Low Demand Parenting

Amanda Diekman

Booking Overview

This parenting interview show focuses on low-demand parenting, neurodivergence, sensory needs, burnout, and collaborative family life, featuring external authors, clinicians, educators, and experienced parents. Credible pitches include parenting and mental-health authors, occupational therapists, neurodiversity-affirming clinicians, alternative-education specialists, and researchers with practical guidance; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 49

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Gender skew: Female

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 232 subscribers

Instagram: 34.0k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Amanda Diekman - Amanda Diekman is the author of Low Demand Parenting, an autistic adult, and a mother of three who explores compassionate, sustainable approaches to parenting.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Parenting authors, licensed clinicians, occupational therapists, researchers, educators, and experienced parents with specialized knowledge of neurodivergence, sensory processing, child development, alternative education, or parental wellbeing.

Required Achievements:

Published books, Clinical or research expertise, Established educational platforms, Professional media appearances, Relevant lived experience

Recent Guest Discussions

Andrew Fishman - Parenting Children Who Game, Video Games And Mental Health, And Supporting Families Navigating Gaming-related Challenges.

Esther Jones - How Children Learn, Supporting Self-directed Education, Trusting Children’s Learning Processes, And Creating Collaborative Home Environments.

Melissa Corkum - Parenting Burnout, Blocked Care, Chronic Stress, Shame, Grief, Nervous-system Protection, And Restoring Connection With Children.

Laura Petix - Sensory Processing, Hidden Demands On Children’s Nervous Systems, Accommodations, Sensory Sensitivity, Burnout, And Practical Support For Children.

Recent Topics

Parenting, Neurodivergence, Low Demand Parenting, Sensory Processing, Parenting Burnout

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Low Demand Parenting

Part 1: Deep-diving PDA

October 05, 2026

In this first part of a deep dive into PDA from a professional's lens, I’m talking with Dr. Katherine Olson, a clinical psychologist with extensive training in autism, early childhood intervention, and neurodevelopment. But Katie is also a parent who had to completely rethink what she thought she knew clinically, when her own child didn't fit the frameworks she'd been trained to use. Next week we'll talk more about the definition of PDA itself and why so many common parenting strategies ...

The radical freedom of trusting our kids

September 28, 2026

Listen in as I talk with somatic coach and artist Jo Kelly about what happens when we practice truly trusting our children (and ourselves) for the long haul. Jo shares her experience stepping away from traditional schooling and choosing a radically child-led educational path for her children, who are now young adults, including what she learned about feeling our feelings, self-trust, curiosity, and the ways children flourish when we release the expectation of conformity. We talk about ho...

Parenting a gamer

August 24, 2026

DISCOVER THE LOW DEMAND COURSE This powerful 8-week course hones your parenting intuition, builds your self-trust, supports collaborative work with your kid, and yields massive shifts in families. I love it. I hope you love it too. Find out more here. ABOUT ANDREW Andrew Fishman, LCSW, is a licensed mental health professional in Chicago, where he specializes in the impact of video games on mental health. He earned a master’s degree in social work at Loyola University and is cer...

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