At Peace Parents Podcast
Casey
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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Nov 21, 2023 • 26min
Ep. 39 - Parenting through the holidays
In this episode Casey discusses the challenges and strategies of parenting a PDA child or teen through the holiday season. (This episode was pulled from a recent Instagram Live video.)To connect with me, find me here:Instagram TikTokFacebookYouTubeFor Courses, Programs, Coaching and Consulting, find me at At Peace Parents, LLCThanks for listening! You are an amazing parent.xoxo,Casey
Nov 13, 2023 • 10min
Ep. 38 - Is PDA on a spectrum?
Exploring the spectrum of PDA in children and teens, understanding sensory thresholds and accommodation approaches. Analyzing factors like tolerance threshold, burnout accumulation, and nervous system activation levels to support children effectively.
Nov 7, 2023 • 11min
Ep. 37 - Let's talk about empathy
PDA children and teens have empathy, and in this episode we talk about why and how to help their nervous systems so they can access it. To connect with me, find me here:Instagram TikTokFacebookYouTubeFor Courses, Programs, Coaching and Consulting, find me at At Peace Parents, LLCThanks for listening! You are an amazing parent.xoxo,Casey
Oct 30, 2023 • 16min
Ep. 36 - Are you a PDA parent of a PDA child?
In this episode we discuss the unique experience of parenting a PDA child for parents who are also pathologically demand avoidant and offer some simple tools and insights that may be helpful. To connect with me, find me here:Instagram TikTokFacebookYouTubeFor Courses, Programs, Coaching and Consulting, find me at At Peace Parents, LLCThanks for listening! You are an amazing parent.xoxo,Casey
Oct 24, 2023 • 18min
Ep. 35 - 6 Tips for Making Halloween More Manageable for your Family.
In this episode, we discuss why the Halloween - and the holidays - are so tough on PDA children and teens, as well as their parents, and I offer some tips to help you get through the beginning of what we call "The Gauntlet" in my family (the period between Halloween and my son's bday in January).Remember - it's not you! It's totally normal to dread these times of the year because of societal demands and expectations!I hope this podcast episode serves you.To connect with me, find me here:Instagram TikTokFacebookYouTubeFor Courses, Programs, Coaching and Consulting, find me at At Peace Parents, LLCThanks for listening! You are an amazing parent.xoxo,Casey
Oct 23, 2023 • 13min
Ep. 34 - The fawn and freeze responses
In this episode Casey talks about the fawn and freeze responses to nervous system activation.To connect with me, find me here:Instagram TikTokFacebookYouTubeFor Courses, Programs, Coaching and Consulting, find me at At Peace Parents, LLCThanks for listening! You are an amazing parent.xoxo,Casey
Oct 17, 2023 • 28min
Ep. 33 - Behavioral approaches and why they don't work
Casey discusses why behavioral approaches don't work for PDA children and teens.To connect with me, find me here:Instagram TikTokFacebookYouTubeFor Courses, Programs, Coaching and Consulting, find me at At Peace Parents, LLCThanks for listening! You are an amazing parent.xoxo,Casey
Oct 9, 2023 • 17min
Ep. 32 - Is therapy good for PDA kids?
Casey talks about therapy for PDA children. To connect with me, find me here:Instagram TikTokFacebookYouTubeFor Courses, Programs, Coaching and Consulting, find me at At Peace Parents, LLCThanks for listening! You are an amazing parent.xoxo,Casey
Oct 2, 2023 • 38min
Ep. 31 - What does it look like long term if we don't correct our children's "bad behavior"?
This episode explores what I call "The Theory of Change" of parenting a Pathologically Demand Avoidant (PDA) child or teen through an accommodation approach over the long term (years!). We talk about the logic behind lowering demands and making choices that feel counterintuitive as a parent to support your child back into their "thinking brain."We also discuss radical acceptance and what that means day-to-day as a parent as a PDA child or teen. To connect with me, find me here:Instagram TikTokFacebookYouTubeFor Courses, Programs, Coaching and Consulting, find me at At Peace Parents, LLCThanks for listening! You are an amazing parent.xoxo,Casey
Sep 27, 2023 • 22min
Ep. 30 - Have you "radically accepted" your PDA child or teen?
This episode discusses what it *actually* looks like to radically accept your PDA child or teen. For many parents this is where the rubber hits the road and it is less about a nebulous or theoretical "acceptance" of a neurodivergent child, and more about the points at which we have to accept that raising a child with a nervous system disability requires tradeoffs to our lifestyle, letting go of certain expectations we had for our lives, and cost-benefit decision-making within constraints.I hope it serves you. To connect with me, find me here:Instagram TikTokFacebookYouTubeFor Courses, Programs, Coaching and Consulting, find me at At Peace Parents, LLCThanks for listening! You are an amazing parent.xoxo,Casey
