Amy Lightholder

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...

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...

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...