Hosts: Armand DiMele

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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.

Mating in Captivity with Esther Perel December 6, 2007

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Esther Perel
Category: Love & Romantic Relationships, Sexuality & Desire

Can you want what you already have? Esther Perel, MA, LMFT, psychotherapist and author, joins Armand to argue that domestic equality and child-centered parenting quietly drain erotic energy from long-term relationships, and that reviving desire requires a different set of rules for the bedroom than for the kitchen.

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.

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 Many Faces of Denial November 28, 2007

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Addiction & Compulsion, Emotions & Inner Life

Denial is not weakness but an evolved survival tool, and Armand DiMele breaks down its many forms: denial of fact, responsibility, impact, awareness, and cycle. He connects this mechanism to addiction, overeating, abusive relationships, and even the subprime mortgage collapse, then works through caller stories to show how denial operates from the inside.

Mating in Captivity with Esther Perel November 21, 2007

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Esther Perel
Category: Love & Romantic Relationships, Sexuality & Desire

Too much closeness can kill desire. Esther Perel, MA, LMFT, Psychotherapist and Author of “Mating in Captivity,” joins Armand to argue that intimacy and eroticism often work against each other, and that passion depends on mystery, uncertainty, and the space to want.

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.

Fear Conditioning and the Dentist November 15, 2007

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Anxiety & Fear, The Mind & Neuroscience

Why do so many people dread the dentist? Armand DiMele uses dental fear as a window into how the brain wires pain to neutral stimuli, how that wiring buries itself under layers of displacement, and how extinction learning and reward associations can undo it.

What Your Clothing Says About You November 14, 2007

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Identity & The Self, Society, Culture & Current Events

Fashion is never just fashion. Armand DiMele traces clothing choices from 7,500-year-old figurines to sagging jeans, arguing that what we wear signals identity, power, and rebellion, and that our snap judgments about others’ dress reveal uncomfortable truths about ourselves. Callers share their own stories.

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.