Playing the victim is a strategy, not just a feeling. Armand DiMele examines how adopting a victim stance recruits allies, deflects accountability, and keeps conflict alive, drawing on callers’ stories of family betrayal, injustice, and the hard work of forgiving those who caused real harm.
Does sin come from God, culture, or conscience? Armand DiMele and Lisa Arnone, LCSW, survey how Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each define wrongdoing, weigh intention, and offer paths to forgiveness. Callers share personal takes on adultery, faith, and moral accountability.
Revenge feels like it should bring relief, but research shows it usually makes people feel worse. Armand DiMele examines why humans obsess over getting even, from schoolyard feuds and Internet bullying to workplace injustice, and whether letting go is ever truly possible.
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.
