Episodes

Reading people in this day and age can be hard. Many of our relationships are now on-line, over the phone and rarely in person. However, our meta-communication (non-verbal) can give us answers to many things most would never admit. There are also verbal clues and word choices that can complicate and contradict what a person is saying with their words. By improving our ability to read people, we naturally will improve our communication, our lives, relationships and hopefully read people well enou...

Quality of life is a general term that simply infers stability, health and consistency. However, most of this world operates paycheck to paycheck, indebted up to our ears, owning little of value and rent. Some people have some of these areas covered, but the quality part is missing. We are going to take a deep dive into how to make better choices for our peace off mind and more stable mental health. We will look at how a lack of quality of life can determine how we think and how healthy we are.

When a baby comes into a couple’s life, extra stress and strain is understandable. In a healthy relationship, the couple tends to pull together and is aware that any tension and discord are a result of adding new responsibilities and demands. In general, when it is “just” new baby stress, the situation tends to improve dramatically when the couple is able to get more sleep and spend time together that restores a sense of loving marital closeness. Signs of deep relationship trouble are indicated ...

Apathy is the opposite of love. People who pass around apathy as their go to emotion are extremely hard too deal with. Their biggest issue is that they think that protects them from being hurt. These folks are deeply insecure and apathy consumes them until they are in the presence of something they enjoy. This show is about how to deal with them and hopefully change them. Tune in and learn.

Metrosexual is a blend of metropolitan and heterosexual, coined in the 1990's describing a man (especially one living in an urban, post-industrial, capitalist culture) who is especially meticulous about his grooming and appearance, typically spending a significant amount of time and money on shopping as part of this. It is somewhat of a turn on what European men from France and Italy are characterized as. However, the love a Metrosexual mostly have is more about themselves than men or woman. Als...

Financial issues (especially long term) are one of the top issues relationships and families break apart. When people live paycheck to paycheck they are vulnerable to any and every unpredicted event that requires finances to dig themselves out. Whether it is fixing their old Hoopty (car), credit card spending or losing their job. Life is hard as it is, but having your main means of survival to be at risk, puts people on edge and at their worst. Tune in and learn the psychology of how finances ef...

At some point in our lives, many of us end up with neighbors from Hell. If it be noise, trash, smelly food, dog poop, party animals, fighting, drinking, etc...This causes enormous emotional and mental damage on anyone. It might even takes years off your life. This show is about how to deal with them and how to heal yourself. We will take the high road, road in-between and the low road as the ultimate may of taking care of the situation. Tune in and learn how to get your life and home back!

Parenting can be so challenging in the day and age where technology grows faster than our emotional development. Are are children are little marketing tools to be ideas with ideas, behaviors and values that they see on the internet, television or radio by any given program. In our fast, two parents (or worse one) busy lifestyle, keeping up with this can be overwhelming to the point of giving up. This program is about establishing patterns of parenting that, if consistent, will imbed your childre...

A family is dysfunctional if they regularly experience conflict, misbehavior, or abuse in a way that causes some members of the family to accommodate such inappropriate actions. Dysfunctional families are often the result of one overtly abusive parent and one codependent parent who turns a blind eye to the misbehavior. Dysfunctional parents may learn their behavior from their own parents.Sometimes children grow up in these families believing that the situation is normal. Tune in and learn how to...

Millennials are, arguably, the most reviled generation in recent history, and tons of consultants are working to decipher them. Called the Trophy Generation, notorious for receiving prizes simply for showing up, they are thought to be entitled, narcissistic, self-promotional, coddled, opinionated, whiny, and needy, especially at work (when they're not complaining about unemployment, that is). They seek constant feedback and immediate gratification. They multitask and can't focus. They're sensiti...

A paraphilia is a condition in which a person's sexual arousal and gratification depend on fantasizing about and engaging in sexual behavior that is atypical and extreme. A paraphilia can revolve around a particular object (children, animals, underwear) or around a particular act (inflicting pain, exposing oneself). Most paraphilias are far more common in men than in women. The focus of a paraphilia is usually very specific and unchanging.Tune in and learn about these freaky attractions!

Mind games are often subconscious patterns people use to get what they want. Most of these games are learned in childhood and often become assimilated as automatic defense mechanisms. In addition, people who are controlling often subconsciously seek out people who are most responsive to their mind games as a sense of attraction and friendship.This episode is about unpacking those games, learn how to respond to them and extinguish them from your life. Tune in and learn!

Depression and Anxiety can become you. Over 70 percent of people with Depression also suffer from Anxiety and vice versa.

The philosopher Richard Rorty talks about people’s “final vocabulary” words and phrases we use when we’re done wondering about something. Will, Faith and Trust can be the most influential thoughts, actions and beliefs a person can have. If the fundamental premise of all our thoughts came through these words on a consistent, if not automatic, process, then our lives would thrive. Dreams would come to life, creativity would thrive and we as people would evolve to a higher form of being. Tune in an...

The unconscious is sometimes referred to as the “shadows of the mind,” but it is not some black hole of unacceptable impulses waiting to trip you up. It can, however, be a source of hidden and often disturbing beliefs, fears, and attitudes that affect your everyday thinking and behavior. We may hold these thoughts down because they feel threatening, yet we know suppression isn’t a long-term solution. Alcohol, drugs and abused medication can make the unconscious conscious and bring forward much o...

Groupthink happens when a group of well-intentioned people make irrational or non-optimal decisions that are created by the urge to conform or please. This problematic and premature consensus is fueled by a particular agenda or simply because group members value harmony and coherence above rational thinking. Now that we are grounded in social media, Groupthink is epidemic and eroding the trust of any information people share around the world. Radical baseless people are using the media to make p...

Life is a continuous adjustment to events and incidents we can not control. Adjustment Disorder comes from poor or no coping skills around these situations in regards to a person's reactions. All of us struggle with adjustment and Adjustment Disorder is a diagnosis that nearly 100% of the population of the Earth will have at one point in life. I will take on the thoughts, process and getting back to a healthy balance for people who struggle with this. Tune in and learn how to take control of you...

All the different flavors of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders will be covered. From Body Dysmorphic (unrealistic view of one's body), hoarding, hair pulling, skin-picking to other body- focused disorders. Most of these folks don't even think they have a problem. Many are also good at hiding them. Others turn their obsessions (zip-pickers) on other poor victims in their friends and family. Tune in an learn about the world variations of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders!

Histrionic personality disorder is a personality mental disorder characterized by inappropriate attention-seeking behavior, rapid emotional shifts, and exaggerated expression of emotion. Put them in a position of power such as a manager, parent, teacher, owner and then you have chaos with a capital C. They view themselves as fun and fun loving, yet often misunderstood. Histrionic comes from hysterical. They are high maintenance people and highly dependent people on others acceptance. They can be...

Whether you're firstborn, middle child, last-born, or only child, birth order can have a big effect on your personality and behavior. Simply by virtue of being a couple's first child, a firstborn will naturally be a sort of experiment for the new parents, a mixture of instinct and trial-and-error. Perhaps this will cause the parents to become by-the-book caregivers who are extremely attentive, stringent with rules, and overly neurotic about the minutiae. This in turn may cause the child to becom...

Our lives are shaped by our successes, failures and breaks. As we live our life in hope and expectations for good to come our way, we have to continually plant seeds in relationships, investments, jobs, family and life. Success is a psychology built on consistency, integrity and trust. If we are open to the process of learning, suffering bears great wisdom that guides us towards enlightenment. One of the greatest gifts I have reaped from being a psychotherapist is the collective wisdom of my cli...

Life can go wrong in a heart beat. Amazingly, we often are not prepared for it. Losing a job, sudden illness, death of a loved one, no justice, no fairness, etc...These are tests of who we are and what we are made of. We have good and evil in us all. This challenge alone can lead to life changing errors in our finances, family, job and all of the above. How to be resilient? Tune in and learn! I will give you the tools you need to turn bad into opportunity!

We’ve all been impatient—and we’ve all made rash decisions when impatience got the better of us. We’ve left lines that were barely moving, only to get into an even slower line. Or we’ve blown up a perfectly good relationship because we weren’t sure where it was going, and couldn’t stand the uncertainty. On the other hand, we’ve also been overly patient at times, sticking with projects, jobs, or relationships long after it made sense to do so. Which has cost you more in your life—patience or impa...

Deep inside all of us is a yearning to be understood and accepted for who we are. Friendship is a source of our soul's nourishment and growth. Finding a true friend offers openness, trust, support, laugh, love, tease, and bond with others who love us. Finding a friend is tough as finding the love of your life. As life gets busy with work, family, bills and the needs of life, friendship may be be lost in our priorities. Unless your give your friendship a commitment of time it will wither and die....