Category: Identity & The Self

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The Masculine and Feminine Within with Daphne Rose Kingma December 19, 2012

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Daphne Rose Kingma
Category: Identity & The Self, Love & Romantic Relationships

Men carry a hidden wound from early separation, and it shapes everything from sexuality to emotional avoidance. Daphne Rose Kingma, Psychotherapist and Author, joins Armand to examine how men seek reunion with the feminine through sex and intimacy, why women often misread male emotional needs, and how genuine wholeness requires owning both masculine and feminine within ourselves.

The Visionary Mind with Marilyn Ferguson December 4, 2012

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Marilyn Ferguson
Category: Identity & The Self, Personal Growth & Change

What separates people who act on their ideas from those who don’t? Armand DiMele revisits a recovered interview with Marilyn Ferguson, Author of “The Aquarian Conspiracy,” exploring the habits and attitudes of practicing visionaries, the cost of conformity, and why learning to parent yourself may matter more than raw talent.

Personality Types Along the Continuum October 23, 2012

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Dr. Erin Oberlander, John Valerio, Lisa Arnone
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Identity & The Self

We are all born with slightly more of one trait than another, and under stress that trait gets exaggerated into what we call a personality disorder. Armand explores this continuum with Lisa Arnone, LCSW, and Dr. Erin Oberlander, examining projection, borderline dynamics, and why blame, whether of self or others, keeps people stuck.

Self-Knowledge and the Patterns We Repeat in Love October 10, 2012

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: John Valerio, Lisa Arnone
Category: Identity & The Self, Love & Romantic Relationships

Why do we keep choosing the same partners and recreating the same dynamics? Armand DiMele argues that relationship problems are never really about the other person but about unexamined childhood wounds. With co-therapist Lisa Arnone, LCSW, he traces how early needs for attractiveness, desirability, and parental attention shape adult love patterns.

The Stories We Tell Ourselves September 18, 2012

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: John Valerio, Lisa Arnone
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Identity & The Self

We are all method actors in stories we invented, and the stories we tell others are shaped as much by what listeners want to hear as by what we want to say. Armand DiMele and Lisa Arnone, LCSW explore how anxiety, denial, and the compulsive need to “fix” others often trace back to unfinished business from childhood.

Magical Thinking and the Double Bind September 4, 2012

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Brian Jefferson, Dr. Annalisa Erba, Ilana Rubenfeld, Johnna Valerio
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Identity & The Self

Armand DiMele breaks down two foundational distortions in human thinking: magical thinking, the belief that we cause or control others’ feelings, and the double bind, the no-win trap that forces children to bend reality rather than expose a parent’s lie. Both patterns, rooted in childhood, quietly drive adult dysfunction.

What Your Voice Reveals About You August 29, 2012

Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Identity & The Self

Your speaking style gives you away. Armand DiMele and voice specialist Elizabeth Sastry break down the psychological types behind how people talk: the deferential, the dramatic, the worrier, the scattered, the controlling, and the silent. Callers then test the framework against their own relationships.

Psychopathy Betrayal and the Almost Psychopath August 28, 2012

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

When is a mild case of a disorder more dangerous than the full-blown version? Armand DiMele argues that the ‘almost psychopath,’ charming and high-functioning but lacking empathy, causes far more harm than the obvious criminal. He connects this to betrayal, neediness, and why the most vulnerable people are most at risk.

The Id the Ego and Falling in Love August 21, 2012

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Lisa Arnone
Category: Identity & The Self, Love & Romantic Relationships

Why do people fall in love, and why do they stop? Armand DiMele, joined in the studio by Lisa Arnone, LCSW, uses Freud’s id and ego to explain romantic longing as an inner drive, exploring how unmet needs pull us toward love and how self-sufficiency can quiet that pull entirely.

The Pleasure of Moving Other People’s Emotions August 15, 2012

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

Why do people enjoy provoking reactions in others? Armand DiMele argues that our repressed emotions make us easy targets for manipulation, and that triggering someone else’s feelings is often a bid for power or a way to stay hidden. Music, trolling, lap dancing, and jealousy all illustrate the same dynamic.