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Ep. 104 - Harmful Myths About PDA in Children and Teens
Season 1 Episode 104
"All kids are demand avoidant" is just one of the misconceptions about PDA that I take down with clinical psychologist Alex Klein in this feisty epis…
1 year, 6 months ago
Ep. 103 - Healing Your Nervous System as a Parent of a PDA Child or Teen
Season 1 Episode 103
In this episode I talk about some of the therapies I've done to heal my own nervous system - and dive deeper on EMDR specifically - in the hope that …
1 year, 7 months ago
Ep. 102 - Six Things from Buddhist Psychology that Help Me Parent My PDA Child
Season 1 Episode 102
This episode is for people who follow (or don't follow) any religion and are open to taking some of the concepts from Buddhist psychology that I've f…
1 year, 7 months ago
Ep. 101 - The Biggest Surprise in 5 Years of Occupational Therapy with My PDA Son
Season 1 Episode 101
My son started occupational therapy six years ago, when he was four. I didn't really know what it was, nor did I know my son was PDA. But in the year…
1 year, 7 months ago
Ep. 100 - What If My Partner Won't Accommodate Our PDA Child or Teen?
Season 1 Episode 100
In this episode I speak with Dr. Alex Klein about a dynamic I see all the time - when two parents aren't on the same page about how to parent their P…
1 year, 7 months ago
Ep. 99 - Helping Our PDA Children and Teens Build a Healthy Self Concept
Season 1 Episode 99
"Mama, did God make me this way on purpose?"
That's what my PDA son asked me when he was four years old, and it broke my heart.
But today, at age 10,…
1 year, 8 months ago
Ep. 98 - What About When My PDA Child or Teen Grows Up?
Season 1 Episode 98
This episode is about one of parents' most common fears when they begin taking a nervous-system accommodation approach. What about when my kid grows …
1 year, 8 months ago
Ep. 97 - Demi Burnett's Story as a PDA Autistic Adult
Season 1 Episode 97
I am so excited to share this conversation with Demi Burnett!
She's famous for her appearances on The Bachelor and more, but I had so much fun - and …
1 year, 8 months ago
Ep. 96 - Could Making Your PDA Child Walk Prevent Them From Eating?
Season 1 Episode 96
In this episode I discuss how seemingly disconnected activities can impact each other for PDA children and teens. I hope it is helpful to you.
Are you…
1 year, 8 months ago
Ep. 95 - Where Parents, Therapists and Teachers of PDA Children and Teens Get Stuck
Season 1 Episode 95
In this episode I talk through some of the most common places that the parents, therapists and teachers I've worked with get stuck.
If you're stuck i…
1 year, 9 months ago