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Four Ways To Create Calm With Your Pathologically Demand Avoidant Child | Ep. 166
Season 1 Episode 166
When he was young, it seemed like my son Cooper was almost always active and agitated. I tried everything I was told to try - bubble blowing for deep…
2 months, 1 week ago
A PDA Neuropsychologist on How Pathologically Demand Avoidant Brains Actually Work | Ep. 165
Season 1 Episode 165
I sit down with Dr. Jennifer Huffman, a board-certified pediatric neuropsychologist, PDA woman with lived experience, and creator of the Neurodynamic…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
How A Dad Changed His Parenting To Stop Fighting His Child With Pathological Demand Avoidance: An Interview With My Husband | Ep. 164
Season 1 Episode 164
This episode is an interview with my husband, Jake, about his path from well-founded skepticism of Pathological Demand Avoidance to fully changing hi…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Giftedness, Pathological Demand Avoidance and Burnout in Adults: My Story | Ep. 163
Season 1 Episode 163
In this episode I talk about how I understand my autistic brain, my internalized pathological demand avoidance, and why it took me six years of worki…
3 months ago
A Speech Language Pathologist on Selective Mutism, Pathological Demand Avoidance and So Much More | Ep. 162
Season 1 Episode 162
I speak with Stephanie Harrigan, a certified speech language pathologist with nearly fifteen years of experience working with the neurodiverse popula…
3 months, 1 week ago
What Occupational Therapists Need to Know: Restrictive Eating and Pathological Demand Avoidance Part 4 | Ep. 161
Season 1 Episode 161
This is the fourth episode in my series on PDA and restrictive eating, and this one is for therapists.
If you are an occupational therapist, a speech…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Practical Autonomy-Based Tools for Families Stuck in Food Struggles - Restrictive Eating and Pathological Demand Avoidance Part 3| Ep. 160
Season 1 Episode 160
If you've heard me talk about autonomy, equality, and lowering demands before and thought, "But what does that actually look like at the dinner table…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
10 Misconceptions About Eating And Pathological Demand Avoidance Part 2 l Ep. 159
Season 1 Episode 159
In this episode — Part 2 of our series on eating and PDA — I walk through the 10 misconceptions about eating that I personally had to unlearn in orde…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
My Son Only Ate Three Foods - Eating and Pathological Demand Avoidance Part 1 | Ep. 158
Season 1 Episode 158
If your child has dropped food after food, won't try new things no matter what you do, and every mealtime feels like a battle — this episode is the f…
4 months ago
Getting Husband and Parents On Board with Pathological Demand Avoidance | Ep. 157
Season 1 Episode 157
In this episode, I coach Danielle, a mom from North Idaho who is newer to the PDA lens and has already been making progress with her almost nine-year…
4 months, 1 week ago