Make It a Good Life
“It’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times.” How do you make the most of it? Join John Luca, MA, DC, each week for uplifting research, insights, and stories to help you make your life a good one. John started his professional career almost 30 years ago. He has graduate degrees in chiropractic, mathematics, creative writing, and psychology. He has been a mindfulness practitioner for thirty years, and has extensive experience with men's groups. He is the father of four. John has studied with George Goodheart, Jack Kornfield, Stan Grof, Dan Siegal, Peter Levine, and J. Krishnamurti. The focus of his practice is helping his clients heal and find the tools, strength, and commitment to live their lives fully in accordance with their deepest values. John can be reached at drjohnluca.blogspot.com.
You're Gonna Have to Serve Somebody
Connection-Seeking Beings
Dylan wrote it and sang it and in his way he tries to live it. Read story.
Out of Our Right Minds
Calm Down, Get Connected, Find Balance Between Left and Right
Research shows that money, possessions, and goal-directed activity don’t make us happy. So what does? Read story.
You Don’t Have to Live Like a Billiard Ball
A Key to Happiness
You can begin to cultivate a space between a triggering event and your reaction—if you’re willing to accept the power. Read story.
What Is Your Highest Ambition?
Love and Happiness
It is very difficult at times to be aware of how many ways we have for making ourselves miserable by our own thoughts and beliefs. Read story.
Tunisia, Martin Luther King, and Main Street
What Do We Do With Pain?
My heart goes out to the family and friends of Mohamed Bouazizi, the 26-year-old fruit vendor who set himself on fire in Tunisia and set off a series of events that led to the collapse of the government. Read story.
Key to Happiness
Being and Getting
The world has never been busier trying to be happy than it is right now. Read story.
Try Again
Getting to “Yessss!!!”
How many failures does it take to become a success? Take a clue from Henry Ford, RH Macy, Soichiro Honda, Walt Disney, Colonel Sanders . . . Read story.
Life is Short so We Must Move Very Slowly
Time-Bound Being
Maybe it’s when we’re out on a quiet walk looking up at the stars or when we breathe deeply into our own mortality that we open up to the mystery. Read story.
Radical Transparency
You Wouldn’t Know It from the Movie
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is a young idealist pursuing a vision to create a more open world. Read story.
Attachment Issues
If You Want to Change Your Children, Change Yourself
If you are a parent, or a parent-to-be, or a teacher, or anyone interested in the well-being of children, then this research is very important for you and the children in your life. Read story.
The Holiday Gift of You
Share Your Gifts
Most of us hold back gifts. We withhold our love, or our passion, or our enthusiasm, or our ideas, or our smile, or our laughter, our creativity and artistry, our commitment, our dreams Read story.
Saying No, Saying Yes, and Changing Your Life
Why “To Hell With That” Just Might Work for You
Why “to hell with that” just might work for you. Read story.
Neil Young and Eminem Share Some Secrets
Answer the Call
Working through fear to answer your muse's call. Read story.
Befriend Your Dragon
Overcome Fear and Resistance
It’s a lot easier to move forward if your emotional brain is working with you rather than against you. Read story.
Winners’ Circle
Take Victories to Heart and Embrace Them
Here’s an interesting win/lose game for you to play. Read story.
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