This is the first post of the Demystify Executive Functioning & How It Impacts Women with ADHD. Like I stated in the first post executive functions are the brain skills that a women with ADHD uses these skills every day to learn, work, and manage daily life. Trouble with executive function can make it hard […]
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Demystify Executive Functioning & How It Impacts Women with ADHD Part 1
I would like to demystify what Executive Functioning is for women with ADHD. After you are done reading my series on EF, I want you to walk about thinking “Wow, I now have a pretty good grasp of Executive Functions, I have a better understanding of why you have difficulty organizing, planning and creating timelines […]
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It may be difficult to understand that ADHD and perfectionism can go together like peanut butter and jelly. However in an article from Psych Central, ADHD With A Side of Perfectionism discusses how ADHD and perfectionism goes together but the combination of the two can also be debilitating. Petersen states in his article, “What makes […]
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In this part of the series on executive functioning skills I am going to focus on the EF skill of emotional control for women with ADHD What does “emotional control” mean? Emotional control is the ability to manage and control your emotions so you are able to complete a task or achieve a goal. In […]
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