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The Three Modes of Thinking Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Ben Starr, Giullian Gioiello, Mingyi, Pierre, Troy
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, The Mind & Neuroscience

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.

Contacting Your Inner Creature Self Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Diane, Heidi, Yvette
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Stop attacking yourself and start listening. Armand DiMele walks listeners through a step-by-step practice for reaching the instinctual, feeling self he calls the “creature,” using guided relaxation, breath work, and a non-dominant hand writing exercise to open a dialogue between the rational mind and the emotional self.

Childhood Obesity and Parental Responsibility with Molly Carmel Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Molly Carmel, Sherri Siegel
Category: Addiction & Compulsion, Family & Parenting

When does a child’s weight become a matter of parental neglect, even criminal liability? Armand DiMele and co-host Dr. Sherry Siegel, M.D. talk with Molly Carmel, eating disorder specialist at the Wilkins Center, about the biology of obesity, the limits of food policing, and what parents can actually do to help.

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.

Holiday Depression with Dr. Michael B. Schachter Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Dr. Michael B. Schachter, Kent Robertshaw
Category: Anxiety & Fear, Depression & Mood

Why do holidays hit so hard? Armand DiMele and Dr. Kent Robertshaw, MD, Psychiatrist, explore the biology and psychology of seasonal depression, joined by Dr. Michael B. Schachter, MD, Author, who draws on his book about depression to discuss vitamin D, melatonin, light therapy, and the genetic roots of seasonal mood shifts.

Dominance and Submission with Melissa Febos Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Melissa Febos
Category: Identity & The Self, Sexuality & Desire

Melissa Febos, author of the memoir “Whip Smart,” describes her four years as a professional dominatrix in Midtown Manhattan and what it taught her about power and fear. Armand DiMele and co-host Dr. Sherry Siegel probe why high-powered men seek submission, and Febos reflects on how therapy finally let her see the work clearly.

Releasing Repressed Emotion with Anne Marganow Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Anne Marganow
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Bottled-up feelings turn into rage, depression, and stuck stories. Armand DiMele and therapist Anne Marganow argue that accessing fear, sadness, and vulnerability is not weakness but the path to self-support, discussing breathwork, role-switching, and why hysteria is actually a flight from feeling.

Toxic Desires and Compulsion Undated

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

What makes a desire toxic? Armand DiMele takes listener calls to explore how ordinary wants become compulsions, tracing the fears and suppressed anger underneath behaviors like compulsive exercise, procrastination, and the need to be desired. Co-host Deborah Hillman joins throughout.

Mating Intelligence and the Love Delusion Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Christine Ulrich, Iris Reiner
Category: Love & Romantic Relationships, The Mind & Neuroscience

Why are humans biologically wired to deceive each other and themselves in love? Armand DiMele unpacks “mating intelligence,” covering how men misread smiles as sexual interest, how women strategically lie about sexual history, and how dopamine-fueled delusion actually helps couples bond. Researcher Iris Reiner and Christine Ulrich join to connect attachment theory and the DRD4 gene to adult romantic security.

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.