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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...
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by Michael Parise | Sep 24, 2012
Internal saboteurs keep showing up in his head, telling him that self promotion is not a good thing. He recently visited his older sister after a long hiatus and saw a repeat of some troubling behavior on her part. Growing up she had been a strong influence in his...
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by Michael Parise | Sep 12, 2012
As a highly sensitive person I coped for many decades by compartmentalizing my life. I allowed my brain to process nearly all my emotions and reactions in order not to feel them. I thought I was protecting myself from being overwhelmed by feelings of compassion and...
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by Michael Parise | Sep 10, 2012
I am coming out publicly as an HSP, a highly sensitive person. I know that “my kind” is a minority and that we are generally misunderstood, especially we men. Some of us were bullied mercilessly as children for being HSP. We seem to refuse to “fit in.” Others...
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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...
