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Jan. 10 One’s Mind

Written by Helen on January 10th, 2012June 15th, 2015. Leave a comment

One’s mind is a daunting object to think about, but sometimes out here on the Boardwalk perspectives change. Last night I woke up contemplating whether my mind would be different from what it is today if I hadn’t spent decades living within it so much of the time. To my surprise, I decided it would […]

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Jan. 2012 What is Shyness?

Written by Helen on January 5th, 2012June 15th, 2015. Leave a comment

At a reception recently, I handed my card to two people with whom I was speaking. One immediately said how can you be shy? I said I’m not any longer and she walked away rather smugly I thought, saying “I’ve never been shy a day in my life.” Shyness in the sense I use in […]

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Dec. 31, 2011 The American Spring

Written by Helen on December 31st, 2011June 15th, 2015. Leave a comment

One in two Americans now feel poverty. It just has be time for the pendulum of history to begin its generational swing to the Left! All of us, shy ‘n all, must do what we can to shove it away from the Right. Let’s make 2012 the year of the American Spring!

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Dec. 30/11 Joy to the World

Written by Helen on December 31st, 2011. Leave a comment

One day left on the Boardwalk this year. Time to start the plunge and later resurface for 2012. While you prepare, listen to scenes from my joyous  concert and know why I am here in Mexico. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnCQbYvr-QU

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Dec. 29 The Spouse

Written by Helen on December 29th, 2011. Leave a comment

I’m bursting with topics for the Boardwalk. One has to do with shyness, one about the coral concert I’m in and one just for the New Year. I’ll do the New Year one on New Year’s and the one about the concerts tomorrow when they finish. Question: What kind of person would marry a shy […]

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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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