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Visualizing the Passage of Time

Written by Helen on November 10th, 2011. Leave a comment

Just how does one do this? Time is the fourth dimension that Einstein mentioned but we await another great mind to give us details. Meanwhile to figure time into our reality, we do mental somersaults, kind of like walking while sitting, seeing with closed eyes or  solving problems without thinking. Rarely can it be done, […]

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The Passage of Time

Written by Helen on November 10th, 2011. Leave a comment

Such a weighty topic!  Yesterday I read  a sentence that praised the value of our awareness of the passage of time. It struck me as being very odd.  The statement had been written centuries ago. Can it be that it’s a blessing to be aware of the passage of time? Contemplating it from the Boardwalk,  […]

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Kindness

Written by Helen on November 6th, 2011. Leave a comment

How many times do shy people think to themselves, “Oh, I wish I’d of helped out!” To be kind requires we are aware of another’s circumstances, and if we’re mired down with our own, we fail to help until the opportunity is out of reach.

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The Lure of the Wild

Written by Helen on November 5th, 2011. Leave a comment

Animals live in the moment. They make us feel good because they give us all their attention whenever we’re with them. The opposite usually happens with a shy person.

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Being Shy versus Being an Introvert

Written by Helen on November 4th, 2011. Leave a comment

About the shy person “being quiet.” Today I’m not the shy person who isn’t in the moment, who isn’t speaking because private concerns preoccupy my mind. Now I’m a happy introvert, in the moment, speaking when I want to. Sometimes I chose to be silent but I’m “with” the people around me—with eye contact, smiles, […]

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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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