Keyword: adaptation

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Climate Change and the Emotional Body April 1, 2014

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Audrey, Dr. Kenneth Christian, Dr. Michael Bader, Giullian Gioiello, Jeannie, Jonathan Raskin, Linda Vanella, Shay
Category: Anxiety & Fear, Emotions & Inner Life

Severe winters and accelerating climate disruption are doing something to us emotionally that seasonal affective disorder alone cannot explain. Armand DiMele, joined by co-host Giullian Gioiello and Linda Vanella, LCSW-R, explores how environmental upheaval drives withdrawal, hormonal disruption, and a search for connection through technology, money, and music.

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.

The Danger of Unmet Expectations January 24, 2012

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

Unmet expectations trigger a threat response in the brain far stronger than the pleasure of getting what we want. Armand DiMele examines how to stay adaptive when life diverges from the plan, drawing on callers dealing with job searching, a father’s death, and a partner’s crack addiction.

Deception and Adaptation in Nature and Humans March 28, 2007

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Roberta Maria Atin
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Identity & The Self

Deception is not a human failing but a survival strategy woven through all of nature. Armand DiMele and co-host Roberta Maria Atti trace mimicry and camouflage from animals and flowers to human imposture, fictitious illness, and the social masks people wear, asking when self-presentation becomes pathology and how to find the rare relationships where none of it is necessary.

The Art of Accommodation in Relationships February 28, 2007

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Roberta Maria Atti
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Love & Romantic Relationships

Temperature sensitivity turns out to be a window into how couples accommodate each other’s differences. Armand DiMele and co-host Roberta Maria Atti trace the biology of hot flashes, metabolism, and thermal comfort at work and home, arguing that the willingness to accommodate, from the egg and sperm onward, is the foundation of all lasting relationships.

The Flexibility of the Human Mind November 23, 2006

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Roberta Maria Atti
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Gratitude and grief can coexist in the same moment, and that is the real gift of the human mind. Armand and co-host Roberta Maria Atti use Thanksgiving as a launching point to celebrate the mind’s astonishing ability to hold contradictions, process rapid change, and find connection even inside isolation.