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January 29/12 Will You Be My Valentine

Written by Helen on January 29th, 2012June 15th, 2015. Leave a comment

Nothing like being early, and the Boardwalk was conducive to thinking about love, so here’s to St. Valentine. My Valentine   Time, you silly thing, I can’t see you, can’t hear you, can barely define you. Yet, I sure can feel you and I know you’re around. I often think in terms of you, short […]

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January 18, 2012 Social Anxiety vs. Shyness

Written by Helen on January 19th, 2012June 15th, 2015. 2 Comments

Did you know that a person suffering from social anxiety can receive medical help under most insurance plans, but I believe, no plan exists at all to help the shy person. As far as I can tell, the main difference between the two afflictions, is that with the former one displays more physical symptoms, i.e., […]

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January 16, 12 Soul-building

Written by Helen on January 16th, 2012June 15th, 2015. 4 Comments

San Miguel awoke in mountain mist and my soul revealed:   Soul-building   Entwined once, for thirty years, for 30 times 365 days, the twosome Now lives separately. Still, their thirty year togetherness Dwells in their souls.   Unmoved by geography, Souls remain bound, for Souls can only add, not subtract. Forever my soul essence […]

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January 14, 2012 Motivation

Written by Helen on January 14th, 2012June 15th, 2015. Leave a comment

A slight feeling of Spring pervades the air and I have my swim equipment out. Yesterday Pam Pearson from Amazing Women of Power Internet Radio interviewed me for her inaugural show, airing in early February. Seeking an audience of women over fifty wanting changes in their live, Pam has committed to produce broadcasts that inspire. […]

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January 12 My Mind

Written by Helen on January 13th, 2012June 15th, 2015. Leave a comment

My mind doesn’t work if I loose too much sleep. I had to sit out here on the Boardwalk all day with no thoughts. Finally after some good food it cleared up. I’m grateful and won’t book bridge games back to back again.

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Please note: The author's self-help guide that is included in Brave: A Painfully Shy Life is available here for free under Resources. The Center for Social Isolation Relief will build an independent website as soon as it can.

Events

May 18, 2017

From Brave Memoir to Center for Social Isolation Relief

Third Thursday Talk
5:00 pm
Brick Store Museum
117 Main St
Kennebunk, ME 04043


April 26, 2017

POSTPONED

The Pain of Shyness and Social Isolation

Kennebunk Elementary School Staff Meeting
Kennebunk Elementary School
177 Alewive Road
Kennebunk, Maine 04043

October 21, 2016

Severe Shyness and How to Help Shy Children

Maine School Counselors Association
Annual Meeting
Harraseeket Inn
162 Main Street
Freeport, Maine 04032


July 8, 2016
Talk: Sally and I: From the Shy Lane
9:30 am
First Parish Kennebunk Unitarian Universalist Church
114 Main Street
Kennebunk, Maine 04043
(207) 985-3700


May 18, 2016
Official Kick-Off
Severe Shyness Awareness Campaign
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Kennebunk Free Library
112 Main Street
Kennebunk, Maine 04043
(207) 985-2173

May 7 and 14
, 2016
CAN I DO IT?

A two-part workshop on writing away shyness.

Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance
Glickman Family Library
Portland, Maine

(207) 228-8263
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