Hi Aspiring Achievers,

There is a serious, widespread problem with the educational requirements in the mental health field. Most professionals are studying the same outdated information about ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, Trauma and Addictions in preparation for licensure. They aren't studying what happens to your executive function development because of those conditions.

The most common treatment recommended for adults with ADHD is medication, and the same is true for Depression and Anxiety. Unfortunately, medication alone isn't the best solution, and for many of you, it isn't a good option at all. Many of your life experiences pull the energy that is supposed to be going into the development of your executive function skills and channel it elsewhere. This could have led to the diagnosis of depression, anxiety, trauma, addictions, chronic illnesses as well as ADHD. So, no matter what diagnoses you have collected along the way, there are no skills in pills, and we need to focus on developing our executive function skills if we hope to live a full and fulfilling life. From the time we are born, we develop skills–we learn to walk and talk, to read and write, to bathe and dress. These are all skills. And as we get older, we learn more complex skills such as organizing our thinking as well as our possessions, planning our playdates and the time we need to complete our schoolwork...

Developing your Executive Function Skills and shifting your limiting beliefs is the fastest and most effective way to overcome ADHD limitations, find focus, gain confidence, and a newfound freedom in your life!

My mission is to put an end to the worldwide needless suffering of adults with ADHD and those with under-developed Executive Function Skills - whether from ADHD, chronic depression or anxiety, trauma, addictions, or chronic illnesses. And, you don't need a formal diagnosis to know you need help developing these executive function skills in order to greatly reduce your suffering.

Episode Resources:

The Transformation Club – the affordable community for Executive Function training: https://www.drbarbaracohen.com/ttcprogram
Free PDF - 13 Signs Weak Executive Functioning Is Holding You Back: https://www.drbarbaracohen.com/Executive-Function
Executive Function Information List & AIA-FS Program Information: https://www.drbarbaracohen.com/AIA
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Laying a Solid Foundation with Executive Function Pre-Skills – 111