Miscellaneous
In this podcast, Dr. Lukens talks about our goal of success from the perspective of the dark side of our motivational moon. Do you know why you have the goals you've set in place? Do you want success because you really want that house or that car, or do you want security? Do you want success because the shame of failure would be too painful for you to experience? Or perhaps it's because the feeling of sadness would be too painful to come to terms with if don't accomplish enough in your life...these are just some specific examples of "stuff" that would be found on the dark side of your motivational moon that is driving you to want to achieve certain things in life. But, if you are operating from a place of pain-avoidance, then your goal is not based in pure DESIRE. It's based in a DESIRE to AVOID a certain type of emotional pain. This leaves you in a state of ambivalence.... where the motivations behind why you do -- what you do become foggy. We hope you enjoy this episode.