Labeling is about understanding and using correct labels for objects, ideas or whatever you are talking about.

Labels allow your brain to organize information, understand what others are saying, express yourself and even do higher thinking.

To help you understand the importance of this, let me share with you a story.

Back in the days when I was working with kids, I had a 10-year-old client, who would forget whatever you told him. By the time you got up to the next sentence number two, he forgot sentence number one.

Unlike what most people thought, he didn’t have a memory issue.
Instead, he struggled with the cognitive functions of labels.

You see, in his brain he saw a whole bunch of pictures but had no names for them.
Anytime you told him something, it went into a mush of other pictures he saw in his brain.
There was no way he could remember it or repeat it back to you.

Through mediation (the process of asking questions) we did special exercises to help him improve his cognitive functions.

Within 2 weeks, he was able to follow what the teacher said, was able to understand like everyone else and started doing really well.


You may not be struggling with labeling this extreme, but a lot more people then they realize, have room for improvement with this cognitive function.

Here are 3 ways to help you get started:

1. Replace the words “this” “that” “it” with the right label.
Listen to what you are saying and see if you can correct it.
“Put this on the table” Becomes put the plate on the table.

2. Give yourself 5 minutes each day, to simply walk around your house or the park and label the items around you.
This will help get your brain started on calling things what they are. Say it outloud for extra reinforcement.

3. If there are no labels for something, make them yourself.
There is no right or wrong about labels as long as everyone understands them.
Even weird rituals, habits or activities that your family does can be labeled with fun names.



Remember, we want to label things, not people