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What Matters—and What Gets in the Way?

What Matters—and What Gets in the Way?

What Matters—and What Gets in the Way?By J. Richard Schultz
Published on: 07/10/2026

We can know what matters deeply to us and still struggle to live it. Explore how beliefs, shadow and protective patterns can become entangled with our values—and what it means to free what matters.

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Shadow Integration • Wholeness • Freedom • Dialogue • Relationships • Personal Growth • Consciousness • Community • Leadership • Human Development • Individual & Collective Shadow Patterns • Beliefs

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