Ep. 106 - Screens and Your PDA Child or Teen
I dive deep on screens in this episode - to give you every bit of information you need to make decisions you can feel confident in concerning screens and screen limits. I talk through how formal studi...
1 Apr 202543min
Ep. 105 - How to Know if Your Child or Teen is PDA
In this episode I discuss the five most common characteristics of PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance / Pervasive Drive for Autonomy) to help parents determine if their child or teen fits the profile. ...
25 Mars 202535min
Ep. 104 - Harmful Myths About PDA in Children and Teens
"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 episode. I hope it helps you take on any doubts foisted...
18 Mars 202538min
Ep. 103 - Healing Your Nervous System as a Parent of a PDA Child or Teen
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 they might be helpful to you, too. Because the real...
11 Mars 202526min
Ep. 102 - Six Things from Buddhist Psychology that Help Me Parent My PDA Child
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 ...
4 Mars 202537min
Ep. 101 - The Biggest Surprise in 5 Years of Occupational Therapy with My PDA Son
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....
25 Feb 202521min
Ep. 100 - What If My Partner Won't Accommodate Our PDA Child or Teen?
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 clin...
18 Feb 202541min
Ep. 99 - Helping Our PDA Children and Teens Build a Healthy Self Concept
"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 iden...
12 Feb 202524min
