Episodes
Nov. 19, 2019
Seasonal Depression
When daylight hours start to decrease and it gets colder outside many people may find themselves experiencing symptoms resembling depression. For some the symptoms are relatively brief. Tempers may seem shorter for parents st...
Nov. 12, 2019
Emotional Flooding: Fear Strikes
One of the biggest relationship challenges that people struggle with is emotional flooding. It’s something that happens to everyone sometimes, and if you don’t know how to respond to it, it can escalate conflict and create di...
Nov. 5, 2019
The Power of Resilience
Adversity is a fact of life. Resilience is that ineffable quality that allows some people to be knocked down by life and come back at least as strong as before. Rather than letting difficulties or failure overcome them and dr...
Oct. 29, 2019
False Memory and Manipulation
Although memories seem to be a solid, straightforward sum of who people are, strong evidence suggests that memories are actually quite complex, subject to change, and often unreliable. Memories can be reconstructed as people ...
Oct. 22, 2019
The Law of Attraction
You may have a pretty good idea about what it is you’re attracted to: hair color, eye color, height, smell… Smell? Believe it or not, your subconscious has quite the strong opinion when it comes to finding others attractive. ...
Oct. 15, 2019
Diagnosis STUPID
Stupidity is in all of us. However, the degrees of stupid varies. . We are influenced by various cognitive biases that we are not aware of. The music we are listening to influences our opinion of the wine we drink, the weight...
Oct. 8, 2019
Maniacs: Bi-Polar Disorder
Bipolar disorders, or manic-depressive illness, is a group of disorders characterized by the presence of pronounced high-energy phases known as manic episodes. Typically, unusual shifts in mood and energy manifest in increase...
Oct. 1, 2019
Shaped by Attachment
The emotional bond that typically forms between infant and caregiver is the means by which the helpless infant gets primary needs met. It then becomes an engine of subsequent social, emotional, and cognitive development. The ...
Sept. 24, 2019
Self Entitlement Revealed
Self-entitlement is when an individual perceives themselves as deserving of unearned privileges. These are the people who believe life owes them something; a reward, a measure of success, a particular standard of livinA sense...
Sept. 17, 2019
Sex Addiction: Human Horn Dogs
For some people, persistent sexual desires, thoughts, and behavior can become problematic. Such individuals may become preoccupied with sexual fantasies and urges, and a subset will act on these impulses while feeling that th...
Sept. 10, 2019
Despicable Us
We are all despicable in various forms of despicableness. If we all could come to grips with that, than we understand that what makes us despicable are often triggered as coping or defense mechanisms that display our personal...
Sept. 3, 2019
The Truth
Truth tends to lead to successful action. In that much, truth has instrumental value. But truth also has intrinsic value. Given the choice between a life of limitless pleasure as a brain in a vat and a genuine human life alon...
Aug. 27, 2019
Magical Thinking, Extra Sensory Perception and GOD
ESP has been defined as ‘anomalous processes of information or energy transfer, processes such as telepathy… that are currently unexplained in terms of known physical or biological mechanisms.' Magical thinking is defined as ...
Aug. 20, 2019
Hate Crimes: Psychopaths Among Us
People victimized by violent hate crimes are more likely to experience more psychological distress than victims of other violent crimes. Specifically, victims of crimes that are bias-motivated are more likely to experience po...
Aug. 13, 2019
Old Farts: Aging
By 2030, the number of Americans age 65 and over is projected to be about 71.5 million, of which nearly 10 million will be at least 85. As more people are living longer, more individuals can expect to spend more time in retir...
Aug. 6, 2019
Pre-Marriage: Before You Sign That Contract...
Ironically, before romantic love became the basis for marriage—a game-changer that historian Stephanie Coontz dates to the 1700s—marriage was based on talk because it was a contractual binding of individuals, property, and fa...
July 30, 2019
Microaggression: Hidden Prejudice
A microaggression is a subtle, often unintentional, form of prejudice. Rather than an overt declaration of racism or sexism, a microaggression often takes the shape of an offhanded comment, an inadvertently painful joke, or a...
July 23, 2019
Alcohol Addiction
For many, beer, wine, and spirits conjure up thoughts of social gatherings and tipsy fun. But alcohol is a nervous system depressant and is also associated with damaging behavior, as well as the emotional pain and physical di...
July 16, 2019
After the Abortion
Emotional and psychological effects following abortion are more common than physical side effects and can range from mild regret to more serious complications such as depression. The emotional side effects of having an aborti...
July 9, 2019
Schizoid, Paranoid and Schizotypal Personalities
Schizoid, Paranoid and Schizotypal Personality Disorders are the most commonly seen personality disorders in the World. They are considered Cluster A in the DSM V. These disorders are called the odd, eccentric cluster. The co...
July 2, 2019
Deep Listening
In the contemporary culture of speed, how many of us have developed the sensory capacity to hear the world, or for that matter, to truly hear what others are saying to us? This show will cover all bases when it comes to learn...
June 25, 2019
Are You Normal?
It is past time that we rethink what we mean by the words normal and abnormal as those words apply to the mental and emotional states and behaviors of human beings. Indeed, it is a real question as to whether those words can ...
June 18, 2019
What Will Your Children Remember?
What will make the most important difference in the lives of our children? One way of assessing the future impact of our efforts is to consider what people remember best about their childhood relationships with their parents....
June 11, 2019
Sensitive People
It is certain that being insensitive is an undesirable trait, but does that mean that the opposite, ‘being sensitive’, is a desirable one? Apparently, in our Western society we cannot make up our minds: We consider either bei...