by Michael Parise | Oct 24, 2012
It often seems we’re hyper-sensitive about invading other people’s privacy. As a result a lot of people engage in inane or boring conversation, trying to tip-toe around questions that appear to be invasive. Yet asking questions, especially personal questions, can be...
by Michael Parise | Oct 18, 2012
Do you allow yourself to be vulnerable to uncomfortable feelings and memories concerning your relationship with you father? Or, like a lot of men, do you shelve that which stimulates your temptation to weep? Maybe you’ve decided that being in competition with the...
by Michael Parise | Oct 11, 2012
Are you really living the life you want? What is keeping you from a closer examination of where you are going? What are you afraid of? Are you willing to be brutally honest with yourself? Fundamentally these are the basic questions we ought to ask ourselves from...
by Michael Parise | Oct 4, 2012
Along with many of you, I viewed the much-touted presidential debate. Sadly I do not feel any better informed after the debate than before. This is because: I have grown cynical about what is possible versus what is probable in American politics; it’s...
by Michael Parise | Oct 2, 2012
This will not be a pleasant topic. Do you have personal debt? The variety of debt is almost endless: mortgage, utility, credit card, student, home owner lines of credit, medical, life/car/health/home/umbrella insurance, federal/state/city/county/excise/property...