<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Agile4Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Agile4life]]></description><link>https://alightholder.wixsite.com/agile4life/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:52:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://alightholder.wixsite.com/agile4life/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Persistent Demand for Autonomy]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had an epiphany right before the holidays  about PDA, which (depending on the opinion of the person you’re talking to) stands either for “Pathological Demand Avoidance” or “Persistent Demand for Autonomy”.  By now, you probably know which side of that equation I stand :)  The topic came up while discussing the situation of an ND friend-of-a-friend who’d had some life arrangements made for her without her consent or input. These were trivial-but-obnoxious, the sort of interference an...]]></description><link>https://alightholder.wixsite.com/agile4life/post/persistent-demand-for-autonomy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6966ae950ef3e0e1c07bba22</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:46:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f37160_c8589264f2c64d8bb2534e0d0e0a7530~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Lightholder</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Agile4ADHD Community of Practice]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 the process of...]]></description><link>https://alightholder.wixsite.com/agile4life/post/the-agile4adhd-community-of-practice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69331f876f872a8bb4d78f97</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:15:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f37160_dddde7fe435e4bc3a054f7faf60f01e6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Lightholder</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just had a kind of intense emotional exchange and I’m not sure whether it was with a robot or not]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 received a reply two...]]></description><link>https://alightholder.wixsite.com/agile4life/post/i-just-had-a-kind-of-intense-emotional-exchange-and-i-m-not-sure-whether-it-was-with-a-robot-or-not</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68f13b2827064b4fa44bd2c6</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 18:48:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f37160_30cf6363c0f04b659c82909b39381d1b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_832,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Lightholder</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recovery]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is a very strong parallel between Agile practice and meditation . For example, in meditation: You start meditating. Your mind...]]></description><link>https://alightholder.wixsite.com/agile4life/post/recovery</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68b0992d28d6941ff73de3b6</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:32:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f37160_4e7b5a68fa8b4c0b835ac0269e92e954~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Lightholder</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How I got into Coaching]]></title><description><![CDATA[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...]]></description><link>https://alightholder.wixsite.com/agile4life/post/how-i-got-into-coaching</link><guid isPermaLink="false">663b0090adf999433ba37658</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 04:49:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Amy Lightholder</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Basics: Iteration]]></title><description><![CDATA[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...]]></description><link>https://alightholder.wixsite.com/agile4life/post/the-basics-iteration</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65b2c099c8fe45020a4a72d7</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 22:45:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d86ce2c0f95149aeb80993a57b6db68b.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Lightholder</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Basics: Compassion]]></title><description><![CDATA[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...]]></description><link>https://alightholder.wixsite.com/agile4life/post/the-basics-compassion</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65b2c6f7adac035c3c2c280e</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 22:44:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_ed87b474664c46bfa22a6ab22f1df34f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Lightholder</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agile4Life Use Cases: Productivity, Money, &#38; Marriage]]></title><description><![CDATA[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...]]></description><link>https://alightholder.wixsite.com/agile4life/post/agile4life-case-study-productivity-and-marital-disputes</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65b2be429f6d9ddeff7b529a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 22:43:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f37160_b01ed68c63634c208d69824e90b11161~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Lightholder</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Basics: Reflection]]></title><description><![CDATA[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...]]></description><link>https://alightholder.wixsite.com/agile4life/post/the-basics-reflection</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65b2e35bcb402248ec12dc83</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 22:43:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f37160_89d2acddbd9e4887946f73ca5560a506~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Amy Lightholder</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>