Sari Solden
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Executive functioning has to do with coordinating, prioritizing, synthesizing all the things it takes to run a household, to take care of your kids, to pack their lunches, to remember all the appointments, all the millions of things that women as mothers have to do, or even women as friends, remembering everybody's important occasions, buying presents.
Executive functioning has to do with coordinating, prioritizing, synthesizing all the things it takes to run a household, to take care of your kids, to pack their lunches, to remember all the appointments, all the millions of things that women as mothers have to do, or even women as friends, remembering everybody's important occasions, buying presents.
There's a lot of information overload or embarrassment about not being able to entertain the way maybe their mothers did or easily or everything's a great stressor and a great, they have a lot of overwhelm and stress. So all those executive function tasks make them feel uncomfortable. bad that they can't keep up with or make themselves understood or make themselves seen by other people.
There's a lot of information overload or embarrassment about not being able to entertain the way maybe their mothers did or easily or everything's a great stressor and a great, they have a lot of overwhelm and stress. So all those executive function tasks make them feel uncomfortable. bad that they can't keep up with or make themselves understood or make themselves seen by other people.
These women had no way of knowing that anybody else was experiencing this. Can you imagine? I know people can't imagine that now. So there was no Google, there was no internet, there was nothing.
These women had no way of knowing that anybody else was experiencing this. Can you imagine? I know people can't imagine that now. So there was no Google, there was no internet, there was nothing.
As she walked into the room, she saw... Hundreds of people bumping into each other, interrupting, laughing, you know, just having a great time. Not because other people had problems like that. Other people could keep up with them and talk like this. And they had a great time. And it was like the women were biting like they're flies. phone numbers on there.
As she walked into the room, she saw... Hundreds of people bumping into each other, interrupting, laughing, you know, just having a great time. Not because other people had problems like that. Other people could keep up with them and talk like this. And they had a great time. And it was like the women were biting like they're flies. phone numbers on there.
We didn't have cell phones on, you know, right on their arms and numbers or spilling their contents or their purrs. So like not hiding anywhere. It was like amazing. So that was the first time where I saw how much of the time without knowing it, we're hiding or keep or passing for normal.
We didn't have cell phones on, you know, right on their arms and numbers or spilling their contents or their purrs. So like not hiding anywhere. It was like amazing. So that was the first time where I saw how much of the time without knowing it, we're hiding or keep or passing for normal.
It was like really fun. And everybody was discovering themselves, all the people, they were discovering themselves and finding people like them. But even us professionals were meeting people who we've never met before, those kind of people. It was a different, whole different vibe.
It was like really fun. And everybody was discovering themselves, all the people, they were discovering themselves and finding people like them. But even us professionals were meeting people who we've never met before, those kind of people. It was a different, whole different vibe.
So we had to do it fast, maybe six months. I had no idea how I was going to organize thousands of ideas. I literally had to cut and paste all my ideas of different subjects into paper bags. And then my husband helped me put them into categories and help me. I don't know how this happened. And then I would rewrite it, and then he would edit it.
So we had to do it fast, maybe six months. I had no idea how I was going to organize thousands of ideas. I literally had to cut and paste all my ideas of different subjects into paper bags. And then my husband helped me put them into categories and help me. I don't know how this happened. And then I would rewrite it, and then he would edit it.
So a lot of this book on women is all about that internal experience, that emotional experience, what's wrong with me, and that... the impact on people's identity as mothers, friends, wives, you know. And that's what this book is about, the emotional legacy, really.
So a lot of this book on women is all about that internal experience, that emotional experience, what's wrong with me, and that... the impact on people's identity as mothers, friends, wives, you know. And that's what this book is about, the emotional legacy, really.
CHAD was academic white males and medical people talking to parents and teachers about the way it was, okay? There were a lot of old guards there.
CHAD was academic white males and medical people talking to parents and teachers about the way it was, okay? There were a lot of old guards there.
And I had quoted him. I had liked him. He was in my book. But for some reason, I guess he got permission. He said, if I'm going to be the keynote speaker, I'm going to say what I want to say. I felt like he was saying I was a child abuser. It was like so, it was shameful. So even though I was talking about shame to other people.
And I had quoted him. I had liked him. He was in my book. But for some reason, I guess he got permission. He said, if I'm going to be the keynote speaker, I'm going to say what I want to say. I felt like he was saying I was a child abuser. It was like so, it was shameful. So even though I was talking about shame to other people.