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Low Demand Parenting

Amanda Diekman

The Low Demand Parenting Podcast is your space to let go of the pressure and embrace a more joyful, authentic approach to parenting. Hosted by Amanda Diekman—author, autistic adult, and mom of three—this podcast isn’t about perfection or expert advice. It’s about learning together how to drop the demands that weigh us down and find the ease we crave in our families. Whether you’re navigating neurodivergence, challenging behaviors, or simply the highs and lows of life, this show offers honest conversations, practical insights, and a whole lot of compassion. Let's thrive, even when it feels like life is on level 12 hard.

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51 episodes

  1. What Burnout Is Really Like 28:14
  2. Part 2: Deep-diving PDA 38:31
  3. Part 1: Deep-diving PDA 23:14
  4. The radical freedom of trusting our kids 29:35
  5. Parenting a gamer 31:24
  6. How does unschooling work? 29:26
  7. Healing parenting burnout 26:57
  8. Maternal ambivalence: when you love your kids and sometimes hate parenting 26:46
  9. Helping sensory-sensitive kids thrive 26:37
  10. Becoming a self-healer 28:32
  11. Teens in distress 28:21
  12. Mailbag: Back to Basics with Low Demand 23:14
  13. Meeting our own needs 28:31
  14. Throw Out the Manual: Rewriting Fatherhood for a PDA Kid 25:15
  15. Low Demand - But Make It Structured 27:20
  16. Listening Deeply To Our Kids 28:52
  17. Parenting at the Intersections 24:32
  18. Low Demand in a Blended Family 27:38
  19. What to do when low demand is killing you 24:59
  20. Single parenting with low demands 29:07
  21. Becoming Your Child's School Advocate 24:59
  22. The PDA Safe Circle 35:29
  23. Unburdening Parenthood with IFS 27:28
  24. Healing Sibling Relationships 33:30
  25. What is autistic burnout? 28:17
  26. Screens, Shame, and Saying Yes: Real Talk About Screen Time in Burnout 22:16
  27. What about the siblings? 29:45
  28. Mailbag: Low demand partnerships 25:22
  29. From high-demand to low-demand: my journey of letting go 26:07
  30. Why motherhood is killing us 28:21
  31. Mailbag: Should I pull my kid from school? 21:26
  32. What I Wish I Knew Sooner About My Kid's Brain 26:51
  33. Won't versus Can't: The mindset shift that changes everything 18:48
  34. Mailbag: Toileting & body care 22:09
  35. Marriage and PDA: Living the low demand way 24:38
  36. Trusting Their 'No' 29:26
  37. Mailbag: Coming Out of Burnout 21:18
  38. The Hard Stuff: Parenting grief and shame 26:30
  39. Untigering and Low Demand Parenting 23:51
  40. Burnout doesn't last forever. 26:31
  41. Embracing Our "Spiky-Profile" Kids 19:14
  42. Holiday Mailbag: Santa secrets, food woes, and surviving the season 21:44
  43. Rewards and punishments don't work. 19:59
  44. Mailbag: Aggression, name calling & meltdowns 21:36
  45. Intersectionality and Low Demand Parenting 25:38
  46. The Myth of Permissive Parenting 27:27
  47. Mailbag: How do I get my own needs met? 19:44
  48. Parenting With the Nervous System In Mind 20:45
  49. How Low Demand Parenting Will Change Your Life 16:23
  50. What Is Low Demand Parenting All About? 17:08