Dr. Michael Lukens

Why Do You Do What You Do?

Human Motivation Emotions are why you do what you do. As living systems we always do what we are built to do. At the same time, as observers of our own experience and reporters on the meaningful events of our lives, we almost never ‘say’ what is actually so.

Who is Dr. Lukens?

Dr. Lukens is a clinical psychologist, author, emotions theorist, and expert in human motivation.

How Do We “Process” Emotions?

Deconstruction Of Ambivalence We are often told that processing our emotions is healthy for us, but we aren’t necessarily taught effective ways to truly accomplish this. The Deconstruction of Ambivalence is the unique component of the CICT Modality that sets it apart from other methods of self-understanding and emotional release. It is the process of teasing out the strands of each of the 9 Basic Emotions.

How Do We Reconcile Emotional Pain & Suffering?

The Fucket Bucket Painful and unwanted life experiences can be boiled down to two categories: Self-Esteem and Grief/Loss. It’s not meant to be reductionistic of the complexity and pain that life brings, rather it’s meant to help you start your journey to completion by giving you a categorization process.

How Do We Change The World?

The Love-Contempt Continuum Applying the concept of love and contempt to humanity in general, we can picture the human race divided on this love-contempt dimension along a continuum. Contempt exists as the polar opposite of love, as the negation of love. The more love you have for someone, the more you want them to succeed in their lives. To make the world more loving, we have to shift the Love-Contempt Continuum.