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
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