Executive Function Brain Trainer Podcast

In this episode of the Executive Function Brain Trainer Podcast, hosts Darius Namdaran and Dr. Erica Warren explore the gap between knowing what needs to be done and actually doing it. They explain how task initiation can be blocked by hidden barriers such as unclear instructions, working memory challenges, time blindness, perfectionism, anxiety, low energy, and tasks that feel too large or difficult to begin. The hosts share practical ways to bridge this gap, including making the next step extremely easy, breaking projects into manageable chunks, externalizing information, creating starting rituals, using body doubling, and defining what is good enough. Darius introduces the Three Ts: technique, tool, or team, as a simple framework for making difficult tasks more approachable. They also discuss the value of curiosity over self-blame and explain how understanding personal learning patterns can help people find strategies that genuinely work for them. Ultimately, the episode shows that difficulty taking action is not simply a lack of motivation, but often an executive functioning challenge that can be understood and supported.

Links:

• The Student Processing Inventory (SPI): https://goodsensorylearning.com/search?q=Student+processing+Inventory+and+YPPI
• Your Professional Processing Inventory (YPPI): https://goodsensorylearning.com/search?q=Student+processing+Inventory+and+YPPI
• Executive Functioning Coaching and Study Skills Certification Course: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/teaching-EF-and-study-strategies
• EF Student Coaching with Erica: https://learningtolearn.biz/
• EF Adult Coaching with Erica: https://dropintoyourbestself.com/coaching
• Executive Function Products and Tools: https://goodsensorylearning.com/collections/executive-functioning-skills-training
• ivvi Notes: https://ivvi.app
• Executive Functioning Resources: https://goodsensorylearning.com/collections/executive-functioning-skills-training
• Executive Functioning Assessments: https://goodsensorylearning.com/search?type=product&q=EFCA
• Resources mentioned in this episode:
• David Allen’s Two-Minute Rule from Getting Things Done: https://gettingthingsdone.com/2020/05/the-two-minute-rule-2/
• FranklinCovey Time Matrix: https://www.franklincovey.com/blog/manage-your-time-and-energy-effectively/
• Google Docs Voice Typing: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/4492226
• ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com
• Claude: https://claude.ai
• Grok: https://grok.com

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In this episode of the Executive Function Braintrainer Podcast, hosts Darius Namdaran and Dr. Erica Warren explore how scrolling and doom scrolling can hijack working memory, attention, cognitive flexibility, and emotional regulation. They explain how rapid streams of content can overwhelm the brain, limit meaningful processing, and place algorithms in control of what users notice and consume. The hosts also consider the benefits of social media, including repeated exposure to ideas, access to useful information, and connection with supportive communities. They share practical ways to scroll more intentionally, such as saving valuable content, setting timers, shaping algorithms through deliberate choices, and pausing to process what has been learned. They also discuss how parents can help children develop healthier digital habits through clear boundaries, open conversations, and age-appropriate oversight. Ultimately, the episode encourages listeners to use their executive functioning skills to take control of their scrolling instead of letting scrolling control them.

Links:

• The Student Processing Inventory (SPI) https://goodsensorylearning.com/search?q=Student+processing+Inventory+and+YPPI 
• Your Professional Processing Inventory (YPPI) https://goodsensorylearning.com/search?q=Student+processing+Inventory+and+YPPI 
• Executive Functioning Coaching and Study Skills Certification Course: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/teaching-EF-and-study-strategies 
• EF Student Coaching with Erica:⁠⁠https://learningtolearn.biz/⁠⁠⁠⁠
• EF Adult Coaching with Erica:⁠⁠⁠⁠https://dropintoyourbestself.com/coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Executive Function Products and Tools: https://goodsensorylearning.com/collections/executive-functioning-skills-training
• ivvi notes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ivvi.app⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Executive Functioning Resources: ⁠⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/collections/executive-functioning-skills-training⁠⁠⁠
• Executive Functioning Assessments:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/search?type=product&q=EFCA⁠⁠⁠⁠

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In this episode of the Executive Function Braintrainer Podcast, hosts Darius Namdaran and Dr. Erica Warren challenge the assumption that people fail to act because they are lazy or unmotivated. They explain how hidden barriers such as overwhelm, perfectionism, ambiguity, boredom, fear, low energy, and too many choices can make it difficult to begin or complete tasks. The hosts explore how executive functioning skills, metacognition, and an understanding of individual processing styles can help people recognize and overcome these obstacles. They also share practical strategies, including breaking tasks into smaller steps, providing clear instructions, externalizing information, and using mind maps and AI tools to make learning more accessible. Ultimately, they encourage parents, teachers, and individuals to look beyond motivation and identify the processing or executive functioning challenges that may be getting in the way.

Links:

• The Student Processing Inventory (SPI) https://goodsensorylearning.com/search?q=Student+processing+Inventory+and+YPPI 
• Your Professional Processing Inventory (YPPI) https://goodsensorylearning.com/search?q=Student+processing+Inventory+and+YPPI 
• Executive Functioning Coaching and Study Skills Certification Course: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/teaching-EF-and-study-strategies 
• EF Student Coaching with Erica:⁠⁠https://learningtolearn.biz/⁠⁠⁠⁠
• EF Adult Coaching with Erica:⁠⁠⁠⁠https://dropintoyourbestself.com/coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Executive Function Products and Tools: https://goodsensorylearning.com/collections/executive-functioning-skills-training
• ivvi notes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ivvi.app⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Executive Functioning Resources: ⁠⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/collections/executive-functioning-skills-training⁠⁠⁠
• Executive Functioning Assessments:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/search?type=product&q=EFCA⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Inner Voice:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/inner-voice-app⁠⁠

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In this episode of the Executive Function Braintrainer Podcast, host Darius Namdaran and Dr. Erica Warren explore how AI is beginning to transform executive functioning by reducing cognitive overload and helping people manage everyday tasks more effectively. They discuss the difference between AI chatbots and AI agents, and share practical examples of how these tools can support students, professionals, and anyone struggling with distraction, procrastination, or digital clutter. The episode highlights the growing potential of AI to act as a trusted digital co-worker, offering greater focus, organization, and peace of mind.

Links:

• Obsidian: https://obsidian.md/ 
• Claude cowork: https://claude.com/product/cowork 
• Chat GPT: https://chatgpt.com/ 
• Open Claw: https://openclaw.ai/ 
• EF Student Coaching with Erica:⁠⁠https://learningtolearn.biz/⁠⁠⁠⁠
• EF Adult Coaching with Erica:⁠⁠⁠⁠https://dropintoyourbestself.com/coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Executive Function Products and Tools: https://goodsensorylearning.com/collections/executive-functioning-skills-training
• ivvi notes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ivvi.app⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Executive Functioning Coaching Course: ⁠https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/teaching-EF-and-study-strategies⁠
• Executive Functioning Resources: ⁠⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/collections/executive-functioning-skills-training⁠⁠⁠
• Executive Functioning Assessments:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/search?type=product&q=EFCA⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Inner Voice:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/inner-voice-app⁠⁠

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In this episode of the Executive Function Brain Trainer Podcast, Dr. Erica Warren welcomes her business partner, executive functioning coach, and educational therapist, Nancy Platt Dawud, for a discussion geared toward parents on building executive functioning skills over the summer. They contrast the risks of too little structure with the benefits of involving kids in planning, time management, and organization, while also emphasizing the value of unstructured time, boredom, creativity, and frustration tolerance. They suggest practical, playful strategies including outdoor activities (obstacle courses, scavenger hunts, sports), family games (card and board games that support working memory, inhibition, flexibility, logic, and spatial skills), reading supports (graphic novels, audiobooks paired with text, finger tracking, apps), and real-life skill builders like cooking, travel prep and packing lists, map reading, memorizing key information, visual schedules, and small “chunked” routines like the three-thing rule, while cautioning against overscheduling and overhelping.

Links:

• EF Student Coaching with Erica:⁠⁠https://learningtolearn.biz/⁠⁠⁠⁠
• EF Adult Coaching with Erica:⁠⁠⁠⁠https://dropintoyourbestself.com/coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Executive Function Products and Tools: https://goodsensorylearning.com/collections/executive-functioning-skills-training
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• Executive Functioning Coaching Course: ⁠https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/teaching-EF-and-study-strategies⁠
• Executive Functioning Resources: ⁠⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/collections/executive-functioning-skills-training⁠⁠⁠
• Executive Functioning Assessments:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/search?type=product&q=EFCA⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Inner Voice:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/inner-voice-app⁠⁠

• Erica and Nancy’s Private Practice: https://learningtolearn.biz/ 
• Drinking from a hose short: https://www.instagram.com/reels/CsXhIgQsTUw/ 
• Quitch: Look for a used one on eBay
• Rat-A-Tat Cat
• Blink
• Deducto
• Taco, Cat, Goat, Cheese, Pizza
• Dog Crimes
• Cat Crimes
• Scattergories
• Pictionary
• Mastermind
• Guess the Color (online version of Mastermind) 
• Genius Square
• Blockus
• QBits
• Logic Links
• Rush Hour
• Clue
• Skylight
• Dry Erase Calendars
• Picture Schedules




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In this episode of the Executive Function Brain Trainer Podcast, hosts Darius Namdaran and Dr. Erica Warren explore how AI can support cognitive flexibility as one of the three core components of executive functioning, alongside working memory and inhibitory control. Using metaphors like golf and GPS, they describe cognitive flexibility as adapting goals and perspectives when circumstances change, including managing transitions, emotional regulation, and breaking out of rigid thinking loops. They discuss practical ways to use AI as a process tool and thinking partner; role-playing different perspectives, generating better questions, and refining communication, while warning against overreliance that can weaken skills. They also highlight pitfalls like context window limits and AI sycophancy, plus strategies such as summarizing, restarting threads, and capturing key principles in notes and templates to preserve intent and improve future AI use.
Links:

• Executive Function Products and Tools: https://goodsensorylearning.com/collections/executive-functioning-skills-training
• Obsidian: https://obsidian.md/ 
• Claude cowork: https://claude.com/product/cowork 
• Chat GPT: https://chatgpt.com/ 
• ivvi notes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ivvi.app⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Executive Functioning Coaching Course: ⁠https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/teaching-EF-and-study-strategies⁠
• Executive Functioning Resources: ⁠⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/collections/executive-functioning-skills-training⁠⁠⁠
• Executive Functioning Assessments:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/search?type=product&q=EFCA⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Inner Voice:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/inner-voice-app⁠⁠
• EF Student Coaching with Erica:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://learningtolearn.biz/⁠⁠⁠⁠
• EF Adult Coaching with Erica:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://dropintoyourbestself.com/coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠

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In this episode of the Executive Function Braintrainer Podcast, hosts Darius Namdaran and Dr. Erica Warren discuss a growing executive functioning crisis among teens, driven by post-COVID challenges and the shift to inconsistent, multi-platform digital school systems. They describe how varied teacher workflows across tools like Canvas and Google Classroom increase cognitive load, leading students to lose assignments, forget to submit work, and be mislabeled as lazy or careless. The hosts compare this offloading of administrative burden to customer service systems that push work onto users, noting similar stressors for adults and older people. They explore coping strategies such as keeping passwords and step-by-step processes in one place, explicit note-taking, and hand-holding support, while also considering how AI tools could eventually reduce procedural overload, though many students are not allowed to use AI.

Links:

• Executive Function Products and Tools: https://goodsensorylearning.com/collections/executive-functioning-skills-training
• Executive Function Coaching and Certification Course: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/teaching-EF-and-study-strategies 
• Executive Functioning Coaching Course: ⁠https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/teaching-EF-and-study-strategies⁠
• Executive Functioning Resources: ⁠⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/collections/executive-functioning-skills-training⁠⁠⁠
• Executive Functioning Assessments:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/search?type=product&q=EFCA⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Inner Voice:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/inner-voice-app⁠⁠
• EF Student Coaching with Erica:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://learningtolearn.biz/⁠⁠⁠⁠
• EF Adult Coaching with Erica:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://dropintoyourbestself.com/coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠

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In this episode of the Executive Function Braintrainer Podcast, hosts Darius Namdaran and Dr. Erica Warren explore the relationship between AI and executive functioning, arguing that as AI becomes more capable, human value will increasingly center on agency and executive skills, setting goals, choosing missions, and directing resources like a conductor leading an orchestra. Darius shares how his tool ivvi (IVVI.app) uses AI to turn meeting audio into live, interactive mind maps for visual thinkers, and the hosts discuss why explicit instruction in executive function skills is becoming essential for students and workers. They examine practical classroom use of AI through a case example of a student who resists AI but benefits from using NotebookLM to study more efficiently by compiling answers from slides, generating podcasts, mind maps, flashcards, and practice tests, while still learning content. The conversation also considers how future AI agents could support complex real-world tasks, such as parents advocating for children with dyslexia, by tracking education plans, drafting communications, tutoring homework, and supporting routines, and emphasizes that benevolent outcomes depend on how people choose to use these tools. The episode closes with a call for cognitive flexibility and “fatalistic optimism,” framing AI’s growth as inevitable and encouraging listeners to build executive function to navigate and shape what comes next.

Links:

• Optimus: https://www.tesla.com/en_eu/AI
• AI Agents: https://cloud.google.com/discover/what-are-ai-agents   
• Elon Musk on AGI Timeline, US vs China, Job Markets, Clean Energy & Humanoid Robots | 220:  https://youtu.be/RSNuB9pj9P8
• Executive Functioning Coaching Course: ⁠https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/teaching-EF-and-study-strategies⁠
• Executive Functioning Resources: https://goodsensorylearning.com/pages/executive-functioning-resources
• Executive Functioning Products: ⁠⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/collections/executive-functioning-skills-training⁠⁠⁠
• Executive Functioning Assessments:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/search?type=product&q=EFCA⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Inner Voice:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/inner-voice-app⁠⁠
• EF Student Coaching with Erica:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://learningtolearn.biz/⁠⁠⁠⁠
• EF Adult Coaching with Erica:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://dropintoyourbestself.com/coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠

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In this episode of the Executive Function Brain Trainer Podcast, host Dr. Erica Warren is joined by Diane Randall, an executive functioning coach with extensive experience in pediatric occupational therapy. The discussion delves into the significant benefits of executive functioning training for occupational therapists (OTs), offering unique insights and strategies for integrating cognitive and motor skills. Diane shares her journey through an executive functioning course and highlights the creativity and holistic approach essential in occupational therapy. The conversation underscores the importance of intrinsic motivation, kinesthetic learning, and play in developing executive functioning skills, both in children and adults. The episode is a treasure trove of strategies, tools, and compelling stories, designed to help educators, therapists, and parents better support their clients and students.

Links:

• Executive Functioning Coaching Course: ⁠https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/teaching-EF-and-study-strategies⁠

• Executive Functioning Resources: ⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/pages/executive-functioning-resources ⁠
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• Executive Functioning Assessments:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://goodsensorylearning.com/search?type=product&q=EFCA⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Continuing Education for Mental Health, Rehab and Healthcare Professionals: www.pesi.com
• Sensational Brain -Executive Functions Consultant Micro Credential (School-based): www.sensationalbrain.com
• CEU Courses for OT’s: www.occupationaltherapy.com
• How to Teach Executive Functions in Grades 1-6: ⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/how-to-teach-executive-functioning-to-elementary-and-middle-school-students-and-make-it-fun⁠⁠
• Inner Voice:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://goodsensorylearning.com/blogs/news/inner-voice-app⁠⁠
• EF Student Coaching with Erica:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://learningtolearn.biz/⁠⁠⁠⁠
• EF Adult Coaching with Erica:⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://dropintoyourbestself.com/coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠
• EF Coaching with Diane: [email protected]
• Student Processing Inventory (SPI): https://goodsensorylearning.com/search?q=Student+Processing+Inventory 
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In this episode of the Executive Function Brain Trainer Podcast, hosts Dr. Erica Warren and Darius Namdaran tackle the intricate topic of procrastination and its impacts on executive functioning. They explore varied perspectives, including the concept of 'creative procrastination,' a theory that some delays might be purposeful and beneficial. Dr. Warren shares insights from her research identifying four types of procrastination, while Darius provides business-oriented strategies for addressing procrastination. They emphasize the importance of kindness and cognitive flexibility in managing procrastination, offering actionable advice suitable for both students and professionals.

Links:

• Executive Function Procrastination Profile: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Executive-Function-Procrastination-Profile-Self-Assessment-Strategies-15114989 
• Executive Function Procrastination Profile - available in EF Coaching Course: https://www.learningspecialistcourses.com/courses/teaching-EF-and-study-strategies 
• Who Not How (Dan Sullivan): https://amzn.to/494YPbf 
• The Right Brain Time Manager (Harry Alder): https://amzn.to/45dyXZr 
• Double Diamond: https://goodsensorylearning.com/pages/episohttps://amzn.to/45dyXZrde-82-executive-functions-flare-and-focus?srsltid=AfmBOoqK29NE8kwn6kW-jr17PA8O7UBC5o1gJ1cTJtyx_LoK_p2_3xkO 
• Creative Procrastination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f6msyNWNxQ 

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