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Migraine Pain and Its Many Faces with Dr. Fred Sheftel August 28, 2013

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Dr. Fred Sheftel
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, The Mind & Neuroscience

Migraine is not just a bad headache but a potentially disabling neurological disorder, and Dr. Fred Sheftel, founder of the New England Center for Headaches, walks Armand through the real differences between tension, migraine, and cluster headaches, including triggers, aura, misdiagnosis, and the trap of rebound headaches from overmedication.

Why We Resist Change August 13, 2013

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Andrea Katz, Andrew Phillips, Giullian Gioiello
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Change is inevitable, but transition is psychological and far slower than the physical event. Armand DiMele breaks down why people cling to the status quo, why being changed against your will hurts more than choosing change yourself, and how to use the uncertain in-between period as a space for growth. Co-host Giullian Gioiello joins the conversation.

Addiction as a Survival Strategy August 7, 2013

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Andrew Tatarski, Deborah Hillman, Dr. Harold Urschel, Emily Anthes, Roberta Maria Atzi
Category: Addiction & Compulsion, The Mind & Neuroscience

Every addiction, from food to sex to opiates, traces back to one root: the terror of being alone and unmoored. Armand DiMele and co-host Roberta Maria Atti develop their “refugee syndrome” framework, while a recorded conversation with Dr. Harold Urschel, MD examines brain chemistry, medication, and why comprehensive treatment outperforms willpower alone.

Addiction as Romance with Jonathan Berent July 16, 2013

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Jonathan Berent
Category: Addiction & Compulsion, Anxiety & Fear

Armand DiMele reframes addiction as a romance, arguing that substances and compulsive behaviors offer the unconditional love that people fail to find elsewhere. Social anxiety specialist Jonathan Berent then joins to discuss shyness, social phobia, selective mutism, and why avoidance only deepens over time.

The Art of Presence and Silence July 9, 2013

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Baccha Schwartz, Dieter Middleston Scheid
Category: Meaning, Spirituality & Philosophy, Personal Growth & Change

Therapy can release old wounds, but can it bring you fully alive? Psychiatrist-turned-retreat-leader Dieter Middleston Scheid and his partner Baccha Schwartz describe their immersive silent retreats in Italy, where open sensory attention, slow-motion movement, and ten days without speech help participants rediscover a wordless inner home.

The Felt Sense with Dr. Eugene Gendlin July 3, 2013

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Dr. Eugene Gendlin
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

The body knows more than the mind admits. Dr. Eugene Gendlin, developer of Focusing, walks Armand through how tuning into a subtle physical sensation in the trunk unlocks deeper self-knowledge, and how the same quality of non-judgmental attention transforms the way we listen to the people we love.

Overcoming Performance Anxiety with Natalie H. Rogers June 26, 2013

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Natalie H. Rogers
Category: Anxiety & Fear, Personal Growth & Change

Performance anxiety can freeze you at a job interview, a school meeting, or even walking into a room alone. Natalie H. Rogers, licensed clinical social worker and author of “The New Talk Power,” shares her step-by-step body-based approach: correcting your breathing, developing inner physical awareness, and building concentration so fear stops blocking speech.

Fear of Success with Dr. Don Green June 18, 2013

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Dr. Don Green
Category: Anxiety & Fear, Personal Growth & Change

Talented people often sabotage themselves not from fear of failure but fear of success. Sports psychologist Dr. Don Green, a former Green Beret and author of ‘Fight Your Fear and Win,’ shares seven skills for performing under pressure, including centering, a technique that lets anyone control mental energy in under ten seconds.

How Men Fear Love and Intimacy June 12, 2013

Category: Identity & The Self, Love & Romantic Relationships

Men fear intimacy more than they lack interest in it, and that fear drives most of their confusing behavior. Armand DiMele argues that testosterone, social conditioning, and the terror of vulnerability combine to keep men walled off from real connection, tracing the pattern from adolescent sexuality through the lone-cowboy model of manhood.

How Female Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution June 4, 2013

Category: Sexuality & Desire, The Mind & Neuroscience

Female orgasm, concealed ovulation, and the biology of attraction get a lively treatment as Armand DiMele revisits recorded programs made with co-presenter Roberta Ati. Drawing on evolutionary biology and anthropology, they walk through three competing theories of why human females experience orgasm and how women hiding estrus may have saved the species.