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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
An interesting question was recently posed to me: Should executive function skills be explicitly taught as a distinct part of a school curriculum? This question was raised recently by an educational therapist ...
I recently returned from the Learning Disabilities of America national conference, which has focused my thoughts on the executive function skill of metacognition or “thinking about your thinking”. Specifically, I am considering ...
For those of us who grapple with weak executive function skills, especially in the realm of time management, planning, and organization, it can sometimes be hard to feel…“happy.” It is so easy ...
I LOVE starting a new year. It’s a clean slate to make my life more purposeful, as I use my executive functions to maximize time management. I am excited about the possibilities ...
My staff and I took the week off for Thanksgiving, which I think will become a tradition at EFS. We all experienced some wonderful and rewarding family time. With all of that ...
Many people struggle with planning, the “thinking-ahead” executive function skill. Caught up in the demands of their daily lives, they start to feel like life is just endless work. It makes me both ...