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Finding Work with Nick Papadopoulos Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Linda Vanella, Nick Papadopoulos
Category: Communication & Conflict, Personal Growth & Change

Desperation is the biggest obstacle in a job search, and the antidote is a sense of abundance. Nick Papadopoulos, Success Counselor, joins Armand and Linda Vanella, LCSW-R, to share practical tools: defining your dream job by twelve characteristics, reading communication styles before a word is spoken, and showing up with intention rather than fear.

Feelings You Are Supposed to Have Undated

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Identity & The Self

Why do people fail to feel what others expect them to feel? Armand DiMele examines the gap between expected and actual emotion, from maternal instinct and monogamy to pride, generosity, and remorse. Callers share their own struggles, including one survivor reconnecting with spirituality after trauma.

Why We Refuse to Ask for Help Undated

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Most people would rather struggle alone than ask for help, and Armand DiMele digs into why. Drawing on Jung’s archetype of the beggar, he traces the fear of asking to three roots: surrender of control, shame of appearing flawed, and the deep belief that no one is truly there for you. Callers bring the ideas to life.

Animal Survival and Human Deception Undated

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Every human defense strategy has a counterpart in nature. Armand DiMele maps four types of animal mimicry onto everyday human behavior, from gang colors to tomboyism to con artists, then takes a caller whose obsessive cleaning turns out to mask a deeper, unnamed fear.

Caring for Aging Parents Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Alan White, Stephanie Roth
Category: Aging & Mortality, Family & Parenting

Four generations now routinely coexist, and the adult child’s role shifts dramatically when a parent begins to decline. Armand DiMele and co-host Stephanie Roth-Goldberg, LCSW, together with Alan White, examine how guilt and obligation keep families at arm’s length, what real caregiving looks like, and why spouses of Alzheimer’s patients resist the help they most need.

The Psychology of Flow Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: John Valerio, Lisa Arnone
Category: Meaning, Spirituality & Philosophy, Personal Growth & Change

What does it mean to be fully alive in the present moment? Armand DiMele and co-host Lisa Arnone, LCSW, dig into Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s concept of flow and the autotelic personality, arguing that real positivity comes from seeing reality clearly, not from manufactured optimism.

Fear and Finance in the Recession Undated

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Anxiety & Fear, Emotions & Inner Life

Money worries are keeping people awake, but Armand DiMele argues the fear of recession often hurts more than the recession itself. Through live calls, he explores how financial loss strips away the external props people rely on for self-worth, and why giving to others can break the paralysis of unemployment and drift.

The Need to Be Held with Jean Liedloff Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Jean Liedloff
Category: Family & Parenting, Identity & The Self

What happens to people who were never held as babies? Jean Liedloff, author of “The Continuum Concept,” argues that the unmet need for physical contact in infancy drives lifelong restlessness, rage, and self-rejection. Armand and callers trace the thread from Columbine to loneliness to addiction.

Shame and the Urge to Disappear Undated

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Depression & Mood, Emotions & Inner Life

Blushing is just the visible tip of shame, but Armand DiMele argues that shame runs deep enough to drive suicide across cultures, from Afghan women to Japanese workers to returning soldiers. Callers share their own experiences of shame, self-attack, and the spiritual breakthroughs that finally allowed them to feel worthy.

Seven Steps to Living Your Passion with Christine Langerman Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Christine Langerman
Category: Identity & The Self, Personal Growth & Change

Most people make decisions by default rather than by design. Armand DiMele and life coach Christine Langerman walk through seven steps for intentional living, using the deceptively simple question of what to have for dinner to reveal how the shadow self, fear of failure, and lost passion quietly shape every choice we make.