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by Michael Parise | Jul 6, 2012
Don’t feel badly if you didn’t get this acronym; I just made it up: Adult Passive Aggressive Behavior. Many of us have been guilty of it at least once. We smile and nod and then do what we want, all the while being self-involved, unkind, sneaky, manipulative,...
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by Michael Parise | Jun 25, 2012
Ever feel judged by someone? Have you ever made a judgment about someone, including yourself? Good! Then you’re a normal human being! Judgment is nothing more than a personal opinion and if we are going to live in society, in community, we are going to be judged. ...
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by Michael Parise | Jun 12, 2012
A therapist friend mentioned to me that an awful lot of his male clients have a hard time taking responsibility for their words and actions that often lead to relationship breakdowns. The clueless men involved just seem to walk away from situations and people who...
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by Michael Parise | Jun 1, 2012
I recently asked my therapist to chime in on areas that he thought were important for me to address in this blog. Top on his list was integrity. Integrity is a virtue. A virtue is a good habit, something that develops over time and that has to be practiced...
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by Michael Parise | May 31, 2012
Growing up in the fifties and sixties was a unique experience. The world was only a decade or so after World War II. The Marshall plan was putting Europe and Japan back on their feet. The US was the factory of the world, with little outside competition. My father...
