Social psychologist Dr. Katherine Good joins Armand and co-hosts Ben Starr and Giullian Gioiello to unpack how stereotypes shape behavior in ways people rarely notice. The conversation moves from implicit bias and stereotype threat to Ferguson, policing, and the fear that drives prejudice.
What does it actually mean to live with a narcissist, and why do so many people keep choosing them? Armand DiMele and Wendy Behary, LCSW, Author of “Disarming the Narcissist,” map the traits, from entitlement and demeaning sarcasm to emotional detachment, and explore why partners often play a willing role in the dynamic.
Living with a partner who has ADHD often breeds nagging, resentment, and a damaging parent-child dynamic, and Armand DiMele explains why the disorder is a brain chemistry issue rather than laziness or selfishness. The episode also examines genetic research on vasopressin and why some people are biologically wired toward infidelity.
Our closest genetic relative isn’t the violent, male-dominated chimpanzee but the bonobo, a peaceable ape in which females run the group and sex defuses conflict. Armand DiMele and co-host Roberta Maria Atti draw out what this means for human assumptions about aggression, gender, and our own nature.
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.
Armand DiMele, with co-hosts Ben Starr and Giullian Gioiello, lays out a three-part framework for how the mind works: pathological thinking (emotion-driven and invisible to itself), logical thinking (pure comparison, no feeling), and psychological thinking (intellect in harmony with emotion). Callers bring the theory to life, revealing how denied feelings quietly hijack everyday thought.
Hypnotherapist Cindy Brielotta walks Armand DiMele through the five-phase process she uses to locate and release buried emotions. The conversation covers why suppressed feelings drain energy and drive overreaction, how hypnotic age regression traces emotions back to their earliest source, and why forgiving an offender is ultimately an act of self-liberation.
