Charlie Lukas

dreams

Will Lucid Dreaming Give You The Answers You Seek?

“What dreaming does is give us the fluidity to enter into other worlds by destroying our sense of knowing this world.” carlos castaneda Have you ever become aware you were dreaming? Did you walk around your dream? Did you look up and down and left and right? Did you search?

communication

How to Master the Art of Having Uncomfortable Conversations

“A person’s success in life can be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.”   tim ferris I bet you have something in you that needs saying. There’s an issue that’s been going on for years and you’ve dealt with

addiction

You Know Dopamine Detox Isn’t a Real Thing, Right?

Videogames, pizza, porn, social media notifications, youtube videos, cigarettes, potato chips — all are sources of pleasure that many of us become addicted to People online have come up with a way to kick these behaviors, and they base their method on what they believe to be neuroscience. To them, it’

deserve to be happy

5 Reasons You Deserve to Be Happy

“Being cut off from our own natural self-compassion is one of the greatest impairments we can suffer. Along with our ability to feel our own pain go our best hopes for healing, dignity and love”   dr. gabor maté Sometimes the most well-meaning people are the ones who feel the least

Carl Jung

Synchronicity Isn’t a Real Phenomenon…Right?

You know, acting like an empirical scientist all the time isn’t a hell of a lot of fun. So for this one article, let’s allow ourselves to get weird, and examine a phenomenon that most people experience on a regular basis — they just don’t think much

daily schedule

5 Hard Truths You Need to Hear About Making a Daily Schedule

You might think to yourself, “If I can make a razor-sharp, hyper-efficient daily schedule, my life will be accelerated to massive success in a matter of months.” You watch videos about how the greats live out their days, and your mouth waters at the thought of what you can produce

media consumption

Media Consumption Turned My Life Into a Hell Routine

I’ve never had a problem with a substance. I’ve never felt so controlled by something that it became my default activity. But that’s what tech use became for me. I wasn’t deciding how my days went — technology was. I thought I was a disciplined person who

America

5 Reasons America Is More Politically Divided Than Ever

Hey Americans, remember when politics were boring? Things would happen. There would be elections. You would get some entertainment out of seeing Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert make fun of someone’s blunders, and then you would move on. People were less like political parrots then. They had real things

change

5 Hidden Ways to Know That It’s Time for a Serious Change

Pain is something you can get used to. If you’re in pain all the time, you can adjust to it until it becomes your reality. You can forget that a better life is even possible. This is not a mode that anyone would want to stay in. It’s

Authenticity

The Subtle Difference Between Not Caring What People Think and Being a Good Person

Everyone says you aren’t supposed to care what people think. But most of us still do. We get caught up in the teenager mentality of climbing social ladders, making good impressions, and being overly concerned with status. To ease the anxiety, people will tell us to stop caring what

coping

How I Take Care of Myself on the Hard Days

Some days, you wake up running low on hope. Everything feels heavier than it should, and you’re not sure if you can face the day. I call these hard days, and they happen to me from time to time. I’m sure they happen to you too. I don’

choices

5 Steps to Building a Lifestyle That Means Something to You

People seem more passive nowadays. They graduate high school and do everything they were taught to do. Their lives play out as they should, and they hit every milestone with perfect timing. When they reach middle age, they come to the realization that the life they lived never really

experts

You Are Not a Slave to Online Gurus, Philosophers, or Experts

Tell me if you’ve had this experience: You’re in your car and you’re listening to a podcast. The guest says something that pisses you off. You can’t believe someone could say something so insane. You want to reach through your speakers and strangle them. But all

anxiety

8 Strategies for Conquering Fear in the Moment

When I was 20, I was afraid of everything. What people thought, the universe, my feelings, speaking, failing, succeeding, and just being alive. Everything felt like a boundary, and I had nowhere to move. The thing about fear is, if you face it in one area of life, the wisdom

Depression

10 Strategies for Beating Depression That You Can Use Right Now

Depression is a hope parasite. When you’re exhausted and in pain, it’s not because there is something wrong with your body. It’s because something is draining your reasons for moving forward. Your reasons for getting up in the morning, your whys, are undermined by depression.

anxiety

How to Beat Your Anxiety with Mental Jiu-Jitsu

Have you ever heard this quote from Dune? I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn

business

Dan Peña Has a Surprisingly Wholesome Secret to Success

Dan Peña is a bastard, but you can learn from him. He’s a lifelong businessman who’s been working as a success coach for the past two decades. They call him the fifty billion dollar man because that’s how much wealth his students have generated over the

average of the 5 people

The Problem With: “You Are the Average of the 5 People You Spend the Most Time With”

DITCH YOUR FRIENDS AND BECOME AN ALPHA. If you’ve looked into self-improvement, then you’ve seen this message in a hundred different places. It’s become essential wisdom for anyone trying to get ahead in life. If you want success, you need to surround yourself with the right people.

digital world

5 Ways to Be Happier in a Digital World

Being online for too long tears your life away. For me, it starts to feel like I’m floating in a sea of other people’s perspectives, political opinions, and inside jokes. It’s as if everyone else’s life became a part of my life, and they all showed

courage

If You Want to Truly Live, Stop Choosing Death

Have you ever run from what you needed most? If you have, then you may have chosen death. When it came time to follow through on your commitment, or keep your promise, or face your fear, you ran away. A thousand excuses sprang up in your head, so you backed

Culture and Modernity

The 5 Golden Keys to Freedom in 2021

In 2021, it’s easy to feel trapped by social media, people’s expectations, 24-hour news feeds, and just plain old fear. I don’t know about you, but I’m looking for freedom. But how do we find it? You can’t turn back the clock on technology. You

death

If You Need a Good Cry, Try this Strategy

Sometimes, we need to let it flow. And I’m telling you this as a man: Men cry too. It just means you really give a shit about something. Everyone knows that a man ain’t supposed to cry. Listen, I gotta cry, cause cryin’ eases the pain, aw yeah.

anxiety

Let Your Subconscious Handle Your Problems

I always assume that thinking is going to solve my problems. I assume that the more mental effort I put into something, the greater the outcome will be. And sometimes, that works. But other times, it places me squarely in my own way. Overthinking traps me in a rumination loop,

Culture and Modernity

Why the Internet Is Ruining Your Life

The internet isn’t the world. It is only a window to the world, one that we’re free to look in while sitting safely on the toilet. So, seeing as we all have our own window to everything in the world, we need to wonder why we would ever

compassion

Herman Cain Award is the Worst Example of COVID Divisiveness

This is wrong. All of it. Whatever is developing here, it’s not the way. What Is the Herman Cain Award? Have you ever heard of the Darwin award? It was a joke people used to make online when someone died doing something stupid. In COVID times, people have