At Peace Parents™ Podcast

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The At Peace Parents Podcast is your source for all things related to understanding, supporting, accommodating, and advocating for your demand avoidant or PDA child. It will completely transform the way you think about your PDA child's brain, behavior, and parenting, and support you in finding your path to more peace and stability in the home. For more information see www.atpeaceparents.com

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Ep. 102 - Six Things from Buddhist Psychology that Help Me Parent My PDA Child

Mar 04 2025 37 mins

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 found most helpful as I parent my PDA child. I hope you find these six ideas helpful, too.Mentioned in this episode:Paradigm Shift ProgramWant me to coach you as you learn and practice the skills and mindsets I talk about in my podcast?

Ep. 101 - The Biggest Surprise in 5 Years of Occupational Therapy with My PDA Son

Feb 25 2025 22 mins

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 years since, OT has become a prominent part of my life. So much so that as he's now graduating from it, I'm navigating feelings of loss, much like I did way back when he first started. I hope you find the episode helps you, whether or not

Ep. 100 - What If My Partner Won't Accommodate Our PDA Child or Teen?

Feb 18 2025 42 mins

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 PDA child or teen. Alex brings his insight as a clinical psychologist who often works with parents on marriage dynamics while they raise a PDA child or teen. I hope you find it helpful! Also - this is our 100th episode of the podcast! W

Ep. 99 - Helping Our PDA Children and Teens Build a Healthy Self Concept

Feb 12 2025 25 mins

"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, he has a ton of confidence in himself and his identity as a PDAer. In this episode I talk through how we got from the one place to the other, and how you can, too. I hope it's helpful.CaseyMentioned in this episode:Paradigm Shift Prog

Ep. 98 - What About When My PDA Child or Teen Grows Up?

Feb 04 2025 39 mins

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 up? Or, said another way, if I don't consistently correct them when they do something wrong, how will they learn not to be awful people?It's a question and fear I had, too. But what I've seen with my son, and the thousands of families

Ep. 97 - Demi Burnett's Story as a PDA Autistic Adult

Jan 29 2025 80 mins

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 also learned a ton - talking with her about her life as a PDA Autistic person. I mean, who would have thought reality television would be so accommodating?!?You can find Demi's often hilarious social media posts here: instagram.com/dem

Ep. 96 - Could Making Your PDA Child Walk Prevent Them From Eating?

Jan 24 2025 27 mins

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 ready to start working to deeply understand and support your PDA child or teen and lead your family to peace? Enrollment is open for the next cohort of my signature Paradigm Shift Program at https://www.atpeaceparents.com/paradigm-shi

Ep. 95 - Where Parents, Therapists and Teachers of PDA Children and Teens Get Stuck

Jan 17 2025 39 mins

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 in one of these spots don't feel bad. This is hard stuff we're all doing. And I hope this episode can help.Also, I recorded this a few months ago, prior to hosting my Foundations Course live. The course is now available on demand and pr

Ep. 94 - Normalizing PDA Parenting Techniques

Jan 09 2025 33 mins

In this episode I share some stories that show that the accommodating we do for our PDA children and teens isn't all that crazy. In fact, you could make a reasonable argument that many of the most successful people working in retail are constantly using their ability to coregulate their customers' nervous systems.I share these stories with two hopes - that they help you feel less c

Ep. 93 - Grief, Ableism and Other Diagnoses while Parenting Your PDA Child

Jan 03 2025 48 mins

In this episode I answer your questions with Dr. Alex Klein, clinical psychologist. We covered a few diagnoses - DMDD, IED and ODD - that children often receive before their parents figure out they are PDA. And then we also discussed the grieving process that many parents go through after learning their child has a disability, and how that can be different from ableism, which paren