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The Agile4ADHD Community of Practice
For those of you just joining us, I spent the last year and a half doing 1:1 coaching and validating whether my method (which I call “Agile4ADHD”) was both transferable (meaning it would work for others) and teachable. The answer to both questions was “yes”, which means that I can begin offering support to clients that is more accessible than 1:1 coaching. And the foundation of that support will be the Agile4ADHD Community of Practice. What’s a Community of Practice? In
Amy Lightholder
Dec 52 min read


I just had a kind of intense emotional exchange and I’m not sure whether it was with a robot or not
Author's note: this essay was written entirely 'by human'. Image by Manus I’ve been a member of an online community for a couple of months. I’ve been to a handful of their events and have been participating in the online discussion boards on a semi-regular basis. I'm beginning to feel like I know people, especially the principal. A couple of days ago I sent a message to their Support team asking for something that I needed and it was kind of an emotional issue for me. I recei
Amy Lightholder
Oct 162 min read


Recovery
There is a very strong parallel between Agile practice and meditation . For example, in meditation: You start meditating. Your mind...
Amy Lightholder
Aug 283 min read
How I got into Coaching
It’s hard to know where to start , because it all depends on what you mean by “got into” coaching. I’ve been working with Agile...
Amy Lightholder
May 7, 20243 min read


The Basics: Iteration
Iteration is the act of a repeated process, or the result of that process. In Scrum, the time dedicated to an iteration is called a...
Amy Lightholder
Jan 25, 20242 min read


The Basics: Compassion
It’s not widely known, and you might never guess if your only exposure to “Agile” has been the workplace, but compassion is part of the...
Amy Lightholder
Jan 25, 20242 min read


Agile4Life Use Cases: Productivity, Money, & Marriage
Here is a video from a talk I gave for Quantified Self, in which I explain how to apply the Agile4Life method to personal productivity...
Amy Lightholder
Jan 25, 20241 min read


The Basics: Reflection
When I was just getting started as an Agile coach, my mentor described the foundation of Agile as being “a period in which to do work...
Amy Lightholder
Jan 25, 20242 min read
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