Since the post I made last night about improving executive functioning was so popular, I figured I should pull these out of my comments and give them their own post, in case it's helpful for people.
I have worked with the publishers of all of the books linked below and can vouch for their psychology books. The publisher of most of them, New Harbinger, is an extremely credible evidence-based psychology publisher.
Obvious disclaimer that everyone's brain is different and what works for someone else may not work for you.
Is there evidence that executive functioning can be improved? Yes. This book appears to be a very thorough overview of the field, and contains both advocates and detractors of cognitive training, for a balanced perspective. From the table of contents, I would really recommend jumping straight to Part 3: Developmental Perspectives for executive functioning (EF) writ large.
Certain therapy modalities are specifically designed for skill-building in areas like impulsivity, decision-making, emotional regulation, and cognitive flexibility, all of which are EF skills or very dependent on EF skills. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is probably the best field to look at for these - skill-building in those areas is its core goal.
Some DBT workbooks:
The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance
The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook for Teens
There are also a lot of workbooks for ADHD that are sometimes more broad but also can help with executive functioning:
The Adult ADHD and Anxiety Workbook: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Skills to Manage Stress, Find Focus, and Reclaim Your Life
The CBT Workbook for Adult ADHD: Evidence-Based Exercises to Improve Your Focus, Productivity, and Wellbeing
The Neurodivergence Skills Workbook for Autism and ADHD
General executive functioning workbooks:
The Executive Functioning Workbook for Teens
Executive Functioning Workbook for Adults: Exercises to Help You Get Organized, Stay Focused, and Achieve Your Goals
Hope these are helpful to someone!!
I recently started doing something that feels really dumb at first, but... it's totally changing the way I view myself, y'all.
It's called Belief Work and basically, it's taking your old shitty beliefs and turning them on their head 100%.
So instead of "I will never make it," I now tell myself intentionally "I will definitely make it."
The process is simple:
List out all the negative beliefs you have about yourself, whether about work, relationships, money, life, etc.
On a second sheet, list the exact opposite belief.
These are your new sets of beliefs. Repeat them as often as you can remember, preferably once per day.
I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE BULLSHIT BUT I PROMISE YOU IT'S WORKING FOR ME SO MAYBE IT'LL WORK FOR YOU???
We need a lesbian version of bear culture bc a lot of self labeled dykes still think fat ppl are gross and undesirable. We should have a community where if youre fat and hairy or warm and fuzzy wlw youre not the bottom of the barrel like we’ve seen with the popular white cis wlw aesthetic.
Being fat and hairy isnt just normal its hot. And im tired of pretending otherwise 😤
average male lady dimitrescu fan: hur dur she have big tiddy *has lady dimitrescu rule 34 art as lockscreen*
The Sapphics™: *writes 12,485 word long character analysis that attempts to examine the traits, characteristics and history of Lady Alcina Dimitrescu-- as well as speculative theory on both the direct and ambient trauma she may have endured living as a woman in the early to mid 1900s and how that could have shaped her into who she is today*
wlw are not less fatphobic than mlm. sure, you don't have "no fats" in your tinder/grindr bio, but you still make your dislike of fat women apparent. the sapphic art you create, the representation you hail as perfect, the wlw singers you listen to, the fashion you label as having "gay vibes", etc. It's all painfully, stupidly apparent. I'm tired of staying quiet about this.
Y/N: HYDRATE OR DIE-DRATE!
Y/N: *Aggressively throws water bottles*
Donna: What's up with Y/N?
Alcina: Y/N is trying to yell mental health and wellbeing into us.
Y/N: I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU!
Moreau, close to crying: It's working.
RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE | Castle Dimitrescu
God the women you put on earth to be sexy and read fanfic are being forced to work
She had curves in all the wrong places - some of them cast a 3-dimensional shadows, still others hummed a low, discordant note as they flitted about like flies. She was nothing like other girls - she was an abomination from the 6th plane of torment
I Need Screen Time at Night to Fall Asleep As an ADHDer
AJ’s Brain
heisenberg: if you had a child and they got your best personality trait, what would it be?
alcina: my hate for men