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A practical system for those with ADHD to take back their personal
power and embrace their unique talents for success in the modern
world * Explains how those with ADHD grow up wounded by the
negative labels and attitudes surrounding them and their
"diagnosis" * Shares simple and fast-acting techniques from
neurolinguistic programming (NLP) to recalibrate painful memories
into valuable learning experiences, re-pattern learned behaviors
and negative habits, and discover personal motivation * Reveals how
the novelty-seeking behaviors of those with ADHD are valuable
assets to society and should be embraced rather than suppressed One
of the first rules of child-rearing is "condemn the behavior, not
the child." Yet this commonsense rule doesn't seem to apply in the
case of attention deficit disorder, or ADHD, where the very name of
the condition implies that those labeled with it are "disordered,"
"deficient," and incapable of paying attention. Those with ADHD
grow up wounded, told by teachers, guidance counselors, even
parents that they are dysfunctional and unable to succeed in the
"normal" world. But, as ADHD expert Thom Hartmann explains, those
with ADHD are capable of great success if they can shift the
negative self-image created by others and learn to work with their
unique strengths. In this accessible guide for adults with ADHD and
the parents and teachers of ADHD children, Hartmann offers a
practical system of useful tools and strategies to heal the damage
done to a person who grew up labeled as "dysfunctional" and help
them cope with--and succeed at--daily life. He explains how the
character traits of ADHD were once valuable assets in
hunter-gatherer societies and that the later dominance of
agricultural and industrial societies, where "farmer" and "worker"
skillsets excel, left ADHD "hunters" as behavioral outcasts.
Sharing simple and often fast-acting techniques from
neurolinguistic programming (NLP), Hartmann explains how those with
ADHD can take back their personal power, recalibrate painful
memories into valuable learning experiences, shed fears and
negative habits, and rebuild their self-image in a positive way. By
integrating the strategies in this book into daily life, those with
ADHD can transform their way of responding to the world, discover
personal motivation, and teach their children to do the same. As
Hartmann reveals, it is not ADHD that needs to be healed but our
attitudes toward those born with the "hunter" gift.
A newly revised and updated edition of the classic guide to
reframing our view of ADHD and embracing its benefits * Explains
that people with ADHD are not disordered or dysfunctional, but
simply "hunters in a farmer's world"--possessing a unique mental
skill set that would have allowed them to thrive in a
hunter-gatherer society * Offers concrete non-drug methods and
practices to help hunters--and their parents, teachers, and
managers--embrace their differences, nurture creativity, and find
success in school, at work, and at home * Reveals how some of the
world's most successful people can be labeled as ADHD hunters,
including Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, and Andrew Carnegie
With 10 percent of the Western world's children suspected of having
Attention Deficit Disorder, or ADHD, and a growing number of adults
self-diagnosing after decades of struggle, the question must be
raised: How could Nature make such a "mistake"? In this updated
edition of his groundbreaking classic, Thom Hartmann explains that
people with ADHD are not abnormal, disordered, or dysfunctional,
but simply "hunters in a farmer's world." Often highly creative and
single-minded in pursuit of a self-chosen goal, those with ADHD
symptoms possess a unique mental skill set that would have allowed
them to thrive in a hunter-gatherer society. As hunters, they would
have been constantly scanning their environment, looking for food
or threats (distractibility); they'd have to act without hesitation
(impulsivity); and they'd have to love the high-stimulation and
risk-filled environment of the hunting field. With our structured
public schools, office workplaces, and factories those who inherit
a surplus of "hunter skills" are often left frustrated in a world
that doesn't understand or support them. As Hartmann shows, by
reframing our view of ADHD, we can begin to see it not as a
disorder, but as simply a difference and, in some ways, an
advantage. He reveals how some of the world's most successful
people can be labeled as ADHD hunters and offers concrete non-drug
methods and practices to help hunters--and their parents, teachers,
and managers--embrace their differences, nurture creativity, and
find success in school, at work, and at home. Providing a
supportive "survival" guide to help fine tune your natural skill
set, rather than suppress it, Hartmann shows that each
mind--whether hunter, farmer, or somewhere in between--has value
and great potential waiting to be tapped.
Most people do not "grow out" of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). For many, their
ADHD traits have led to difficulties in school, relationships, and
work. But for our hunter-gatherer ancestors these characteristics
were necessary for survival. Hunters must be easily distractible,
constantly scanning their environment, and unafraid of taking
risks. When humanity experienced the agricultural revolution 10,000
years ago, a vastly different type of personality-the methodical
"Farmer"-became dominant. Most of our modern world is tailored to
this Farmer personality, from 9-to-5 jobs to the structure of
public schools, leaving ADHD Hunters feeling like unsuccessful
outcasts. However, the Hunter skill set offers many opportunities
for success in today's Farmer society-if you learn how to embrace
your ADHD traits instead of fighting against them.In this
step-by-step guide, Thom Hartmann explains the positive side of
Hunter behavior. Drawing on solid scientific and psychological
principles, he provides easy-to-follow organizational strategies,
tips to maintain focus and create a distraction-free workspace, and
tools to set goals, build a business plan, and discover the right
business project to keep you motivated. Hartmann also includes tips
on navigating family relationships and parenting-for most Hunter
parents are also raising Hunter children.
In ADHD and the Edison Gene, Thom Hartmann shows that the
creativity, impulsiveness, risk taking, distractibility, and
novelty seeking that are characteristic of Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are not signs of a disorder at all
but instead are components of a highly adaptive skill set utilized
by our hunting and gathering ancestors. These characteristics have
been critical to the survival and development of our modern
civilization and will be vital as humanity faces new challenges in
the future. Hartmann, creator of the "hunter versus farmer" theory
of ADHD, examines the differences in neurology between people with
ADHD and those without, sharing recent discoveries that confirm the
existence of an ADHD gene and the global catastrophe 40,000 years
ago that triggered its development. He cites examples of
significant innovators with ADHD traits, such as Ben Franklin and
Thomas Edison, and argues that the children who possess the ADHD
gene have neurology that is wired to give them brilliant success as
artists, innovators, inventors, explorers, and entrepreneurs.
Emphasizing the role that parents and teachers can play in
harnessing the advantages of ADHD, he shares the story of how
Edison was expelled from school for ADHD-related behavior and
luckily his mother understood how to salvage his self-esteem and
prepare him for a lifetime of success. Offering concrete strategies
for nurturing, educating, and helping these children reach their
full potential, Hartmann shows that rather than being "problems"
such children are a vital gift to our society and the world.
The classic work that shaped the thought of a generation with its
powerful insights into the true nature of mind and reality.
- Defines culture as a "cosmic egg" structured by the mind's drive
for logical ordering of its universe.
- Provides techniques allowing individuals to break through the
vicious circle of logic-based systems to attain expanded ways of
creative living and learning.
The sum total of our notions of what the world is--and what we
perceive its full potential to be--form a shell of rational thought
in which we reside. This logical universe creates a vicious circle
of reasoning that robs our minds of power and prevents us from
reaching our true potential. To step beyond that circle requires a
centering and focus that today's society assaults on every level.
Through the insights of Teilhard, Tillich, Jung, Jesus, Carlos
Castaneda, and others, Joseph Chilton Pearce provides a mode of
thinking through which imagination can escape the mundane shell of
current construct reality and leap into a new phase of human
evolution.
This enormously popular New Age classic is finally available again
to challenge the assumptions of a new generation of readers and
help them develop their potential through new creative modes of
thinking. With a masterful synthesis of recent discoveries in
physics, biology, and psychology, Pearce reveals the extraordinary
relationship of mind and reality and nature's blueprint for a
self-transcending humanity.
The rifle fire in Dallas that killed John F. Kennedy didn't just
start a frantic effort to find his assassins. It also launched a
flurry of covert actions by officials like Robert F. Kennedy,
Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Helms to hide U.S. plans to invade Cuba
with the secret help of Cuba's Army Commander, Juan Almeida.
Cover-ups by top U.S. officials prevented a major international
catastrophe but also prevented a full investigation of JFK's
assassination, spawning a tragic legacy of secrecy. Extensively
documented and based on exclusive interviews and newly declassified
files from the National Archives, this update and expanded edition
of Legacy of Secrecy details: The full story behind Mafia godfather
Carlos Marcello's confession to JFK's murder, with new details
appearing for the first time in this updated edition Each step
taken by mob bosses Carlos Marcello, Santo Trafficante, and Johnny
Roselli to hide the results that followed The secret attempts of
Robert F. Kennedy and his aides to expose his brother's killers,
continuing his war against the Mafia by focusing increased
attention on the Mafia bosses behind JFK's assassination until
RFK's own murder Legacy of Secrecy also includes new evidence about
the assassination of Martin Luther King, exposing connections
between James Earl Ray and Marcello, who brokered the hit for a
Georgia white supremacist. Additionally, this trade paperback
edition features fresh information about Robert Kennedy's murder,
revealing the criminal ties of Sirhan and his two mob attorneys.
The long shadow of secrecy surrounding both JFK's murder and the
coup plan ultimately set the stage for the Watergate break-in. It
drove Richard Nixon from office, triggered the murders of five
Congressional witnesses, and continues to impact U.S.-Cuba
relations today.
From America's #1 progressive radio host, the idealogical heir to
his influential "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight"
More than three million listeners tune in every weekday to hear
what Thom Hartmann has to say about the state of our world. Now, as
the first decade of the twenty-first century closes amid economic
collapse and the seeming ruin of the American Dream, America's #1
rated progressive radio host sounds an urgent call to arms for
building a better, more sustainable world-while there's still time.
Offering not just an indictment of the failures that have courted
economic, demographic, and environmental ruin, Hartmann also
outlines five critical personal and policy solutions to bring us
back from the brink. "Threshold"-like Jared Diamond's "Collapse"-is
radical but rooted in common sense, illuminating the necessary next
steps in the evolution of mainstream thinking.
While everything appears to be collapsing around us -- ecodamage,
genetic engineering, virulent diseases, the end of cheap oil, water
shortages, global famine, wars -- we can still do something about
it and create a world that will work for us and for our children's
children. The inspiration for Leonardo DiCaprio's web movie Global
Warning, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight details what is
happening to our planet, the reasons for our culture's blind
behavior, and how we can fix the problem. Thom Hartmann's
comprehensive book, originally published in 1998, has become one of
the fundamental handbooks of the environmental activist movement.
Now, with fresh, updated material and a focus on political activism
and its effect on corporate behavior, The Last Hours of Ancient
Sunlight helps us understand--and heal--our relationship to the
world, to each other, and to our natural resources.
HEALTH / HEALING "This book is a prescription for mental wellness
that has no bad side effects. Walking, like drawing, is a human
activity that calms the brain and induces insight. . . . Buy
several copies--you'll be handing this book out to friends."
--Betty Edwards, author of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Our bodies usually heal rapidly from an illness, injury, or wound.
Yet our minds and hearts often suffer for years with debilitating
symptoms of distress or upset. Why is it so hard for our minds and
hearts to heal? One simple key to healing them can be just a short
walk away. Walking--a bilateral therapy that has been a part of
human life throughout history--allows people to heal emotionally as
quickly as they do physically. Normally the brain converts our
daily experiences into long-term memories. However, a traumatic
experience can become "stuck" in the brain, unable to be stored as
"memory" and persisting in the brain as if it were still a
present-time event. Thom Hartmann explains that when we walk, which
engages both sides of the body, we simultaneously activate both the
left and right sides of the brain. This allows the brain's two
hemispheres to join forces to break up brain patterning and allow
the sufferer to release these distresses--from extreme but brief
upsets to chronic conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder
and depression. To achieve these results, Hartmann shows how we
must learn to walk consciously, holding an awareness of the
distress (or desire we hope to attain) in mind as we move. Using a
variety of case studies, he demonstrates that it is possible to
dissolve the rigidity of a traumatic memory or negative mind state
in as little as a halfhour's time. His techniques have proven
successful in helping to alleviate rage resulting from a domestic
dispute as well as the chronic traumas soldiers experience during
war that are often locked away for decades. While the physical
benefits of walking have long been recognized, its importance in
promoting and maintaining mental health has only recently been
rediscovered. Hartmann's deceptively simple, yet potent exercises
allow us to create our own walking journeys to restore our mental,
emotional, and spiritual well-being as well as rejuvenate our
body's health. THOM HARTMANN is the award-winning, bestselling
author of over a dozen books, including The Edison Gene, The Last
Hours of Ancient Sunlight, and Attention Deficit Disorder: A
Different Perception. His groundbreaking work in ADD/ADHD and
psychotherapy has been featured in TIME magazine, the New York
Times, and in media around the world. He lives in Oregon.
The authors of the national bestseller You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?! return with a book that celebrates the special skills, insights, and challenges of adults with attention deficit disorder -- ADD. With wise, clear eyes and well-developed senses of humor, Kate Kelly, Peggy Ramundo, and D. Steven Ledingham look at the experience of ADDults. Their life- and self-affirming message is that ADD isn't just a disorder, but a different way of thinking. And different doesn't mean worse: it often means better, especially where energy and creativity are concerned. Without minimizing the difficulties ADDers face, they offer encouragement, inspiration, and guidance for dealing with everyday situations and taking advantage of the positive aspects of ADD.
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