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Does Life Get Better With Age November 30, 2011

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Kent Robertshaw, Linda Vanella

Category: Depression & Mood, Personal Growth & Change

Life does get better for most people, and Armand explores why with Dr. Kent Robertshaw, MD, Psychiatrist, and Linda Vanella, LCSW-R. Three forces drive improvement over time: burnout from exhausting old patterns, learning to manage triggers, and growing self-acceptance. Psychiatric advances, caller stories about ambivalent relationships, and the transformative love of parenthood all figure in.

What It Takes to Keep Love Alive March 12, 2009

Category: Identity & The Self, Love & Romantic Relationships

Happy couples are rarer than we admit, and Armand DiMele argues that keeping love alive requires a growth mindset, emotional honesty, and resisting the slow drift into sleepwalking togetherness. A caller’s reflection on being a Black gay man navigating impossible masculine expectations gives the conversation real weight.

Family Systems and Hidden Roles March 23, 2006

Host: Armand DiMele

Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Family & Parenting

Every family is a system, and the ‘sick’ member is rarely the only one who needs help. Armand DiMele walks through systems theory from triangulation and the rebel child to Munchausen by proxy, arguing that treating the individual without the whole family often misses the point entirely.