
An underlying theme of Seeing What I Need to Do (The Sklar Process™) is the value, the importance, of setting goals. By setting goals you maximize your productivity and your potential to ...
Test anxiety freezes a student’s ability to use the executive functioning skills required to do well in testing situations. We know now that strong emotional feelings like anxiety interfere with our ability ...