Ep 139: Executive Functioning- The Hidden Skill Making or Breaking Your Entire Household

About this episode

This episode explores executive functioning and its impact on marriages and households, offering research-backed strategies for improvement.

What executive functioning really is, why it’s causing so much frustration in marriages and homes right now, and the research-backed ways to strengthen it — so you can show up as better humans, better parents and better spouses. Description: Feeling like one of you always carries the mental load? Forgetting plans, struggling to start tasks, or reacting in the heat of the moment? In this deep-dive episode of Married and Connected, certified marriage coach Kameran explains executive functioning...

People in this episode

Host: Kameran Al-Areqi

Topics covered

• executive functioning
• marriage
• parenting
• mental load
• relationships
• self-improvement

Keywords

• executive functioning
• marriage coaching
• mental load
• task management
• parenting skills

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