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Truth Heals with Deborah King April 17, 2013

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Deborah King, Jeremy Spiegel

Category: The Mind & Neuroscience, Trauma & Healing

Self-deception is not just a psychological problem but a physical one. Deborah King, author of “Truth Heals,” shares how the lies we tell ourselves about relationships, work, and childhood wounds drain our energy and manifest as illness, drawing on her own journey through an eating disorder, bipolar disorder, cancer, and addiction. Armand DiMele and Dr. Jeremy Spiegel, Psychiatrist, join the conversation.

How Was Your Year December 31, 2009

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Akilah, Alex, Debbie, Joanne, Juana, Lauren Sykes, Lynn, Tony Thomas

Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Armand DiMele opens the phones and asks listeners to rate their year on a scale of zero to ten and name three things that shaped it. Callers share stories of job hope, health crises, death, financial collapse, and hard-won perspective, turning the show into a candid collective inventory of 2009.

Cancer, Oxygen and Toxic Conditions with Dr. Majid Ali September 11, 2007

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Dr. Majid Ali

Category: Meaning, Spirituality & Philosophy, The Mind & Neuroscience

Dr. Majid Ali, Physician, presents his framework for understanding cancer through three root causes: toxic foods, toxic environment, and toxic thoughts. Broadcast on the anniversary of 9/11, this expanded WBAI fundraising edition covers enzyme therapies, bowel and liver detox, and the case for patient self-education as a counterweight to fear.

Creativity and Transforming Illness with Dr. Toby Zausner April 3, 2007

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Dr. Toby Zausner, Kent Robertshaw

Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Illness can be a doorway rather than a dead end. Dr. Toby Zausner, author of “When Walls Become Doorways,” shares her own survival of ovarian cancer and traces how artists including Matisse and Edvard Munch turned serious illness into their greatest work. Dr. Kent Robertshaw, MD, Psychiatrist, explores how tapping creativity fights helplessness and depression.