Keyword: guilt

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Why We Have Uncomfortable Emotions December 7, 2005

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Roberta Maria Atti
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, The Mind & Neuroscience

Uncomfortable feelings like jealousy, disgust, and schadenfreude exist because they once helped us survive. Armand DiMele and co-host Roberta Maria Atti apply evolutionary psychology to seven “deadly sentiments,” showing how emotions override rational thought to shift behavior instantly in the face of unforeseen threats or losses.

Caring for Aging Parents Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Alan White, Stephanie Roth
Category: Aging & Mortality, Family & Parenting

Four generations now routinely coexist, and the adult child’s role shifts dramatically when a parent begins to decline. Armand DiMele and co-host Stephanie Roth-Goldberg, LCSW, together with Alan White, examine how guilt and obligation keep families at arm’s length, what real caregiving looks like, and why spouses of Alzheimer’s patients resist the help they most need.

Inner Voices and Obsessive Compulsion Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Linda Vanella
Category: Anxiety & Fear, Meaning, Spirituality & Philosophy

What happens when the inner voice you are told to trust becomes the voice that traps you? Armand DiMele and Linda Vanella, LCSW-R, trace how obsessive compulsive thinking works, with a close look at scrupulosity, the little-known OCD variant rooted in religious or moral perfectionism, and how childhood wounds often feed these hidden compulsions.

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.

Feelings You Are Supposed to Have Undated

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

Why do people fail to feel what others expect them to feel? Armand DiMele examines the gap between expected and actual emotion, from maternal instinct and monogamy to pride, generosity, and remorse. Callers share their own struggles, including one survivor reconnecting with spirituality after trauma.

Male Sexuality with Dr. Michael Bader Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Dr. Michael Bader
Category: Identity & The Self, Sexuality & Desire

Sexual fantasy is a creative workaround for deep psychological inhibition. Dr. Michael Bader, author of “Male Sexuality,” joins Armand to explain how childhood guilt, the fear of hurting others, and the loss of selfhood quietly kill desire, and why “healthy ruthlessness” is actually essential to arousal.

Healing Emotions with Cindy Brielotta Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Cindy Brielotta
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Trauma & Healing

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.

Taming the Inner and Outer Bully with Stephen B. Rosenstein Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Stephen B. Rosenstein
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Bullies are victims too, argues Stephen B. Rosenstein, author of “Taming Your Inner and Outer Bullies.” Armand DiMele and Rosenstein trace bullying behavior back to childhood victimization and unresolved guilt, showing how the same inner cruelty that drives people to harm others quietly drives self-destruction as well.