There are myriad ways to address executive dysfunction, including psychiatry, occupational therapy, and speech and language therapy. This week, we are focusing on mental health therapy, executive function coaching, and how they can help address executive dysfunction.

The number of Google searches for “executive dysfunction” has increased by over 300% over the last 5 years. Increased awareness sometimes leads to increased misunderstanding; so let’s get into what executive functioning means, why people may struggle with it, and why we are hearing about it more frequently. What is executive function and executive dysfunction? What support is available?

Some people get to adulthood as natural intuitive eaters, but for most of us, it’s not that easy. Diet culture is often a huge barrier to intuitive eating, and it’s definitely the intuitive eating challenge that is easiest to find information about. As a fat person who was a teen in the 90s and early 2000s, weight stigma and fatphobia have historically had an impact on the way that I ate and cared for myself, and if you are in the same boat, you are very much not alone.