Keyword: anger

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The Neuroscience of Feeling and Numbness with Dr. Sherry Siegel July 22, 2009

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Sherri Siegel
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, The Mind & Neuroscience

Armand DiMele and Dr. Sherry Siegel, M.D., a neurologist, unpack alexithymia, the inability to identify or express emotions, tracing it from spinal reflexes to brain chemistry. They explore how trauma and abuse can shut down feeling as a survival mechanism, why couples clash over emotional expression, and how hormones and neurotransmitters shape what we feel.

Stealing as a Search for Love July 9, 2009

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Jenny, Sarah, Stephanie D'Ambra, Susan
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Armand DiMele argues that theft, in nearly all its forms, is rooted in a felt absence of love. From childhood shoplifting to time theft at work, he traces how people take what they cannot seem to receive. Stephanie D’Ambra, LCSW, joins to discuss fighting institutional systems, and callers weigh in on corporate fraud and righteous anger.

The Art of Confrontation July 1, 2009

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Sherri Siegel
Category: Communication & Conflict, Emotions & Inner Life

Confrontation can connect or destroy depending on how it is used. Armand and co-host Dr. Sherry Siegel, M.D., a neurologist, trace confrontation from childhood power dynamics to workplace disputes, examining what makes it skillful or destructive, how body chemistry fuels anger, and why finding common ground often works better than open conflict.

The Need to Trust June 17, 2009

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

Why do we so desperately need someone to trust, and how do we know when that trust is being exploited? Armand DiMele examines the psychology of trust from both sides, dissecting how gurus, doctors, lawyers, and other professionals earn or betray it, then takes a call from a man struggling to quit a long marijuana habit.

Why Communicating Feelings Is So Hard April 1, 2009

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Communication & Conflict, Emotions & Inner Life

Genuine emotional communication may be less common than people think. Armand DiMele argues that most requests to “share feelings” are really bids for safety and control, explores how serotonin differences shape why women and men relate to talking differently, and takes calls on friendship wounds, absent parents, and family rejection.

When Stress Becomes Strain with Dr. Bernie Stahl March 25, 2009

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Dr. Bernie Stahl
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Stress is not the enemy, but strain is. Armand DiMele and Dr. Bernie Stahl use physics as a framework to trace how normal stress hardens into breakdown, and why the real remedy is not relaxation or meditation but acknowledging the pain directly. Callers practice shouting their anger out loud.

Four Steps to Peace of Mind with Dr. Henry Kellerman March 11, 2009

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Dr. Bernard Starr, Dr. Henry Kellerman
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Can psychological symptoms be resolved in four steps? Dr. Bernard Starr, PhD, Psychologist, guest-hosts and interviews psychoanalyst Dr. Henry Kellerman, whose book argues that every symptom traces back to unconscious rage over blocked wishes. They unpack the four-step symptom code, contrast psychoanalytic and behavioral approaches, and discuss how identifying hidden anger can dissolve phobias and obsessive thoughts.

New Year Personality Change January 1, 2009

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

Every change demands a loss, and Armand DiMele makes that the central argument of this New Year’s Day reflection. Wanting more organization means surrendering some creative chaos; dropping anger means facing the sadness underneath it. He walks through anger, depression, isolation, and petty dishonesty as sites where real change begins, and closes with a set of simple, non-preachy invitations: weep freely, listen without challenging, apologize, be kinder.

The Perfectionist Personality Under Stress November 13, 2008

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Anxiety & Fear, Identity & The Self

Rigid, perfectionistic people crack hardest when life goes wrong, and Armand DiMele explains why. He distinguishes OCD from obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, showing how the desperate need to be right drives indecision, relationship conflict, explosive anger, and hoarding, and how admitting fallibility is the way out.

Transformative Communication with David B. Wolf October 15, 2008

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: David B. Wolf
Category: Communication & Conflict, Personal Growth & Change

True communication starts with inner accountability, not technique. David B. Wolf, author of “Relationships That Work,” joins Armand to argue that mirroring emotions, suspending defensiveness, and taking full responsibility for your experience are the foundations of connection. Callers test the ideas with real relationship struggles.