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01: Executive Functioning with Lesley PsyD

Struggle Care

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Are You Overloaded With Executive Functions?

The biggest thing that impacts executive function, the two biggest things are overload and anxiety. Any kind of anxiety, not even clinical anxiety, just that pressure and nervousness, predominantly impacts things like working memory and focus for every human being. It's very likely that if you had another task, you're going to either let it to the side on purpose or you'll forget completely. We also know that just because you mentioned being postpartum, there's emerging data that shows that estrogen fluctuation and to some extent other hormones as well impact executive function for all people.

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