Pervasive Demand for Autonomy
Amy Lightholder Amy Lightholder

Pervasive Demand for Autonomy

For neurodivergent people who rely on complex, invisible systems of workarounds to function, even small unexpected changes can trigger cascading failures with serious consequences. What looks like rigid demand for control is often rational risk management by someone who understands that decisions made without their input may harm them.

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Failed Diets (Aren’t).
Amy Lightholder Amy Lightholder

Failed Diets (Aren’t).

Modern life will make you fat unless you actively prevent it, and no single method prevents it forever. Every diet you've "failed" taught you something about what works for your body. Here's how to treat that as data instead of shame.

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The Basics: Compassion
Amy Lightholder Amy Lightholder

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 original Agile Manifesto:

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The Basics: Reflection
Amy Lightholder Amy Lightholder

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 coupled with a formal process of reflection at the end of it”.

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