If there was ever a time to use a paper planner to support executive functioning, this is it. I am specifically referring to the executive functions of planning and prioritization, which I ...

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Paper Planners Support our Executive Functions during Hard Times

These have been excruciatingly painful times as we face the racial injustices in our country. Our nation is in serious need of healing on so many levels, and yet I have hope ...

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Sustainable Change and the Brain

Are you feeling more demands on your executive functions these days? You are not alone.Adjusting to sheltering in place for over a month has stretched us all thin. We try to stay ...

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How I’m Using Tiny Habits to Support My Executive Functions

A little over a week ago, I had an experience that clearly indicated that my brain’s executive functions were stressed and maybe even completely offline. I was walking into my bedroom when ...

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Executive Function Tips in the Time of COVID-19

When I first created the Seeing My Time program, I was essentially teaching executive function skills, though that term didn’t really exist in the general world at the time. At first, students ...

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Seven Tips to Reduce Anxiety in Kids

I have noticed that many of my clients struggle with the executive function skill of prioritization. As they move through the day, they get stuck deciding what is the most important thing ...

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How to Prioritize Tasks with an Executive Function Challenged Brain

I love the beginning of a New Year. It’s a marker to pause and spend some quality time developing that fundamental executive function skill of planning and prioritizing, what I refer to ...

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How Learning for Fun Supports the Executive Functions of the Brain

Here’s a known yet under recognized fact: the holiday season puts a major strain on the brain’s executive functioning. Our schedules get packed with holiday events. There may be travel plans to ...

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‘Tis the Season to…Pause

Are you getting enough sleep? How about your family members? If the answer is “no,” then this message is for you. The length and quality of a person’s sleep has a direct ...

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Why Our Executive Functions Need Sleep

When you suffer with executive function challenges, it can be very difficult to maintain a positive mindset. Years of being late, living with piles everywhere and not meeting commitments or deadlines takes ...

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The Power of Positive Mindset on Executive Functions

When we focus on executive functions as they relate to time management and getting things done, it is easy to forget the elephant in the room – our emotional brain. We want ...

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Don’t Forget the Effect of the Emotional Brain on Students’ Executive Functions

I have been focusing a lot lately on the executive function skill of “future thinking” or planning and prioritization, which is required for meeting multi-step goals. A year ago I participated in ...

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The Executive Function of Future Thinking: A Real Life Example

The longer I work in the arena of executive functions, the more I value one specific skill: planning and prioritization or “future thinking.” While some executive function skills are hardwired into your ...

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The Power of Paper for Your Future | An ADHD Palooza!

When I first published my Seeing My Time® books back in 2010, it was exceedingly rare to ever read or hear a reference to executive functions in the popular press. These days, ...

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Going to Bat for Late Bloomers: A Book Recommendation

Have you ever longed to hold your arms over your head and plead: “Stop world! I want to get off?” Those who suffer with executive function challenges often feel like a hamster ...

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Can You Slow Down Time?