Yellow Parachute Blog
Yellow Parachute’s Blog Mission
Our blog mission is to share the research and resources that inform our unique approach to coaching Executive Function Skills, to advocate for neurodiversity, and to uplift students, parents, educators, and leaders.
Keep It Between The Lines: Your Guide to the End of the School Year
The road is dark and windy, creating limited visibility ahead. The familiar route that I've traveled before now feels slightly unnerving due to the combination of rain, wind, and sharp-angled turns. As I carefully navigate a curve, my [...]
How Fidgeting Helps Your Brain Focus
Are you looking for ways to sharpen your focus and increase productivity? Research suggests that even small physical activities, like fidgeting, can have a significant impact on the brain's ability to concentrate and pay attention. Physical activity, such [...]
Does Music Focus or Distract Your ADHD Brain?
Based on an article featured in ADDitude on May 20, 2022 Music has a profound impact on the ADHD brain, offering a unique blend of structure and stimulation that can enhance focus and cognitive function. While background [...]
The Six Pillars for Positive Life Change: Do Them Every Day
Maybe your New Year's resolutionary feelings are fading, but you still feel strongly that you want to make change. What are you waiting for? Take the pre-spring opportunity to do it! Change doesn't have to be big; in [...]
Leaning into Neurodiversity as an Identity – Not Something to be Fixed
Neurodiversity celebration week is one month away! What are we celebrating? Neurodiversity describes the idea that people experience and interact with the world around them in many different ways; there is no one "right" way of thinking, [...]
3 Benefits of Emotional Regulation I’ve Learned From the Passengers’ Seat
Your Rollercoaster of Emotions Happiness. Sadness. Disgust. Fear. Surprise. Anger. Emotions come in all shapes and sizes, don't they? You may already know that your emotions can vary greatly throughout the day. Especially when you are hungry, [...]
Empowering Note Taking Guide for Teen ADHDers
The Note Taking Guide for Teens with ADHD High school demands top-notch study strategies, time-management tools, and organization skills. In the spirit of tackling one key area at a time, use these ideas to identify and overcome common [...]
Executive Function Skills: Magical Unicorns of Success
Executive Functions Skills. They’re magical unicorns when we can figure out what they are and how they fit into our dynamic day-to-day life. But when we think of ways in which we can strengthen and improve EFs in [...]
Why Am I So Tired All the Time?
ADHD, Energy, and Spoons Hey there! Are you constantly feeling tired and drained? Last blog we talked about ADHD Sleep Patterns. This week, it's time to discover the Spoon Theory in relation to ADHD. I first heard about [...]
12 Quirks You Didn’t Know Where ADHD Related
ADHD, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, is a condition that affects millions of people worldwide. My kids have said it's like having a circus in your brain, complete with clowns and acrobats - especially when you want to [...]
Why “Sleeping Tight” Should Be One of Your Biggest Intentions in 2024
Getting quality sleep is crucial for everyone, so make it a goal for 2024. Why? Just like eating nutritious food, drinking water, and moving your body regularly, sleep plays a vital role in mental and physical health [...]
Stressful Parenting Moments: How to Practice Wizard Brain Instead of Lizard Brain
Teaching (and Learning) Emotional Regulation You can’t teach your child calming strategies when you are triggered yourself. Based on an Article By Rebecca Branstetter, Ph.D. You know that parenting meme that's been doing the rounds recently, using [...]
May You Seek Magic in Mundane Moments
Adapted from a LinkedIn Article by Kalindi Jog Winter's chill and Holiday Spirit make the warmth of family, good food, and crackling fires even more magical. It's a time to slow down to appreciate simple things, reminding [...]
Love Yourself Fiercely
As an individual who had to advocate for years in my 40's to finally receive a diagnosis of combined-type attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), it is my mission to help educate others get what they need to [...]
Gritty Entrepreneurs and ADHD Characteristics
Going “out on your own” requires passion, creativity, and risk-taking, characteristics commonly used to describe individuals who have ADHD. . In fact, as many as 40% of entrepreneurs report having ADHD or executive function difficulties that negatively impacted [...]
How to Practice Creativity to Unlock Your Potential
Welcome, parents and students, to the fascinating world of creativity! You may not have thought about creativity in a long time, but I'll tell you why you want to dust off this concept: in today's fast-paced, technology-driven society, [...]
How to Solve Sleep Struggles With NSDR
It was the Night before Christmas... How do you react when you hear those familiar opening lines, "It was the night before Christmas and all through the house...?" Does it make you burst into laughter because in [...]
How to Start a Gratitude Journal
Benefits of Keeping a Gratitude Journal Hey there! Have you ever stopped to think about all the good things and amazing people in your life? It's so easy to take them for granted, but guess what? Research suggests [...]
