Keyword: giving

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The Feeling Beneath Rejection July 16, 2014

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Alex, Jamie, Sandra Reischus
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Armand DiMele argues that rejection is not a feeling but a perception of someone else’s behavior, and that the real emotional work begins when you ask what you actually felt underneath it. The episode ranges from the psychology of giving and receiving gifts to sexual withdrawal, childhood conditioning, and callers navigating depression and family pressure.

Generosity and Stinginess August 27, 2013

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Identity & The Self

Generous people live with a sense of unlimited possibility while stingy people hoard out of fear, including fear of death. Armand DiMele argues that giving can be an act of aggression and withholding an act of love, and that wealth has almost nothing to do with which type you are.

Holiday Blues and Gift Giving December 13, 2005

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Depression & Mood, Emotions & Inner Life

Holiday cheer masks real pain, and Armand DiMele digs into why. He traces seasonal depression and Scrooge-like bitterness to absent or cold fathers, unpacks the hidden psychology of gift giving and receiving, and takes calls from listeners carrying loneliness, loss, and family estrangement into the season.

The Burden of Making Everyone Happy Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Casey, Giullian Gioiello, Joy, Linda Vanella, Marguerite, Naina Ervin, Richard, Roberta Maria Acchi, Seema, Tarun
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Why do some people feel responsible for everyone else’s happiness? Armand DiMele, joined by co-host Giullian Gioiello and Linda Vanella, LCSW-R, unpacks the compulsion to please others, the anger it breeds when unreciprocated, and the guilt that follows when we feel we’ve let someone down.