Guest: David Travland

The Face We Show Strangers December 24, 2014

What we hide behind a first impression reveals more than what we show. Armand DiMele and co-hosts Ben Starr and Giullian Gioiello unpack why people announce what they are not (threatening, needy, angry, afraid) and how every social mask points back to the insecurity underneath it.

The Weight of Caregiving September 9, 2009

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: David Travland, Rhonda Travland, Sherri Siegel

When devotion to a sick partner becomes all-consuming, caregivers lose themselves. Armand DiMele and co-host Dr. Sherry Siegel, M.D. speak with David Travland and Rhonda Travland, authors of “The Tough and Tender Caregiver,” who each survived years of spousal caregiving and argue that self-care is not selfishness but survival.

The Psychology of Grandparenting August 10, 2006

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Catherine, David Travland, Keith, Sante

Grandparents are everywhere in family life yet almost nowhere in psychology literature. Armand DiMele builds a case for why grandparenting deserves serious study, examining how grandparents transmit love, jealousy, and dysfunction across generations, illustrated by callers sharing their own grandparent stories.