ADHD: Hunter in a Farmer's World with Thom Hartmann
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ADHD: Is Efficiency Always Good and Impulsivity Always Bad?
"I didn’t build my life by being efficient. I built it by being willing to explore when efficiency no longer made sense."
Feb 19
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Mismatch
We don’t all need to become Hunters. But we desperately need to stop pretending that Farmer logic is the only adult way to be human.
Feb 12
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Why Hunter Brains Thrive in Crisis and Collapse in Routine
The question is whether our society is willing to listen to it, or keep insisting us Hunters should be someone else
Feb 5
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January 2026
ADHD: The Lie of “Just Try Harder”
Hunters don’t need to try harder. They’ve already tried harder than most people ever will. What they need is truth.
Jan 29
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Attention Is Not a Moral Skill—and Never Was
Why People With Hunter-Style Attention Were Labeled “Lazy” in Systems That Don’t Match How Their Brains Work
Jan 22
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Why Hunter Minds Burn Out in Farmer Systems
When Hunters stop trying to become Farmers, their nervous systems finally get permission to stand down. And that’s when life starts to make sense agai
Jan 15
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New Study Says ADHD Isn’t Just About Attention: It’s Also About Timing & Rhythm,
What makes this study particularly interesting is that it pushes back against the idea that sleep problems in ADHD are merely secondary.
Jan 8
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New Study on Successful Hunters Who Thrive
what the study makes clear is that within the ADHD mind there are strengths that can be harnessed.
Jan 1
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December 2025
ADHDers Don't Disrupt to Break Society but to Make Room for Honesty & Authenticity
This evolutionary inheritance does not make us invincible, but it makes us unusually attuned to power and intention.
Dec 25, 2025
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The Quiet ADHD Neurodivergence Rebellion
But something is shifting now. More and more people are beginning to see that embracing neurodivergence isn’t weakness or failure.
Dec 18, 2025
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If You Live With ADHD, You’re Not a Failed Version of Normal
ADHD brains show strengths in divergent thinking, innovation, crisis response, intuition, creativity, and rapid problem-solving under pressure.
Dec 11, 2025
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If the Modern World Overwhelms You, is it Because You’re a Hunter Living in a Farmer’s World?
And once you understand that, you can start living in a way that honors your wiring instead of fighting it…
Dec 4, 2025
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