Entrepreneurship And The Strengths Nobody Talks About From A Pathologically Demand Avoidant Adult | Ep. 154
Chris Deutch is a Chicago-based angel investor, founder of Lofty Ventures, and a PDA adult who only recently found the language to make sense of his own childhood. In this conversation, he and Casey t...
17 Maalis 1h 11min
Addiction And The Long Game With Mom Of A Teen With Pathological Demand Avoidance | Ep. 153
Ivy is a mom celebrating her almost 17-year-old son's GED . The years before this moment included school refusal, police contact, CPS involvement, inpatient treatment, and substance use. Things are ca...
10 Maalis 45min
Practical Tips for Bathing, Hair, Nails, and Getting Dressed - Hygiene and Pathological Demand Avoidance Part 3 | Ep. 152
This is part three of my hygiene and PDA series, and it is focused entirely on practical strategies. I cover bathing and showering, hair washing, hair brushing, nail clipping, hand washing, and gettin...
6 Maalis 1h 1min
Ep. 151 - Teeth Brushing, Dentists and Pathological Demand Avoidance
This is the second episode in our three-part series on hygiene and PDA. In this episode we deep dive on helping your PDA child or teen go to the dentist and brush their teeth.Specifically, we support ...
3 Maalis 50min
Ep. 150 - Hygiene and Pathological Demand Avoidance - Part 1
This is the first of three episodes about hygiene and Pathological Demand Avoidance.In this episode I focused on how to think about PDA and hygiene struggles, and understanding the root cause of strug...
27 Helmi 54min
Ep. 149 - Mom Can't Get To Her Bedroom Without Causing A Meltdown For 10-Year-Old PDAer
In this episode I coach a mom of a 10-year-old PDAer who is in burnout (Pathological Demand Avoidance / Pervasive Drive for Autonomy). The child loves to cook and bake but has a meltdown if family mem...
24 Helmi 46min
Ep. 148 - Tips for Parenting Your Pathologically Demand Avoidant Teen - Part 2
In this episode I talk with our coach Donna Georgen - parent of PDA 28- and 21-year-olds - about her top tips for parenting PDA teens.This is the second of two episodes in which Donna and I discussed ...
20 Helmi 24min
Ep. 147 - Tips for Parenting Your Pathologically Demand Avoidant Teen - Part 1
In this episode I talk with our coach Donna Georgen - parent of PDA 28- and 21-year-olds - about her top tips for parenting PDA teens.We cover five of her tips in this episode and will release another...
17 Helmi 37min
