Journeys With PDA Coffee Chat Podcast
Episodes
Season 4 Episode 39: Special Guest - Bailey Hoffner
08 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us Fan MailIn this episode of the Journeys with PDA Coffee Chat podcast, hosts Heather and Kerissa welcome special guest and friend of Journeys W...
Episode 38: Special Guest - Rike Brand
24 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us Fan MailIn this episode of the Journeys with PDA Coffee Chat podcast, hosts Heather and Kerissa welcome special guest Rike Brand, author of &q...
Episode 37: Special Guests - Doris and Rick Bowman
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Send us Fan MailIn this episode of the Journeys with PDA Coffee Chat podcast, hosts Heather and Kerissa welcome special guests Doris and Rick Bowman f...
EP 36: Special Guests- Caryn Price & Georgina Benger: Authors of 'Olive's Day'
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode of the Journeys with PDA Coffee Chat podcast, hosts Heather and Kerissa welcome special guests Caryn and Georgina, who s...
EP 35: Special Guest - Sarah Martin, RDN: Neurodivergent-affirming Nutrition {Part 3}
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Heather and Kerissa engage in a deep conversation with Sarah Martin, a registered dietitian nutritionist, about the cha...
EP 34: Special Guests - Rachel Crupi & Brad Broyles; Polaris Academy
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Heather and Kerissa chat with Rachel Crupi & Brad Broyles.Rachel and Brad are from Polaris Academy in Mesa, Arizona...
EP 33: Special Guest - Rachel Crupi, M.S., BCBA-LBA
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Heather and Kerissa chat with Rachel Crupi, M.S., BCBA-LBA. Rachel Crupi is the Director of Behavior Services at Polar...
EP 32: Special Guest - Sarah Martin, RDN: Neurodivergent-affirming Nutrition {Part 2}
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Heather and Kerissa continue their discussion on nutrition and eating challenges faced by neurodivergent individuals, p...
EP 31: Special Guest- Leah McDermott: Unschooling & Bridge Academy
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Heather and Kerissa chat with Leah McDermott.Leah is a former teacher turned radical unschooling advocate, owner and au...
EP 30: Special Guest- Sarah Martin, RDN: Neurodivergent-affirming Nutrition {Part 1}
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Heather and Kerissa chat with Sarah Martin, RDNÂ Sarah Martin, RDN is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist dedicated to ...
EP 29: Special Guest- Steph Curtis: PDA in the Family
16 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Heather and Kerissa chat with Steph Curtis, author of "PDA in the Family: Life After the Lightbulb Moment," a...
EP 28: Special Guest: JD Barker- New York Times and International Best Selling Author
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Heather & Kerissa chat with New York Times and International Best Selling Author JD Barker about late diagnosis and...
Season 3 Episode 27: Neurodivergent Accommodations, Adjustments & Supports
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn our Season 3 Kick-Off, Heather & Kerissa chat about accommodations. Join Heather & Kerissa as they share from an authentic &...
EP 26: Season 2 Wrap Up!
23 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Heather & Kerissa reflect and chat on Season 2 of our Coffee Chat Podcast.Join Heather & Kerissa as they share ...
EP 25: Autism As A Dynamic Disability
27 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Heather & Kerissa chat about recognizing autism as a dynamic disability. This means that autistics abilities and ch...
EP 22: The Double Empathy Problem
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Heather & Kerissa chat about an interesting phenomenon known as The Double Empathy Problem. The Double Empathy Prob...
EP 21: Special Guest: Clare Truman - PDA & Education
14 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Heather and Kerissa chat with Clare Truman. Clare Truman is an education consultant, author, PhD student, and big sist...
EP 20: Special Guest: Donna Henderson- Is This Autism?
15 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Heather and Kerissa chat with Dr. Donna Henderson about digging deeper into the characteristics of autism that may be m...
EP 19: Special Guest: Robyn Gobbel- Big, Baffling Behaviors
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Heather and Kerissa chat with Robin Goebel, a former therapist and play therapist, about supporting children with big b...
EP 18: Special Guest: Sunita Theiss- PDA Flow & Downshifting
17 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Heather & Kerissa chat with special guest Sunita Theiss.Sunita shares her journey as a mother of neurodivergent chi...
EP 17: All About Autistic Inertia
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Heather & Kerissa discuss the concept of autistic inertia and its impact on PDA individuals and autistic people. Au...
EP 16: Special Guest: Lisa Baskin Wright; Neurodiversity Affirming IEPs
24 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Heather and Kerissa chat with Lisa Baskin Wright (IEP Coach) about Neurodiversity Affirming IEPs. Lisa discusses her ...
EP 15: Season 2 kick off- Autistic Burnout
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome back! In this episode, Heather & Kerissa kick off season 2 of the podcast discussing the topic of autistic burnout. They def...
EP 14: Season 1 Wrap Up!
02 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Heather and Kerissa reminisce and chat about each episode from Season 1. We had such a fantastic first season! We lea...
EP 13: Special Guest: Tricia Wagner, LCPC- Understanding Suicide and Suicidal Ideation
11 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Heather and Kerissa chat with Tricia Wagner, LCPC and director of Outpatient Services at Shodair Children's Hospit...
EP 12: Special Guest: Dr. Jena Foreman, Clinical Pharmacist (Part 2)
04 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Heather & Kerissa chat with Jena Foreman, Clinical Pharmacist. This is part 2 of the conversation with Jena. They a...
EP 11: Special Guest: Suzanne Gunn- The Weight of Parental Shame
28 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Heather & Kerissa chat with their friend and sleep specialist Suzanne Gunn. Suzanne is the mother of 2 neurodiverge...
EP 10: Special Guest: Dr. Jena Foreman, Clinical Pharmacist (Part 1)
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode Heather and Kerissa chat with Dr. Jena Foreman all about medications. We ask all the questions you are afraid to ask. We...
EP 9: Special Guest: Suzanne Gunn, The Motherload Sleep ND- Sleep & PDA (Part 2)
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode is Part 2 of Sleep & PDA . Heather & Kerissa chat again with Suzanne Gunn from The Motherload Neurodivergent Fami...
EP 8: Special Guest: Suzanne Gunn, Sleep Specialist- PDA & Neurodivergent Sleep (Part 1)
05 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode Heather & Kerissa chat with Suzanne Gunn from The Motherload Neurodivergent Family Sleep. (https://linktr.ee/themoth...
EP 7: Special Guest: Michelle Graves- All Things PDA & Autistic Burnout
08 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode Heather & Kerissa have special guest Michelle Graves from Homebody Michelle. You can connect with Michelle on Instag...
EP 6: Special Guest: Laura Kerbey- Special Interests
24 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode Heather & Kerissa are joined by Laura Kerbey from PAST (Positive Assessments Support & Training)https://p-ast.co...
EP 5: No- We Aren't All A Little Autistic
10 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode Heather & Kerissa discuss the diagnostic criteria of autism. We dig deep into the autistic experience. Explain and g...
EP 4: Special Guest Amanda Diekman: Low-Demand Parenting -Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)
27 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHeather & Kerissa chat with special guest Amanda Diekman author of the soon to be released book "Low-Demand Parenting". Am...
EP 3: Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) Vs. Autistic Avoidance- What's the Difference?
13 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn a world full of demands, tasks, obligations and busy schedules, we all find ourselves avoiding something. As humans, we avoid and pro...
EP 2: Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)- What it is & Why we care!
29 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Heather & Kerissa go into detail about what Pathological Demand Avoidance autism profile is. They discuss the chara...
EP 1: Who We Are- An Introduction
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWho We Are- An IntroductionWelcome to our first episode of Journeys With PDA Coffee Chat Podcast.In this episode, you will get to meet H...