Neurocardiology is upending the old idea that the heart is merely a pump. Armand DiMele and Dr. Sherry Siegel, M.D. examine how extreme stress and emotional loss can literally stop the heart, where serotonin is actually stored in the body, and why fragmented specialist care leaves patients powerless.
The brain is wired to fill in gaps, and that drive shapes everything from vision to dreams to romantic longing. Armand DiMele and Dr. Sherry Siegel, M.D. trace the neuroscience of synapses and blind spots outward to nightmares, compulsive thinking, and why an excited amygdala conjures danger from thin air.
Why do we keep making the same resolutions year after year? Armand DiMele and Dr. Sherry Siegel, M.D. dig into the inner force that blocks change, tracing resistance through its many disguises including procrastination, self-criticism, and forgetting. Armand’s concept of the internal “engineer” offers a fresh way to understand why the familiar, even when harmful, feels safer than growth.
What does a rare neurological condition reveal about emotional life? Armand DiMele and Dr. Sherry Siegel, M.D. use locked-in syndrome as a lens to examine how people become trapped inside themselves through addiction, social anxiety, schizoid withdrawal, and holiday depression, then turn toward gratitude as a way out.
Work should feel like play, but most people never find that fit. Career psychologist Dr. Brian Schwartz walks Armand and co-host Dr. Sherry Siegel, M.D. through a six-part model for career planning, starting with psychological type, the sensing-intuitive spectrum, and how self-knowledge leads to genuinely fulfilling work even in a tough economy.
Your heartbeat, digestion, sleep cycles, and mood are all governed by biological rhythms, and falling out of sync has real consequences. Armand DiMele and Dr. Sherry Siegel, M.D. explore cortisol, melatonin, the pineal gland, and what it means when two people’s rhythms simply don’t match.
Why do manners exist, who gets to have them, and what happens when the brain can no longer enforce them? Armand DiMele and Dr. Sherry Siegel, M.D. trace etiquette from dementia and autism to class inequality and road rage, arguing that good manners are ultimately a function of time, neurological capacity, and self-awareness.
Touch is a basic human need that goes unmet for many people, especially the elderly. Armand explores the science and practice of massage with Dr. Sherry Siegel, M.D. and licensed massage therapist Faith Schwartz, covering everything from nerve sensitivity and endorphins to the many massage modalities and why draping builds trust.
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.
Migraine is a disease, not just a bad headache. Armand and Dr. Sherry Siegel, M.D. are joined by neurologist Dr. Carolyn Bernstein, author of “The Migraine Brain,” to cover diagnostic criteria, weather and hormonal triggers, travel-related attacks, pain diaries, and why no universal cure exists.
