Journeys With PDA Coffee Chat Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Heather & Kerissa chat with Jena Foreman, Clinical Pharmacist. This is part 2 of the conversation with Jena. They all continue their conversation about prescription medications. We talk about all things medications. We ask the questions you are too afraid to ask. We get the answers parents need for making tough decisions surrounding medications. *This conversa...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Heather & Kerissa chat with their friend and sleep specialist Suzanne Gunn. Suzanne is the mother of 2 neurodivergent children, both PDAers. She is also a Neurodivergent Sleep Specialist. You can learn more about her at The Motherload Neurodivergent Family Sleep. ( https://linktr.ee/themotherloadpda ) We will be chatting about the weight of parental shame that...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Heather and Kerissa chat with Dr. Jena Foreman all about medications. We ask all the questions you are afraid to ask. We talk about how medications are metabolized, dosed and med classifications. This information is for informational and educational purpose. We are in no way prescribing or even recommending medications. The intent is to equip everyone with a deeper...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is Part 2 of Sleep & PDA .  Heather & Kerissa chat again with Suzanne Gunn from The Motherload Neurodivergent Family Sleep. ( https://linktr.ee/themotherloadpda ) Suzanne is is a Certified Infant & Family Sleep Specialist. She is neurodivergent and parent of a PDAer. Sleep can be a challenge for neurodivergent brains! Ever wonder why you wake up at the sam...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Heather & Kerissa chat with Suzanne Gunn from The Motherload Neurodivergent Family Sleep. ( https://linktr.ee/themotherloadpda ) Suzanne is is a Certified Infant & Family Sleep Specialist. She is neurodivergent and parent of a PDAer. We chat all about SLEEP! Suzanne share the science behind sleeping and the the challenges that arise for neurodivergent peopl...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Heather & Kerissa have special guest Michelle Graves from Homebody Michelle. You can connect with Michelle on Instagram at: @homebodymichelleg (https://www.instagram.com/homebodymichelleg/?hl=en) Michelle is PDA and mother of 4 PDA children. She shares of her experience of supporting her family to a more peaceful and happy place. We also discuss autistic burnou...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Heather & Kerissa are joined by Laura Kerbey from PAST (Positive Assessments Support & Training) https://p-ast.co.uk/ Laura's new book is The Educator's Experience of Pathological Demand Avoidance. *Trigger Warning: In this episode we are talking about special interests which include subjects that may not be suitable for everyone. These topics inc...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Heather & Kerissa discuss the diagnostic criteria of autism. We dig deep into the autistic experience. Explain and give real life examples of autistic characteristics. We use our lived experience plus diagnostic criteria to explain that a person cannot be "a little autistic" and that everyone is not "a little autistic". Heather & Kerissa...

Send us Fan Mail Heather & Kerissa chat with special guest Amanda Diekman author of the soon to be released book "Low-Demand Parenting". Amanda shares about her family's journey through Pathological Demand Avoidance, autistic burnout, crisis and the path they took to find peace and healing. Amanda is a coach and has many helpful courses and resources to support parents. Visit he...

Send us Fan Mail In a world full of demands, tasks, obligations and busy schedules, we all find ourselves avoiding something. As humans, we avoid and procrastinate. In this episode, Heather & Kerissa talk about the difference in the kind of avoidance that comes along with being autistic and Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA). The root cause of avoidance plays a big part in supporting and proc...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Heather & Kerissa go into detail about what Pathological Demand Avoidance autism profile is. They discuss the characteristics and how PDA can present. Heather & Kerissa also share why PDA is such an important subject to them. Join us as we have in-depth and real discussions around PDA and the autistic experience. We share from an authentic and real perspec...

Send us Fan Mail Who We Are- An Introduction Welcome to our first episode of Journeys With PDA Coffee Chat Podcast. In this episode, you will get to meet Heather Jessup and Kerissa Lyman. They share about themselves, talk about their own neurodivergence and what brought them on to the journey of Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) autism profile. They share their stories from an authentic and real...