Guest: Bernie Starr

Irritability and the Weather July 8, 2010

Irritability turns out to be closer to fear than anger, and closer to tears than most people realize. Armand DiMele and Stephanie D’Ambra, LCSW, trace how weather, hormones, serotonin, fatigue, and vitamin D deprivation all converge to push the nervous system toward that hair-trigger state, and callers weigh in with their own experiences.

Celebrating the Primitive Self March 18, 2009

What do parties, hunger, sex, and manipulation have in common? They all hijack the primitive brain. Armand DiMele argues that the real work of being human is learning to honor instinct and intellect together, rather than letting either one run the show.