Category: Emotions & Inner Life

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How We React to Catastrophe March 16, 2011

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Amhara, Anthony, Daphne Rose Kingma, Dr. Ronald Fieve, Linda Vanella, Monroe, Pat Moffitt, Vincent
Category: Anxiety & Fear, Emotions & Inner Life

Different personalities respond to mass catastrophe in recognizably different ways: some blame, some freeze, some go numb, some take action. Armand DiMele and Linda Vanella, LCSW-R, use the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami as a lens for examining these patterns, drawing on Japanese cultural values of harmony and collective responsibility along with calls from listeners.

Love Is an Emerging Process February 14, 2011

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Love & Romantic Relationships

Love is not a state of grace you grab hold of but an aching, ongoing process rooted in childhood imitation and covered by self-protective fraud. Armand DiMele argues that couples who survive deception often reach a deeper nakedness than those who never tested their bond at all.

Freedom from Definitions of Love January 27, 2011

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Love & Romantic Relationships

No therapist can hand you the right formula for love, and Armand argues that freedom from definitions is the real gift. Neurotic love, dishonest love, unconventional love can all work. What matters is noticing your own sensations, from longing to satisfaction, and trusting what fits you.

The Need for Affection January 18, 2011

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Love & Romantic Relationships

Touch is not a luxury but a biological and emotional need, and its absence quietly drives depression, disconnection, and longing. Armand DiMele surveys how affection works across cultures, life stages, and temperaments, from the bonding chemistry of parent and child to what elderly people lose when their partners die.

Feeling Good Is a Chemical State January 13, 2011

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Elemy, Lauren Sykes, Richard Christensen
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, The Mind & Neuroscience

Feeling good is not a vague mental state but a precise chemical one, and Armand DiMele breaks down how everything from exercise to eating to orgasm is really the body engineering its own neurochemistry. The episode also reframes feeling good as often just the absence of pain.

The Many Faces of Craziness January 6, 2011

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, The Mind & Neuroscience

Armand DiMele breaks down what ‘crazy’ actually means, separating neurotic repetition (doing the same thing and expecting different results) from chemical and psychological states where a person loses touch with themselves entirely. He traces how fear of danger drives paranoia, withdrawal, and self-destruction.

Why We Lose Touch with Friends and Family December 30, 2010

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Depression & Mood, Emotions & Inner Life

The most common New Year’s resolution, spending more time with family and friends, reveals a quiet seasonal depression and a fear of disconnection. Armand DiMele examines why friendships fade over time, how divorce, aging, shame, and shifting priorities pull people apart, and what it actually takes to stay connected.

Discernment and Passive Aggression in Relationships December 28, 2010

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Communication & Conflict, Emotions & Inner Life

Why do couples end up screaming about toothpaste? Armand DiMele argues that the real fight always happened days earlier and went unnoticed. He traces how unspoken irritation builds into passive aggression, how unmet needs distort perception, and why infidelity is often just an exit from a conversation nobody knew how to have.

The Vainglorious Person December 23, 2010

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Identity & The Self

Vainglory is subtler than plain boasting: the vainglorious person wraps genuine insight in passing self-flattery, steering every story back to their own greatness. Armand DiMele unpacks the pattern, argues it masks deep smallness, and makes the case for genuine humility as the rarer and more admirable quality.

Feelings Impulses and Behaviors December 14, 2010

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Armand DiMele draws a sharp line between thinking and feeling, arguing that most people use thoughts as escape hatches from uncomfortable emotions. He introduces his FIB framework (feelings, impulses, behaviors) and explains how expanding your emotional range reduces obsessions, phobias, and depression.