In this episode, Erica and Darius discuss how executive functioning training can provide the tools for us to drop into our best selves. What is the best self? - Proud of who you are and your accomplishments. - Sense of inner peace - Able to walk through life with a sense of intention and grace. Becoming your best self involves - taking care of oneself and optimizing all areas of your life - regulating emotions - embracing growth - limiting distractions - embracing intentions and goals Tools of Working Memory: 1. Inner voice: - Negative to positive - Anxious to calm - Critical to kind 2. Visualization: - Focus attention - Manifest what we want by consciously programming the reticular activating system. (sleep-wake cycles, cardiovascular control, pain modulation, consciousness, and habituation) Tools of Inhibitory Control: 1. Develop attentional or focusing skills - Maintain external order (organization) - Maintain internal order 2. Blocking distractions 3. Emotional regulation 4. Metacognition Tools of Cognitive flexibility: 1. Diverse perspectives - Compassion - Creativity - out-of-the-box thinking 2. Shifting from one task to another Links: Links: - Working Memory: https://tinyurl.com/working-memory - Inhibitory Control: https://tinyurl.com/inhibitory-control - Visualization: https://tinyurl.com/use-visualization - Inner Voice: https://tinyurl.com/inner-voices - Cognitive Flexibility: https://tinyurl.com/cognitive-flexibility - Vision boards: https://tinyurl.com/3nunvru8 - Phonological loop: https://tinyurl.com/3x2e4dy6 - Permaculture: https://tinyurl.com/y4rthmmr - Canva: https://www.canva.com/ - Procreate: https://procreate.com/ - Executive functions and Study Skills Course: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/teaching-EF-and-study-strategies - Good Sensory Learning: https://goodsensorylearning.com/ - Working Memory: https://tinyurl.com/mr4axkbk - Dyslexia at Work: www.dyslexiawork.com