Hosts: Armand DiMele

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Breaking the Habit of Underachievement with Dr. Kenneth Christian Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Dr. Kenneth Christian
Category: Identity & The Self, Personal Growth & Change

Limiting beliefs keep talented people stuck, and therapist Armand DiMele unpacks them with Dr. Kenneth Christian, author of “Your Own Worst Enemy.” They map the traps: distaste for order, compulsive giving for love, the need to control, and fear of rocking the boat, arguing the problem is never the person, only the pattern.

The Neuroscience of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Undated

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

Seven million Americans live with OCD, yet most go undiagnosed for nearly a decade. Armand DiMele traces the disorder to its neurochemical roots in the amygdala and cingulate gyrus, explains why evolution wired us toward obsessive vigilance, and surveys its many overlooked forms from hoarding to contamination fear.

The Origins of Moral Feeling Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Roberta Maria Atin
Category: Identity & The Self, Meaning, Spirituality & Philosophy

What makes people care about right and wrong, and where does that impulse come from? Armand DiMele and co-host Roberta Maria Atti open with a striking story of a heavily medicated psychiatric patient who offered comfort to his own doctor, then trace morality from biology and genetics through religion, sexuality, taxes, and the tension between inner conviction and externally imposed rules.

How Hearing Changes as We Age Undated

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Aging & Mortality, The Mind & Neuroscience

Hearing isn’t just physical, it’s psychological. Armand DiMele explains how the ear literally bifurcates with age, making it harder to attend to competing sounds, and how emotional states like depression or childhood fear shape what we allow ourselves to hear.

Taming the Inner and Outer Bully with Stephen B. Rosenstein Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Stephen B. Rosenstein
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Bullies are victims too, argues Stephen B. Rosenstein, author of “Taming Your Inner and Outer Bullies.” Armand DiMele and Rosenstein trace bullying behavior back to childhood victimization and unresolved guilt, showing how the same inner cruelty that drives people to harm others quietly drives self-destruction as well.

Fear Behind Every Difficult Behavior Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Roberta Maria Atti
Category: Anxiety & Fear, Emotions & Inner Life

Almost all erratic, confusing, or harmful human behavior traces back to fear. Armand DiMele and co-host Roberta Maria Atti walk through the evolutionary roots of fear, its biochemistry, and how recognizing that someone is frightened rather than attacking changes everything about how we respond to them.

People Come Into Your Life for a Reason Undated

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Grief & Loss, Love & Romantic Relationships

Relationships arrive as reasons, seasons, or lifetimes, and recognizing which is which changes everything. Armand DiMele works through the framework with callers, including a widow who cannot move on from her late husband and a mother estranged from her daughter for seven months, drawing out what each past relationship gave us even after it ends.

Dealing With Someone Else’s Anger Undated

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Communication & Conflict, Emotions & Inner Life

When someone you love or work with takes their anger out on you unfairly, what do you actually do? Armand DiMele walks through the spectrum of responses, from fighting back to showing genuine hurt, and argues that expressing pain rather than matching anger is both more natural and more disarming. Callers explore grief-fueled resentment and chronic irritability at home.

The Sibling Bond Undated

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Family & Parenting

Siblings shape us more than we realize. Armand DiMele traces how sibling bonds affect happiness and brain chemistry, explains the Westermarck effect and genetic sexual attraction, and connects the serotonin boost of sister-talk to why women need groups, gossip, and nail salons. Callers share their own sibling stories.

The Weight of Caregiving with Diana Denholm Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Diana Denholm, John Valerio, Linda Vanella, Lisa Arnone
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Family & Parenting

What happens when caregiving breeds resentment, and is walking away ever the right choice? Armand DiMele and Dr. Diana Denholm, MD, along with Linda Vanella, LCSW-R, and Lisa Arnone, LCSW, examine the emotional cost of caring for ill or aging loved ones, the guilt of leaving, and why honest communication matters more than silent sacrifice.