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    Stop Coping and Start Thriving
    Jason McCarty
    • Feb 13, 2014
    • 3 min

    Stop Coping and Start Thriving

    I’ve been thinking about the idea of coping strategies lately. Sometimes in my work with substance abusers, or anyone struggling to deal...
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    New Adventures are Never Final
    Jason McCarty
    • Nov 26, 2013
    • 2 min

    New Adventures are Never Final

    After being lost for periods of time, we sometimes find our way. Or maybe I should say we find “a” way. A path, a route, that at least...
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    The Annoying thing About Change
    Jason McCarty
    • Nov 21, 2013
    • 2 min

    The Annoying thing About Change

    I’ve written elsewhere that you have to change to change. Pretty simple, right? But yet we all struggle with this. Even the smallest and...
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    Living Honestly
    Jason McCarty
    • Oct 31, 2013
    • 3 min

    Living Honestly

    Why do we live in a world where honesty is a scarce value? What does honesty mean to people? What are we even talking about when we...
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    Welcome to Your Life: how life changes us
    Jason McCarty
    • Oct 17, 2013
    • 4 min

    Welcome to Your Life: how life changes us

    I’ve been learning a lot in the past several years. I have delved more deeply than ever into the areas of philosophy, psychology and...
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    The Blank Page (of life)
    Jason McCarty
    • Sep 5, 2013
    • 4 min

    The Blank Page (of life)

    As I sit here and stare at the blank page, anxiety builds. There many things to say, too much really, and carving that down into an essay...
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    On Why You Want to Stay Stuck
    Jason McCarty
    • Aug 29, 2013
    • 2 min

    On Why You Want to Stay Stuck

    Why are you not getting better? Why does it seem like nothing changes for you? Why do you continue to have the same ailments haunting...
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    The Power of Walking
    Jason McCarty
    • Jul 25, 2013
    • 3 min

    The Power of Walking

    I like simple things that have a lot of meaning.  I also like utilizing experiences that do not require a whole lot of preparation,...
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    Jason McCarty
    • Jul 18, 2013
    • 2 min

    The Legacy of Aging | James Hillman

    In the following video, archetypal psychologist James Hillman takes on the important but neglected topic of aging.  We have lost a sense...
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    Why Are You Dying?
    Jason McCarty
    • Jul 10, 2013
    • 2 min

    Why Are You Dying?

    There is something exciting and rewarding when embracing the fear that comes with “falling forward” (see my article Getting Into Your...
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    Accepting That Which We Fear
    Jason McCarty
    • Jun 6, 2013
    • 3 min

    Accepting That Which We Fear

    I want to write about the experience of embracing fear, or the very experience which one fears happening. Whether it is the actual...
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    Get Lost | finding yourself through the twists and turns of uncertainty
    Jason McCarty
    • May 22, 2013
    • 3 min

    Get Lost | finding yourself through the twists and turns of uncertainty

    When I was younger, attending university, I used to take drives through the back roads of central Pennsylvania as a way to be by myself. ...
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    Courage in the Face of Darkness
    Jason McCarty
    • May 16, 2013
    • 2 min

    Courage in the Face of Darkness

    When we begin to step out and take more control over our lives, we will go through times that feel impossible. Making changes means...
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    Jason McCarty
    • May 10, 2013
    • 3 min

    Just Do It

    In 1988 Nike hired an ad agency that coined the slogan JUST DO IT. I have grown up with this slogan being a large part of my life and...
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    Jason McCarty
    • May 2, 2013
    • 3 min

    Getting Into Your Life

    I wanted to address the name of my column and the general concept I will be running with throughout my posts.  I’m sure I will deviate...
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    Jason McCarty
    • Apr 18, 2013
    • 2 min

    Stepping Out of Hiding

    When we often feel stuck in our lives, it is most likely due to our resistance in stepping out. What do I mean by that? Well, most of us...
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