PDA and Restrictive Eating: Practical Autonomy-Based Tools for Families Stuck in Food Struggles | Ep. 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?" — this episode is for you.This is the third epis...
28 Apr 52min
Ep. 159 - Eating and PDA Part 2: 10 Misconceptions About Eating And Pathological Demand Avoidance
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 order to help my son. These are beliefs that are comple...
21 Apr 50min
Ep. 158 - Eating and PDA Part 1: My Son Only Ate Three Foods
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 first in a four-part series where I get personal.I'm...
14 Apr 37min
Ep. 157 - Getting Husband and Parents On Board with Pathological Demand Avoidance
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-old son — but is running into resistance from her ...
7 Apr 55min
Ep. 156 - Parenting Pathologically Demand Avoidant Twins: Socialization, Equalizing, and Radical Acceptance
In this episode, I coach Pam, a mom from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, who has 10-year-old fraternal twin boys — both PDA and autistic, one also with ADHD — plus a younger neurotypical child. Pa...
31 Mars 54min
Ep. 155 - When Twins Progress Differently With Pathological Demand Avoidance
In this episode I speak with Pam, a mother of twin PDA 10-year-olds and a third younger sibling.Pam has been parenting through a PDA lens for years, but one of the twins is having a harder time than t...
24 Mars 1h 1min
Ep. 154 - Entrepreneurship and Pathological Demand Avoidance
In this episode I speak with Christopher Deutsch, a PDA angel investor about his own life and the how some of the common traits of PDA can be beneficial to a career in entrepreneurialism.I loved havin...
17 Mars 1h 11min
