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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Jason McCarty
- Jan 9, 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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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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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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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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Jason McCarty
- Oct 24, 2013
- 2 min
Lost
You are standing on a street corner and wondering how you got there. Nothing looks familiar and anxious energy starts to rise. You aren’t...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
- 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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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 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
- Jan 18, 2013
- 3 min
Moving Through Tension: How We Obtain Life’s Fruits
It is known that before a caterpillar becomes a butterfly it makes a cocoon. It eats many times its own weight before it begins to create...
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Jason McCarty
- Dec 27, 2012
- 4 min
The Journey and Stimulation of My Work with the Addicted
I’m not sleeping well these days. My psycho-philosophical work with my addicted clients in treatment is too ripe a ground to explore...
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