Category: Emotions & Inner Life

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Breaking Free From Fixed Roles November 29, 2005

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Gladys Santopal, Sherry Oren King
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

When we cling to a fixed idea of who we are, something in the mind can sabotage us, as with a kicker who missed three field goals in front of his cheering family. Armand and two Gestalt therapists, Sherry Oren King and Gladys Santopal, explore how rigid self-concepts block authentic living and what awareness, inner reliance, and stopping the urge to change others can actually do.

Why We Feast Together November 23, 2005

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Roberta Maria Atin
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Society, Culture & Current Events

Food is social technology, and the holiday feast is one of humanity’s oldest rituals. Armand and co-host Roberta Maria Atti trace the evolutionary and cultural logic of feasting, from the politics of salt to the symbolism of abundance, and close with practical comfort for people facing the holidays alone.

Why Flowers Make Us Happy November 9, 2005

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

Flowers evolved 140 million years ago and may have developed beauty as a survival strategy by triggering genuine happiness in humans. Armand DiMele and co-host Roberta Maria Ati examine research showing 100% Duchenne smile responses to flowers, the contagion of facial expressions, and the deep evolutionary bond between humans and flowering plants.

How Power Corrupts and Controls November 8, 2005

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

Power is neither good nor bad, but how we wield it reveals our deepest wounds. Armand DiMele maps the many faces of power, from fear-based authority and birth-order dynamics to the narcissistic traits of those who dominate others, and asks how we make peace with our own hunger for it.

The Psychology of Competitive Drive November 2, 2005

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Roberta Maria Atin
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Identity & The Self

Testosterone levels shape how competitive you are, and your finger length reveals which hormones dominated your development. Armand DiMele and co-host Roberta Maria Atti break down three types of competitors, explore how social and sexual dominance often diverge, and connect hormone science to career choice and attraction.

Fear and Finance in the Recession Undated

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Anxiety & Fear, Emotions & Inner Life

Money worries are keeping people awake, but Armand DiMele argues the fear of recession often hurts more than the recession itself. Through live calls, he explores how financial loss strips away the external props people rely on for self-worth, and why giving to others can break the paralysis of unemployment and drift.

Healing Emotions with Cindy Brielotta Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Cindy Brielotta
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Trauma & Healing

Hypnotherapist Cindy Brielotta walks Armand DiMele through the five-phase process she uses to locate and release buried emotions. The conversation covers why suppressed feelings drain energy and drive overreaction, how hypnotic age regression traces emotions back to their earliest source, and why forgiving an offender is ultimately an act of self-liberation.

Political Frustration and the Inner Rebel Undated

Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Society, Culture & Current Events

Political frustration mirrors childhood helplessness more than most people realize. Armand DiMele argues that when rebellion feels futile, people regress to the emotional position of a powerless child, growing cynical or turning on their own allies. Callers share personal stories connecting civic despair to family wounds.

Animal Choices and the Hidden Self Undated

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

Your favorite animal reveals your true nature, while your favorite color is the mask you show the world. Armand DiMele builds a surprisingly revealing self-knowledge exercise from listener responses, then pivots to pity, arguing that pitying others distances us from them and that self-pity quietly sustains depression by substituting victimhood for honest self-examination.

Fear Behind Every Difficult Behavior Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Roberta Maria Atti
Category: Anxiety & Fear, Emotions & Inner Life

Almost all erratic, confusing, or harmful human behavior traces back to fear. Armand DiMele and co-host Roberta Maria Atti walk through the evolutionary roots of fear, its biochemistry, and how recognizing that someone is frightened rather than attacking changes everything about how we respond to them.