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November 17, 2022 50 mins

Do you feel like you are all over the place with an endless to do list? Or are you frustrated that your child leaves things at school and you have to remind him to do his work 100 times?  Then this episode is for you… This Girl podcast host Daisy has a REAL informative conversation with Nicole Santamaria, Founder, OT for Real Life about what is Executive Functioning (EF) and how-to best to approach this in order to get things done!

Nicole has more than 20 year’s experience with a no nonsense – straightforward approach helping parents, kids and teachers providing them the “real life” strategies and right intervention – since she is a true believer that we can all DEVELOP these skills!  Daisy and Nicole have a very candid conversation since Daisy very vulnerably shares her personal struggles with EF, so their conversation hit home.  Nicole offers unique approach to finding EF solutions since she believes in looking for the strengths before the weakness. Nicole suggests a strengths-based approach that helps identify the individual’s natural talents vs. depicting all their faults.

In this episode, Nicole summarizes 3 ways you can begin to improve Executive Function in your life or your child’s.  She discusses the first step is to know your EF profile and provides a FREE cheat sheet - find out your EF strengths with this EF Guide https://learn.nicolesantamaria.com/ef

Nicole’s resources are fun and user friendly, log on today:

EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING HELPS YOU LAUNCH TO INDEPENDNCE

Follow Nicole for updates:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/miamihandwri... Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/OTforRealLife

Or 📧 Send her an email with any questions or schedule a consultation - nicole@otforreallife.com

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