Keyword: retirement

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Abolition and the Loss of Motivation April 7, 2015

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Depression & Mood, Personal Growth & Change

What looks like laziness is often abulia, a poverty of will rooted in depression, loss, or broken structure. Armand DiMele traces the condition through job loss, retirement, post-college drift, and the Japanese phenomenon of hikikomori, then works live with callers stuck in exactly this state.

The Gifts and Losses of Growing Old September 17, 2009

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Aging & Mortality, Personal Growth & Change

Getting older is full of gifts that youth misses entirely: steadiness, perspective, freedom from reactive chemistry. Armand DiMele makes the case for aging with dignity rather than fighting it, drawing on caller stories, brain science, and the value older workers bring to any room.