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The Regulated Parent
by Afshan Tafler
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Ep. 58 The 7 Moves That Make Co-Regulating Your PDA, Autistic Child Who Can't Leave Your Side So Much Easier
October 3, 2026 · 45 minYou give and give all day, and then you snap — and then you feel horrible about yourself. Here are the 7 moves that break that cycle.If you're co-regulating a PDA, autistic or highly sensitive child who can't be away from you, you know how…
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Ep. 57 When Your PDA, Autistic Child Can't Separate and You Just Want a Break
September 26, 2026 · 51 minYour child can't let you out of their sight — and you're exhausted. Here are the 7 things happening in your nervous system that nobody tells you about. If you have a PDA, autistic or highly sensitive child who can't separate from you, you…
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Ep. 56 Shouldn't I Be Teaching My Child That Hitting Is Wrong? (Part 3)
August 29, 2026 · 57 minIt's the fear so many parents of PDA and autistic kids carry: that today's aggression means something frightening about their child's future. In Part 3 of this series, Afshan gently takes that fear apart — and offers a completely different…
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Ep. 55 What to Do When Your PDA or Autistic Child Is Hitting You (Part 2)
August 22, 2026 · 1 hr 2 minYou don't want to be hit — and yet every option feels wrong. You walk away, they follow. You close the door, they punch it. You stand there, and you're the one getting hurt. There's no good choice, and underneath it all is that trapped…
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Ep. 54 Why You Can’t Stay Calm When Your PDA or Autistic Child Is Hitting You (Part 1)
August 15, 2026 · 52 minYou’ve been told to “just stay calm” while your child rages, hits, or destroys things — and then quietly beaten yourself up when you couldn’t. Here’s the truth: you are not supposed to feel calm in those moments. It isn’t possible — and…
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Ep. 53 The Movements That Rewired Her Sons' Brains — and Kept Her Alive
August 1, 2026 · 1 hr 17 minIt was 1 a.m., and Alma Galván was in tears. Both of her sons had severe autism, ADHD and sensory differences. Doctors told her to institutionalize her oldest son, and daily two-hour meltdowns had become normal. She remembers thinking…
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The #1 Regulation Tool That Cut My Autistic, PDA Child's Meltdowns by 95%
July 18, 2026 · 28 minIf I could offer you one tool that took my PDA, autistic son's aggressive behaviors from 5 hours of daily meltdowns and destruction, to less than 30 minutes a few times a week — would you want it?It's four letters. W.A.I.T. — Why Am I…
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Ep. 51 Am I Damaging My Child? The 3 Shame Spirals That Keep Parents of PDA, Autistic, ADHD Kids Stuck
July 4, 2026 · 36 min"I lost it on my child. I'm damaging them." "My child is still struggling. I must not be doing enough." "We don't fit in anywhere. Something must be fundamentally wrong with us." If you've felt any of those things — you're not broken…
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Ep. 50 Reclaiming Your Joy and Aliveness — Even When Your Autistic Child Is Still Struggling
June 20, 2026 · 51 minHave 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 stopped feeling like…
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Ep. 49 The To-Do List Trap: Why Productivity Keeps Parents of High-Needs Kids Dysregulated
June 13, 2026 · 51 minDo 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 get done.The house…
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Ep. 48 Why Your PDA, Autistic Child Needs More Flexibility — And Why That Feels So Hard for Your Nervous System
May 30, 2026 · 47 minWhy 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 realities underneath…
About the show
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.