Charting Attention: Navigating ADHD, Work, and True Purpose

About this episode

Aaron Benfield discusses living and working with ADHD and the search for true purpose amidst daily challenges.

How do you build a life of purpose when you mind is constantly fighting the urge to escape the boredom of the daily grind? In this episode, Aaron Benfield joins the conversation to discuss the realities of living and working with ADHD and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria. Together, we explore the theology of work, the human rebellion against boredom, and why Socrates' call to live an "examined life" is essential for navigating our psychological limitations and finding true purpose.

People in this episode

Host: Matt

Guest: Aaron Benfield

Topics covered

• ADHD
• Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
• theology of work
• boredom
• examined life
• true purpose

Keywords

• ADHD
• Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
• theology of work
• boredom
• examined life
• purpose

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