Happy Back to School! Parents, I hope you enjoy your clean kitchen for a few more hours each day. 😉 A thought for your year ahead 🪂 - ”Open your mind to your possibilities. Then center your identity on your [...]
Hi, I'm Cara, a Jersey Girl with Canadian parents, a big heart, contagious smile, and wildly perfectionistic tendencies. I may have left the bustling streets of Jersey behind, but my vibrant personality and fierce determination have found a new home in [...]
🥰 Know what I love MOST about this summer?!?!? Besides warmth, I heart the endless drip of high school kids in and out of our house. Before you think I'm "that amazing, relaxed mom," let me assure you, it's totally [...]
- A Coach's Perspective Have you ever watch someone rediscover inspiration? Recently, I asked one of our EF Coaches to share the gifts she receives (unwraps, if you like metaphors), while working with families through EF Skills Coaching. Quick background [...]
I tend to shy away from "how to parent" posts because I recognize parenting as such a personal choice. But after 20+ years of coaching, and 17+ years of parenting neurodiverse humans, I can offer some guidelines for success. [...]
Parenting is often full of joys, and it is also true that sometimes our kids give us a real run for our money. Sometimes it really does take a village. We used to live in communities of family and caregivers [...]
Can we make this the summer of MINDSET? Oh my goodness, families, the more time I spend studying what makes us successful in every aspect of our lives….it’s…you guessed it. Mindset. I’m going to use the “show don’t tell” approach, [...]
Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well-lived. - Eleanor Roosevelt What's the secret? Do more of what makes you happy. It's simple, right? So simple that I wondered if I should even write this blog post. [...]
"What does it feel like when you feel like you can't do something?" I ask. "It's kind of like this," he gestures for my apple pencil and begins to sketch in orange, "There's a big figure with a big voice [...]
You may be surprised to know that not everything we do at Yellow Parachute is original to us. (Wink.) Part of our passion is to take the best habits, proven successful over time, and bring them to our students, [...]
