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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…
4 months, 2 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…
4 months, 3 weeks 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…
5 months 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…
5 months, 1 week 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…
5 months, 2 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…
5 months, 3 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…
6 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…
6 months, 1 week ago
What Radical Acceptance Actually Looks Like for Pathological Demand Avoidance Parents | Ep. 156
Season 1 Episode 156
This is the first episode in a new behind-the-scenes series I am doing with Kendall, one of the coaches on the At Peace Parents team. Each month, we …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Raising Twin Pathologically Demand Avoidant Boys: Socialization, Therapeutic Equalizing, and the Long Game | Ep. 155
Season 1 Episode 155
In this episode, I coach Pam, a mom raising fraternal twin 10-year-old boys, both PDA and autistic, who present and react quite differently from each…
6 months, 3 weeks ago