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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...
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by Michael Parise | Mar 21, 2013
It’s time to admit another fear of mine. I’m scared of being poor, of not having enough money to support myself. And oddly enough, that’s exactly the situation I find myself in now…and I’m not panicking! I’ve been shifting my perspective with a lot of sweat and...
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by Michael Parise | Jan 25, 2013
For many years hearing confessions I would listen to the anguish, especially of senior Catholics, concerning their “impure thoughts.” It was impressed upon them by parents and teachers that the desires of the flesh, especially sexual thoughts, were in conflict with...
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by Michael Parise | Dec 8, 2012
What is your biggest fear, the one you’ve struggled to overcome for years, the one that continues to stymie your best efforts at conquering? Some people fear the concrete: animals or insects, flying or closed spaces. My biggest fear is less tangible. I fear living...
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by Michael Parise | Sep 5, 2012
My Aunt Virginia, whom I remember with great fondness, had agoraphobia, the fear of public places. It caused her to isolate in her apartment and I’m sure led to my uncle divorcing her. She was a sweet, wonderful woman paralyzed by fear. There are many fears and...
