Keyword: storytelling

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The 36 Dramatic Situations with Jeff Kitchen January 13, 2015

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Anthony, Beverly, Dennis, Dr. Annalisa Erba, Giullian Gioiello, Jeff Kitchen, Jonathan Raskin
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

Human life maps onto just 36 dramatic situations, a framework screenwriter Jeff Kitchen shared with Armand DiMele. Using Georges Polti’s classic book as a lens, Armand and co-host Giullian Gioiello take live calls and show how real struggles, from tyrannical fathers to fear of love, fit ancient dramatic patterns.

The Stories We Tell Ourselves September 18, 2012

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: John Valerio, Lisa Arnone
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Identity & The Self

We are all method actors in stories we invented, and the stories we tell others are shaped as much by what listeners want to hear as by what we want to say. Armand DiMele and Lisa Arnone, LCSW explore how anxiety, denial, and the compulsive need to “fix” others often trace back to unfinished business from childhood.

Why We Tell Ourselves Certain Stories Undated

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Diane, Dr. Carol Dweck, Giullian Gioiello, Jennifer, John Valerio, Kelly, Rick
Category: Identity & The Self, The Mind & Neuroscience

Neural activity, not psychology, drives the stories we construct about our lives. Armand DiMele argues that the brain manufactures narratives, jealousy, ambition, grief, romantic obsession, to exhaust excess electrical energy and restore equilibrium. Co-host Giullian Gioiello joins as callers test the theory against real losses and life patterns.