by Michael Parise | May 22, 2012
A lot of parents have welcomed their adult children back home. This is not always a joyous moment for some parents. Friends of mine, Jim and Liz, have a son, now 22, who is extremely bright but who found college unstimulating. He was dismissed for not showing up...
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by Michael Parise | May 18, 2012
Many of us baby boomers grew up with the belief that life would not change a whole lot, once basic decisions about career, marriage, and family were made sometime our twenties. Looking back that notion of stability seems utterly ridiculous. We were, of course,...
by Michael Parise | May 11, 2012
Contact the Man’s Coach, at www.michaelparise@gmail.com The statistics are alarming. One out of every four women in the United States has been sexually abuse as a child. We’ve...
by Michael Parise | May 9, 2012
A lot of people confuse coaching with various kinds of therapy or counseling. I recently read a great summary: “A coach is an active, objective thinking partner who enables the client to achieve future goals by focusing on where they are now and where they...
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by Michael Parise | May 8, 2012
Many of us are caught in the web of stories we tell ourselves and others about us. They are stories often rooted in the past, often germinating in a seminal experience of disappointment, betrayal, or even abuse. Our imperfect parents and siblings fueled the stories...
