Category: Emotions & Inner Life

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The Part of You That Resists Change June 20, 2012

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Lisa Arnone
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Growth has three stages: awareness, knowledge, and personal change. Armand DiMele and Lisa Arnone, LCSW, walk through each, arguing that real transformation begins not with making changes but with seeing your situation clearly and without judgment. The episode’s centerpiece is the “engineer,” an inner force that fights to keep you exactly as you are and can only be moved by negotiation, not force.

What Is a Feeling June 12, 2012

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Lisa Arnone, Michael G. Haskins
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Most people, including therapists, cannot define the difference between a feeling and an emotion. Armand DiMele works through that confusion with Lisa Arnone, LCSW, distinguishing feelings (bodily sensations), emotions (outward discharge), and impulses, and showing why conflating them keeps people stuck.

The Concept of Sin Across Religions June 6, 2012

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Lisa Arnone
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Meaning, Spirituality & Philosophy

Does sin come from God, culture, or conscience? Armand DiMele and Lisa Arnone, LCSW, survey how Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each define wrongdoing, weigh intention, and offer paths to forgiveness. Callers share personal takes on adultery, faith, and moral accountability.

Technology, Family Bonds and Real Connection June 5, 2012

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Family & Parenting

Are smartphones and social media bringing families closer or hollowing out real intimacy? Armand DiMele and co-host Lisa Arnone examine adult children moving back home, how texting reshaped parent-child bonds, and the painful gap between online connection and genuine closeness. Callers bring it to life.

Disappointment and Activism in the Occupy Movement May 1, 2012

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Linda Vanella, Lisa Arnone
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Society, Culture & Current Events

Disappointment is the hidden threat to political activists: it slides into apathy, rage, or depression if left unexamined. Armand DiMele, joined by Lisa Arnone, LCSW, and Linda Vanella, LCSW-R, uses the Occupy Wall Street moment to explore what happens psychologically when passionate effort seems to yield no visible result.

When We Lose Control April 11, 2012

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Linda Vanella
Category: Addiction & Compulsion, Emotions & Inner Life

Why do otherwise controlled people suddenly explode? Armand DiMele and Linda Vanella, LCSW-R, trace the roots of losing control across rage, sexuality, eating, and grief, arguing that the narcissistic wound is the most reliable trigger, and that suppression itself sets the stage for the blowup.

The Power of Neurotic Functioning April 4, 2012

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

Why do people sabotage peace and quiet? Armand DiMele argues that neurotic behavior, from triangulation to volatile relationships, is not weakness but a disguised grab for power. Recognizing that hidden payoff, he suggests, is the first step toward finally choosing the high road.

Finding Power in Your Dysfunction April 3, 2012

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Joanna, John Valerio, Lisa Arnone
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Every behavior we label dysfunctional serves a hidden purpose. Armand DiMele argues that depression, addiction, paranoia, and even passivity are forms of power, and that befriending these parts of ourselves rather than fighting them is what actually enables change. Lisa Arnone, LCSW joins the conversation alongside callers working through these ideas in real time.

The Feeling of Powerlessness March 21, 2012

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Linda Vanella
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Power is largely an illusion, and fighting that truth is a recipe for depression, rigidity, and exhaustion. Armand DiMele and Linda Vanella, LCSW-R, trace powerlessness from its biological roots through addiction, codependency, grief, and disability, arguing that accepting what we cannot control is itself a form of strength.

Money Attitudes with Nick Papadopoulos March 20, 2012

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Linda Vanella, Nick Papadopoulos
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Your attitude toward money, not your bank balance, is what keeps you stuck. Armand DiMele and Nick Papadopoulos, Success Counselor, trace how childhood environments of scarcity or abundance shape spending habits, self-sabotage, and the unconscious games people play around earning and giving money away.