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by Michael Parise | Jul 2, 2012
Today we’re learning a bit of Japanese. The term “ichiban” (apart from being the name of a restaurant) means “number one, the best”. Are you ichiban? Are you the most important person in your life? Sunday I met Stephanie. She’s a divorced mother of four; the...
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by Michael Parise | Jun 27, 2012
I realized in “Going Deeper,” the workshop on masculine/feminine energy I recently attended, how often I fight with myself and others. It’s almost a hobby, being in conflict with realities I don’t wish to experience. Sound familiar to anyone else? At one point Ian...
by Michael Parise | Jun 26, 2012
I recently returned from a workshop on tantric energy given by the brilliant Ian Ellington. I thank him as my source for this posting. Joining 23 other men, I explored the impact our life energy has on transforming our lives. Tantra is a group of spiritual teachings...
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by Michael Parise | Jun 16, 2012
The vast majority of fathers in our country are excellent parents. Yet stereotypes about men and assumptions about their maleness are far too prejudicial in a number of areas regarding fathers and their children. Steven Van Valkenburg and Trudy Scheutt write on...
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by Michael Parise | Jun 14, 2012
The other day I went up to my friend Mark’s home. He and his roommate rent the second and attic floors of a nice early 20th century home in Boston. He’d let things go for a while and asked me to help him reorganize his space. It was not terribly difficult...
