by Michael Parise | Jun 10, 2015
This past winter in the Northeast was an exercise in frustration for those who had to plow their vehicles through slush, snow, and ice (full disclosure: I moved to FL in November and escaped it all!!). Yet plowing through is the only way to move forward sometimes. ...
by Michael Parise | May 31, 2013
It’s a truism in America that women deal with emotions better than men. I’m not sure about that. I have a lot of female friends who struggle with their difficult emotions just as much as men, only differently. Men, especially of older generations, tend to keep...
by Michael Parise | Nov 24, 2012
So how was the weekend? Thanksgiving meals, parades, football games, shopping excursions and family time have created a uniquely American holiday. It’s a nexus of events that bring together the best and sometimes the not so best in us. Anything happen to you that...
by Michael Parise | Jul 6, 2012
Don’t feel badly if you didn’t get this acronym; I just made it up: Adult Passive Aggressive Behavior. Many of us have been guilty of it at least once. We smile and nod and then do what we want, all the while being self-involved, unkind, sneaky, manipulative,...