At Peace Parents Podcast

In this episode I speak with a mom of a six-year-old PDAer who wouldn't eat or drink and was extremely dysregulated during a holiday because of a loose tooth.
We discussed:
1 - how internal demands and losses of autonomy like losing a tooth matter as much as external demands.
2 - the importance of understanding PDA as a fluctuating nervous system disability.
3 - creative ideas for deepening accommodations the next time there is a loose tooth.
I hope you find the episode helpful. It's from the show we stream live on our social media on Fridays, Parenting PDA Your Way.
xo,
Casey

Here's part 2 of my episode on the 10 hardest lessons I learned in 2025. They include:
6 - Your PDA child can go into burnout even if you're fully accommodating them.
7 - Burnout can feel like you are making no progress, especially with an internalizer.
8 - Screens can be a wonderful thing.
9 - Your kids will surprise you.
10 - Spirituality sustained me.
xoxo,
Casey

Happy New Year! I'm kicking off 2026 by sharing the 10 hardest lessons I learned parenting my PDAers (often the hard way) in 2025.
The first five are in this episode:
1 - There are some things in life you can't outsource
2 - The key to sanity is accepting constraints and finding agency within them
3 - Doubt about PDA is the antidote to dogma
4 - The importance of trusting yourself in the face of judgement
5 - Burnout with trauma is different than burnout without trauma
xo,
Casey

In this episode I talk with a mom about her 7-year-old daughter - with PDA, ADHD and anxiety - about when she might help her build her frustration tolerance, and when she likely cannot.
We also dive in on a specific challenge she was facing when her both her daughters need support at the same time.
The conversation is from Parenting PDA Your Way, the show we stream live on our Facebook, Instagram and YouTube most Fridays at 1pm ET.
I hope you find it helpful!
xo,
Casey

In this episode I speak with a mom of a PDA 14-year-old who regulates himself by wrestling his father after school each day, which causes Mom lots of anxiety. Together we use my cost-benefit decision making tool to weigh her options and she then decides a new strategy to try.
We talked about the option of her leaving the house while the wrestling happens. And we talked through letting go of control of her husband's decision making around wrestling and care for his own back.
I hope this episode is helpful for you. It's from Parenting PDA Your Way, the show we stream live on our Instagram, Facebook and YouTube most Fridays at 1pm ET.
xo,
Casey