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by Michael Parise | Jun 13, 2021
Most of us were taught never to use vulgarity or ‘cussing’ only to discover its value later in life. There are studies that show that cussing at the right moments can relieve stress while expressing shock, exasperation, frustration, anger, or a combination. Near the...
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by Michael Parise | Jun 9, 2013
Today I spoke with a woman who was interested in finding a life coach for her daughter. It seems that she’s made a lot of bad life decisions and, at the tender age of 24, is now wrapped up with an abusive partner. Mom thinks a lot of this stems from her father dying...
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by Michael Parise | Jan 14, 2013
I often wake up at 4:30 AM in the midst of a very demanding and intense dream. The dream is usually one of conflict, argument, or internal problem-solving. Sometimes I can fall back to sleep after a bathroom visit (I wonder what the correlation is between dreaming...
by Michael Parise | Aug 3, 2012
Years ago Mark, a brilliant professional man, came to speak with me as his parish priest. He said that his alcoholic sister was constantly sucking the energy out of his life. Whenever he was around her, he found himself leaving depressed, angry and frustrated. He...
