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The Flexible Mind October 23, 2008

Host: Armand DiMele
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Personal Growth & Change

A rigid mind is the root of most psychological suffering, from addiction to depression to PTSD. Armand DiMele argues that mental flexibility, the willingness to take in new information and break habitual patterns, is the single quality that separates a stuck life from an open one. Callers test the idea live.

When Pain Gets Locked Away August 30, 2006

Host: Armand DiMeleGuests: Kent Robertshaw
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Trauma & Healing

Armand DiMele and Dr. Kent Robertshaw, MD, Psychiatrist, examine why people lock away unbearable pain rather than face it, how children assign themselves blame for disasters and abuse, and why denial of death costs us empathy for suffering near and far.