Category: Personal Growth & Change

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Finding the Noble Self with Stephanie Roth-Goldberg December 13, 2007

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Stephanie Roth
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Every dysfunctional behavior hides a noble intent. Armand DiMele and Stephanie Roth-Goldberg, LCSW explore this idea through vivid examples, from the alcoholic who drinks to get to work, to the teenager selling drugs so his mother can quit her second job, revealing how focusing on the wellness rather than the illness can transform how people see themselves.

Finding Yourself Through Film with Dr. Maria Grace December 12, 2007

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Dr. Maria Grace
Category: Identity & The Self, Personal Growth & Change

Movies are not escape but a mirror. Psychologist Dr. Maria Grace explains how film characters trigger projections that reveal hidden fears, unmet needs, and suppressed desires. Armand DiMele explores her 12-step method, from decoding a client’s George Clooney obsession to prescribing specific films that inspire real life change.

Holiday Organization with Marsha Ramsland December 5, 2007

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Marsha Ramsland
Category: Anxiety & Fear, Personal Growth & Change

Over-organization at the holidays can itself be an expression of anger, research suggests. Armand DiMele and organizing expert Marsha Ramsland work through practical strategies for gift lists, themed buying, scheduling and teaching children organizational habits, while Armand pushes back on the limits of pure efficiency.

Perfectionism as Hidden Aggression December 4, 2007

Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Perfectionism is not a virtue but a disguised form of anger. Armand DiMele traces how indirect social aggression in childhood breeds neurotic perfectionism in adults, connects it to eating disorders and hoarding, and urges listeners to loosen their grip, especially during the holidays.

Knowing What You Don’t Know November 29, 2007

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Identity & The Self, Personal Growth & Change

Most people fake what they don’t know rather than admitting the gaps. Armand DiMele argues that genuine curiosity about yourself, your body, your desires, and your patterns is the foundation of real success. A caller named George, 77 and lifelong isolationist, becomes the episode’s most revealing example.

The Four Day Win with Dr. Martha Beck November 20, 2007

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Dr. Martha Beck
Category: Addiction & Compulsion, Personal Growth & Change

Self-loathing drives the very behaviors we are trying to stop. Dr. Martha Beck, author of The Four Day Win, explains how fight-or-flight responses sabotage change, introduces the “dictator” and “wild child” as tools for self-understanding, and offers a Tibetan loving-kindness practice as the surprisingly simple engine of lasting transformation.

The Flow State in Jazz with Eddie Daniels November 13, 2007

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Eddie Daniels, Kent Robertshaw, Mirabai
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Legendary jazz clarinetist Eddie Daniels joins Armand DiMele and Dr. Kent Robertshaw, MD, Psychiatrist to explore what happens inside a musician at the moment of performance: the surrender of ego, the trust that technique will emerge, and the difference between doing and flowing. Weaves in reflections on anger, money, and how life in New Mexico changed Daniels.

The Joy of Curiosity August 22, 2007

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Roberta Maria Atti
Category: Personal Growth & Change, The Mind & Neuroscience

Curiosity is a survival skill. Armand DiMele and co-host Roberta Maria Atti use a near-fatal drug interaction between Effexor and triptans to argue that patients who research their own conditions protect themselves in ways that physicians and pharmacies often fail to. The conversation ranges from mold under a microscope to the mechanics of serotonin reuptake inhibitors.

The Truth About Self-Esteem May 30, 2007

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Identity & The Self, Personal Growth & Change

High self-esteem is not the simple good we’ve been told it is. Armand DiMele and co-host Roberta examine research showing that abusers and violent criminals often score high on self-esteem scales, why therapists’ reliance on supportive praise backfires, and what honest self-knowledge offers instead.

Fixed Mindset and Growth Mindset with Dr. Carol Dweck April 24, 2007

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Dr. Carol Dweck
Category: Identity & The Self, Personal Growth & Change

Can you change how smart or capable you are, or are you stuck with what you have? Dr. Carol Dweck, Professor and Author of the book Mindset, joins Armand to explain how fixed versus growth mindsets shape success, relationships, and resilience, and why treating setbacks as information rather than verdicts changes everything.