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Estimated from 6 chart positions in 6 markets.
By chart position
- 🇦🇺AU · Parenting#1335K to 30K
- 🇬🇧GB · Parenting#1485K to 30K
- 🇳🇴NO · Parenting#1230K to 100K
- 🇮🇪IE · Parenting#4510K to 30K
- 🇩🇰DK · Parenting#110500 to 3K
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Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
26K to 98K🎙 Weekly cadence·18 episodes·Last published 1w ago - Monthly Reach
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51K to 196K🇳🇴51%🇦🇺15%🇬🇧15%+3 more - Active Followers
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15K to 59K
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When Boundaries Break Down: Parenting PDA Kids Through Unpredictability, Nervous System Safety & Letting Go of Control
May 5, 2026
18m 20s
PDA, Food Preoccupation, and Weight Gain: Nervous System Parenting for Neurodivergent Kids
Jan 29, 2026
19m 53s
Why Traditional Parenting Programs Don’t Work for PDA Families - and What I Do Instead
Jan 9, 2026
8m 52s
When Learning Shuts Down: PDA, School Trauma, and Why Traditional Education Stops Working (Part 2)
Dec 19, 2025
48m 55s
When Learning Shuts Down: PDA, School Trauma, and Why Traditional Education Stops Working (Part 1)
Dec 17, 2025
41m 47s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 5/5/26 | When Boundaries Break Down: Parenting PDA Kids Through Unpredictability, Nervous System Safety & Letting Go of Control | After a break for health and recovery, Amy returns with a powerful conversation on boundaries, unpredictability, and nervous system regulation. If you’ve ever felt like you’re on an emotional rollercoaster - hopeful one moment and overwhelmed the next - this episode will help you understand why unpredictability feels so destabilizing and how to stay steady through it. Amy explores the connection between control, codependency patterns, and parenting, and reframes boundaries as internal anchors... | 18m 20s | ||||||
| 1/29/26 | PDA, Food Preoccupation, and Weight Gain: Nervous System Parenting for Neurodivergent Kids | If you’re parenting a PDA child or teen and food feels scary right now, this episode is for you. Many PDA kids experience food preoccupation, binge-like eating, weight changes, or rigid food preferences - often as a response to stress, loss of autonomy, or nervous system overload. In this episode, we explore food and eating through a nervous-system-informed, non-diet-culture lens, so you can respond with clarity instead of fear. You’ll learn: Why binge-like eating and food rigidity are coping... | 19m 53s | ||||||
| 1/9/26 | Why Traditional Parenting Programs Don’t Work for PDA Families - and What I Do Instead | Traditional parenting programs often don’t work for PDA families - not because parents aren’t trying hard enough, but because the structure itself creates pressure. In this episode, I share why I stopped offering a weekly parenting class and what flexible, PDA-informed support can look like instead. What if the problem isn’t you - or your child - but the structure of the support you’ve been offered? In this episode, I’m sharing why I stopped offering a traditional weekly parenting class for P... | 8m 52s | ||||||
| 12/19/25 | When Learning Shuts Down: PDA, School Trauma, and Why Traditional Education Stops Working (Part 2) | No description provided. | 48m 55s | ||||||
| 12/17/25 | When Learning Shuts Down: PDA, School Trauma, and Why Traditional Education Stops Working (Part 1) | What happens when learning shuts down - at school, at home, everywhere? In Part One of this two-part conversation, I’m joined by educator and consultant Danielle Rodda to talk about why learning becomes unsafe for so many PDA and neurodivergent kids. In this episode, we explore: Why compliance-based education doesn’t work for PDA nervous systemsHow school trauma and chronic pressure shut learning downWhy “more supports” still aren’t enoughThe emotional weight parents carry when nothing seems ... | 41m 47s | ||||||
| 12/2/25 | The “Good Mom” Myth: How PDA Parents Can Break Free from Holiday Judgment and Comparison | The holidays hit PDA parents harder - and it’s not your fault. In this episode, we break down why judgment, comparison, overwhelm, and the “good mom” myth intensify this time of year - and what’s really happening inside your nervous system and your child’s. You’ll learn: • why your child’s overwhelm triggers your own • how identity friction fuels shame • why holiday environments activate threat states • the parallel process between your nervous system and theirs  ... | 17m 32s | ||||||
| 11/13/25 | Talking About Adoption, Autism & Identity: What to Do When You’re Afraid to Get It Wrong | In this episode, Amy explores why some kids - especially adopted, autistic, or PDA-identifying kids - avoid talking about their story, whether it’s adoption, trauma, or a new diagnosis. Using personal experiences from raising her two daughters, she explains how these conversations activate the nervous system and why avoidance is often about safety, not refusal. You’ll learn how to share your child’s story without triggering demand avoidance, how to “drip in” information gently over time, and ... | 17m 38s | ||||||
| 11/4/25 | You Don’t Have to Fix Your Child: The Shift That Changes Everything | In this episode, Amy speaks directly to the part of every parent that whispers, “You’ve got to fix this.” Drawing from her own journey - from years of researching and even attending graduate school to understand her child’s behavior - she shares what she’s learned about the nervous system, safety, and why trying to “fix” our children keeps both parent and child stuck in a cycle of stress. Listeners will hear how Amy reframed her approach to parenting a neurodivergent, PDA-profile child - and ... | 14m 51s | ||||||
| 10/13/25 | From Fear to Hope: Parenting Through Crisis with Compassion | In this heartfelt episode, Amy opens up about a recent family crisis that brought her to her knees - and the quiet resilience that helped her rise again. Through personal reflection, she explores the science of co-regulation, the role of community in healing, and what clinical psychologist Dr. Matt Zakreski calls “psychological capital” - hope as something we can actively build through small acts of connection. You’ll leave with compassion, clarity, and a practical 5-step plan for crisis mome... | 38m 21s | ||||||
| 9/12/25 | Why Hygiene is Hard for PDA Autistic Kids (and How Parents Can Help) | Why is hygiene such a struggle for PDA autistic kids? And why does pushing only make it harder? In this episode of the PDA Parenting Podcast, Amy explores the real reasons behind resistance to toothbrushing, showering, and other daily self-care routines. You’ll learn how nervous system responses, sensory sensitivities, and demand avoidance all play a role, and why it’s never about laziness or willfulness. Amy shares practical, creative strategies that ease the pressure, supp... | 16m 28s | ||||||
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| 8/28/25 | Scaffolding Through Life Transitions: Supporting PDA Teens with Safety & Collaboration | Parenting a PDA teen means our role is always evolving - and nowhere is that more clear than during big life transitions like starting college, a first job, or moving away from home. In this episode of The PDA Parenting Podcast, Amy Kotha shares how scaffolding, cues of safety, and collaborative strategies can help PDA teens and young adults navigate overwhelming changes without collapsing under the weight of demands. Drawing on neuroscience, polyvagal theory, and her own experience supportin... | 24m 13s | ||||||
| 7/29/25 | Voice, Vision, and Validation: A Conversation With Diane Gould on Empowering Neurodivergent Lives | In this powerful episode of The PDA Parenting Podcast, host Amy Kotha is joined by Diane Gould, LCSW - a veteran therapist, late-diagnosed autistic woman, and Director of PDA North America. Diane shares her personal journey to discovering her neurodivergence and how it informs her professional mission to amplify PDA awareness and advocacy across the continent. Together, Amy and Diane dive into what it truly means for neurodivergent individuals - especially those with a PDA profile - to find t... | 46m 19s | ||||||
| 7/17/25 | Life with a PDA Sibling: A Raw Conversation with Devi | What is it really like to grow up with a sibling who has PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) autism? In this powerful episode, I sit down with my daughter Devika -an autistic, ADHD teen herself - to talk about her personal experience as the sister of a PDA child. Devi shares openly about the emotional ups and downs, how family dynamics were affected, and what helped her feel seen in a home where one child needed constant support. This heartfelt conversation touches on the invisible sibling ro... | 42m 36s | ||||||
| 6/13/25 | Supporting the Siblings of PDAers: Roles, Repair, & Real Talk | How does growing up with a PDA sibling shape a child’s identity, needs, and voice? In this episode of The PDA Parenting Podcast, Amy Kotha explores the often overlooked experience of siblings in families raising a child with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA autism). Drawing from her own family’s story and her experience as a parent coach, Amy shares: How PDA shapes family dynamics and sibling roles Personal reflections on her daughter Devi’s journey as the sister of a PDAer A breakdown ... | 17m 57s | ||||||
| 6/2/25 | Inside the PDA Experience: Conversations With Maya on Feeling Trapped | In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Amy is joined by her daughter Maya - who shares her lived experience as a PDA autistic teen. Together, they explore the PDA experience of feeling trapped: at school, in the medical system, and inside her own mind. From second-grade meltdowns to high school shutdowns to hospital sensory overwhelm, Maya speaks candidly about what “feeling trapped” really means for someone with a PDA profile. Amy and Maya discuss nervous system overwhelm, the import... | 54m 38s | ||||||
| 6/2/25 | Feeling Trapped: What it's Like for PDA Kids - and Parents | In this episode, Amy Kotha explores the powerful theme of feeling trapped - a core experience for many PDA autistic kids and a familiar reality for their parents, too. She breaks down what “trapped” looks like at different ages and shares five ways to help everyone in the family feel more free. For PDAers, trapped doesn’t just mean physically stuck - it’s about a lack of autonomy, emotional overwhelm, and a nervous system in constant survival mode. Amy walks through how this shows up in kids... | 20m 07s | ||||||
| 6/2/25 | When Their Struggles Become Ours: Parenting Through the Ups and Downs | In this reflective solo episode, Amy Kotha shares a deeply personal story about parenting her PDA daughter through a major life transition - and how her daughter’s struggles unexpectedly derailed her own plans. Amy explores what happens when parenting a child with PDA autism pulls us off our own path and into their emotional storms. From delayed podcast launches to insights about co-regulation, enmeshment, and grace, this episode offers validation and practical wisdom for parents feeling stuc... | 14m 00s | ||||||
| 6/2/25 | PDA & Social Masking: Understanding Hidden Struggles | In Part 2 of our introduction to Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), host Amy Kotha explores the social characteristics that make this autism profile so complex - especially masking, fluctuating social skills, and the surprising ways demand avoidance shows up in relationships. Amy shares personal stories and expert insights to help parents recognize common PDA traits like masking at school, social burnout, resistance to hierarchy, and people-centered obsessive behaviors. Learn how PDAers can... | 20m 53s | ||||||
| 5/27/25 | What Is Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)? A Parent's Guide | In this inaugural episode of The PDA Parenting Podcast, host Amy Kotha - parent coach and mom to a teen with PDA autism - introduces the concept of Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA). Learn about the key characteristics of PDA, its impact on children's behavior, and why understanding this profile is crucial for effective parenting. Amy shares her personal journey navigating the complexities of raising a child with PDA, shedding light on the challenges and breakthroughs along the way. This ep... | 14m 39s | ||||||
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Chart Positions
8 placements across 6 markets.
Chart Positions
8 placements across 6 markets.