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 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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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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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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Jason McCarty
- Oct 15, 2012
- 5 min
Expansion – Constriction
I want to share a conceptual continuum created by Kirk Schneider, PhD, a leading writer and theorist in the existential-humanistic...
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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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Jason McCarty
- Nov 21, 2011
- 3 min
Denial of Death
I am currently reading Ernest Becker’s revolutionary book, The Denial of Death. It has me thinking about many things: my own personal...
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Jason McCarty
- Nov 6, 2011
- 5 min
Letting Go of Your Partner’s Addiction
Term: I’m going to use the term “addicted relationship” to mean when one person has an addiction and the other does not. Being in a...
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Jason McCarty
- Oct 24, 2011
- 4 min
The Yin and Yang of Explanation and Experience
We all want an explanation for our lives, our behavior, our thoughts, and for how the world works. We search it out, we think about it,...
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Jason McCarty
- Sep 26, 2011
- 4 min
Therapy Is No Quick Fix
When I first started writing this column, part of my motivation was to bring more knowledge and understanding to the process of...
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Jason McCarty
- Sep 12, 2011
- 3 min
Childbirth & the Reality of Pain
My wife gave birth to our third child this past weekend. Yes, we are sleep deprived and the other two are acting out in adjustment to...
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Jason McCarty
- Sep 5, 2011
- 6 min
The Lost Generations
The Lost Generations: Function and Addiction in Generations X, Y, and Z. When I was working in a drug and alcohol treatment center, I...
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Jason McCarty
- Aug 29, 2011
- 2 min
De-Cluttering the Mind
What makes you feel simple and grounded? For me, it is the smell of the inside of a certain type of book, or watching my children play. ...
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Jason McCarty
- Aug 22, 2011
- 2 min
Momentum
For people quitting addiction, one of the most difficult aspects is not the actual quitting, is not accepting they have a problem, it’s...
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Jason McCarty
- Aug 15, 2011
- 2 min
Waiting for Direction
Do we ever really know where we’re going? Many people come to therapy to figure out where they are going. It seems that some people...
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Jason McCarty
- Aug 8, 2011
- 3 min
The Lie of Psychotherapy
In any growth endeavor we can often feel that once we do the work and experience some healing, we’ll have arrived, living happily ever...
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