Hosted by Afshan Tafler · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 50 episodes
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If you're raising a hypersensitive, high-needs child — including Autism, PDA, OCD, ODD, ADHD, or anxiety — this podcast is for you. I'm Afshan Tafler, a Nervous System Resilience Coach for parents like you. Here, we talk about what most people don’t: how it really feels, how your nervous system responds, and how to find your way back to calm, courage, and connection — even on the hardest days. You're not alone, and you were never meant to do this without support.
Afshan Tafler hosts The Regulated Parent, a kids show with 50 episodes published.
Have you lost your sense of aliveness? Your ease? Your feeling of well-being — that quiet sense of being at home inside yourself? If you're parenting a PDA, autistic, or high-needs child and somewhere along the way you s
Do you often feel like you spend so much of your time taking care of your PDA, autistic, ADHD, or high-needs child that nothing else gets done?You end the day exhausted.The laundry is still sitting there.The work didn't
Why does giving your PDA, autistic, ADHD, or hypersensitive child more flexibility sometimes feel so terrifying — even when you intellectually understand they need it? In this episode, I explore the nervous system realit
Watching your PDA, autistic, or high-needs child suffer can feel heartbreaking, helpless, and deeply overwhelming. In this episode, I talk openly about the hidden grief parents carry when watching their child struggle wi
If you’re parenting a hypersensitive, PDA, autistic, or high-needs child, you may already know that accommodating them is what helps.But that doesn’t mean it feels easy.Many parents find themselves stuck in a painful pus
Why does parenting your hypersensitive, PDA, autistic, or high-needs child feel so personal? Why do their behaviors, the lack of support, and the daily challenges seem to hit something so deep inside of you—leaving you f
We’re often told that when parenting a PDA, autistic, or high-needs child…we need to hold it together.Stay calm.Stay composed.Stay in control.But what if the very thing you’ve been trying so hard to do…is actually what’s
When you’re parenting a hypersensitive, high-needs, PDA/autistic child, hope can start to feel complicated.For some parents, hope feels completely out of reach.No matter how much you want to feel it… you just can’t acces
When your child says, “I hate you,” or swears at you or says mean things, it can feel deeply personal—even when you understand they’re dysregulated. In this episode, we explore what’s really happening in those moments—no
If you’ve ever felt like you’re not a good enough parent…Even though you are trying everything to help your child…This episode is for you.So many parents of PDA, autistic, ADHD, and high-needs children carry a deeply roo
If you’ve ever felt like you’re not a good enough parent…Even though you are trying everything to help your child…This episode is for you.So many parents of PDA, autistic, ADHD, and high-needs children carry a deeply roo
What happens when your child slowly starts doing less… and less… and less?Maybe they stop going to school.Maybe they don’t want to leave the house.Maybe friends, activities, and even simple daily life start disappearing.
Parenting a PDA, autistic, or highly sensitive child can put enormous pressure on parents to stay calm all the time.We hear that our nervous system regulates our child’s nervous system — and that message is true. But man
Do you ever feel like you’re constantly trying to help your PDA, autistic, or high-needs child meet what feel like basic daily expectations…Going to school.Brushing their teeth.Doing homework.Being kind.Cooperating with
“This wasn’t the life I thought I’d have.” If you’re parenting a hypersensitive, high-needs, Autistic, PDA, or ADHD child, you may have whispered that sentence to yourself more than once. You worked hard. You made intent
When one child hurts another, something powerful gets activated in a parent’s nervous system.This isn’t just a “behavior moment.” It’s a moment of protection, fear, responsibility, guilt, and impossible choices — all hap
If parenting your child feels heavy — not just hard, but heavy — you are not alone. Many parents of PDA, autistic, and high-needs children carry an enormous, often invisible load. It’s not only the day-to-day tasks, but
Have you ever felt like your child can do something — but just won’t ?They put on their shoes when it’s something they want…but completely resist when it’s time for school.They won’t get their own food when you’re around
Do you feel like your PDA child is controlling you — even though you understand PDA and are doing everything you can to support their need for autonomy? Many parents learn about Pathological Demand Avoidance and finally
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