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    Dealing with Anxiety
    Jason McCarty
    • Mar 26, 2020
    • 2 min

    Dealing with Anxiety

    Are you experiencing heightened anxiety due to COVID-19?  I want to share some tips with you. First of all, it is normal to feel worry...
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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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    Finding Substance
    Jason McCarty
    • Jan 10, 2014
    • 3 min

    Finding Substance

    The word substance has my attention lately. There is something both conceptually satisfying about it as well as experientially...
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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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    Seasons of Our Lives
    Jason McCarty
    • Oct 3, 2013
    • 2 min

    Seasons of Our Lives

    We are now into the autumn season. It’s cooler, it gets dark earlier and things are beginning to die. The fall is a transition period....
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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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    When Counselling is Part of the Problem
    Jason McCarty
    • Aug 21, 2013
    • 3 min

    When Counselling is Part of the Problem

    Sometimes I believe that people come to me for the wrong reasons.  Not that there is even anything wrong with that, because who am I to...
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    Can You Accept the World as it Is?
    Jason McCarty
    • Aug 1, 2013
    • 3 min

    Can You Accept the World as it Is?

    Can we accept that some people won’t get better? Can we accept that issues like addiction and homelessness aren’t going away? Can we...
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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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    The Shades of Our Experience
    Jason McCarty
    • Jul 4, 2013
    • 3 min

    The Shades of Our Experience

    Curiosity is a word that has been on my mind for months. I try and let it guide both my life and my work with clients. I try and...
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    Why Are You Angry?
    Jason McCarty
    • Jun 20, 2013
    • 3 min

    Why Are You Angry?

    We have over vilified anger in our society. Religions see it as a major problem. Psychology treats it like a toddler to be managed....
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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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    Jason McCarty
    • Feb 14, 2013
    • 1 min

    Primary Intention and Secondary Influence

    I think we often miss what ingredients led to change or fulfillment. Sometimes we confuse the primary intention with the secondary...
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    The Paralysis of Younger Generations
    Jason McCarty
    • Dec 5, 2011
    • 6 min

    The Paralysis of Younger Generations

    I wrote a piece not too long ago entitled “The Lost Generations” that addressed some issues with the younger, more postmodern...
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