Episodes
March 31, 2016
Living Single and Living in Different Places: Unexpected Options for Happiness
In this episode, Dr. Bella DePaulo, social psychologist and author will first draw upon her well recognized book, Singled Out: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After to consid...
March 24, 2016
How Do Others See Me? Self-Branding Across Roles and Life Stages
Many of us are aware of the emphasis the corporate world places on having a “ winning” brand. The performers we watch, the cars we drive, the hospitals we choose all have a brand we have come to associate with them. In this e...
March 17, 2016
Turn Your Mate Into Your Soulmate
After joyous beginnings, many couples find their dreams of perfect love replaced by frustration, criticism, defensiveness and emotional distance. In this episode, Arielle Ford, best-selling author of “The Soulmate Secret,” sh...
March 10, 2016
Preventing Sexual Violence On and Off The Campus: The Green Dot Project
Whether addressing campus sexual violence or other forms of power-based violence like partner abuse, bullying, stalking, etc. the national and internationally used program, Green Dot, etc. moves us from awareness to action. I...
March 3, 2016
Consent Stories: Understanding the Language of Sexual Connection
Against the backdrop of concern with sexual violence on college campuses, Dr. Jason Laker and Dr. Erica Boas discuss their important research on the language of sexual consent among college students. In groundbreaking researc...
Feb. 25, 2016
Coping With Life Stressors and the 7 Mid-life Tsunamis
Most people have faced unexpected stressful situations. There are even times, often in midlife, when it seems like the challenges just won’t stop. In this episode, psychologist and author, Dr. Pete Stebbins, using surfing as ...
Feb. 18, 2016
Surviving Cancer: Personal Glimpses of Resilience
In this episode Professor Joel Evans, Patricia Malone, and Dave Berger will share personal glimpses of their diagnosis, treatment and survival from cancer. You will hear about the impact of diagnosis, the role of family and f...
Feb. 11, 2016
Buzz: Understanding Sensation Seeking and Thrill Seeking
Are you a sensation seeker? Have you ever wondered why people climb Everest, jump out of planes or ski dangerous unmarked trails? Is eagerness to experience the impact of any street drug or gambling away life savings driven b...
Feb. 4, 2016
The Power of Male Voices in Preventing Sexual Violence
In this episode, Jonathan Kalin, founder of Party With Consent, discusses his mission of inviting men and women in colleges across the nation to join him in preventing sexual violence. He considers the importance of creating ...
Jan. 28, 2016
Love and Dating for Shy People: Hard Hitting Advice
In this episode Cyrus Thomson Kirkpatrick, author of Love and Dating For Shy People and How to Quit Your Job: Escape Soul Crushing Work, Create the Life You Want, and Live Happy brings his personal and professional experience...
Jan. 21, 2016
Married Men Want to Talk
In this Episode, Rodney Turner and Darren Smith, two of the hosts of the seven-year radio show, “Married Men Don’t Talk” come to Psych Up Live to “ Talk.” In the back and forth with host, Dr. Suzanne Phillips, they will take ...
Jan. 14, 2016
A Transgender Journey: When Our Son Became a Daughter
In celebration of Trans Day of Visibility and with recognition of many like Dr. Rachel Levine, the New Assistant Secretary for Health and the first transgender woman to be Senate confirmed, I encore this powerful story.
Jan. 7, 2016
Saving The Marriage After The Affair
In this show, M Gary Neuman will discuss ways of making a marriage all that it can be – even after an affair. In the discussion with Host Dr. Suzanne Phillips, he will offer his perspective of how and why a marriage can be sa...
Dec. 17, 2015
Translating Heartache into Help and Hope
Many people face unspeakable loss of a family member or witness the suffering and loss of a loved one with the wounds of war. They wonder how they will go on. In this show you will hear the personal stories of four people who...
Dec. 10, 2015
Holiday Shopping or Compulsive Shopping: Dangerous Difference
In this show, nationally known psychologist, Dr. April Lane Benson, Ph.D., author of, I Shop, Therefore I Am: Compulsive Buying and the Search for Self and To Buy or Not to Buy: Why We Overshop and How to Stop will clarify th...
Dec. 3, 2015
The Holidays and Depression
This show will turn up your understanding of Holidays and Depression. Dr. Deborah Serani, Psychologist and award winning author of Living with Depression and Depression and Your Child, will discuss what fuels Depression durin...
Nov. 19, 2015
Canine Companions for Independence
On this show you will have the opportunity to learn about Canine Companions for Independence. This is the organization that breeds, trains and provides amazing dogs for people. Be they children, adults, veterans, or facilitie...
Nov. 12, 2015
The Sex Myth: The Gap Between Our Fantasies and Reality
In this show noted journalist, Rachel Hills, author of The Sex Myth: The Gap Between our Fantasies and Reality, invites us to look more closely at the invisible norms and unspoken assumptions that shape the way we think about...
Nov. 5, 2015
Codependency Addiction: The Compulsive Attraction to Narcissists
In this show, Ross Rosenberg LCPC,CADC,CSAT psychotherapist, sexual addiction expert and author will discuss aspects of his book,The Human Magnet Syndrome: Why We Love People Who Hurt Us. He will discuss how and why co-depend...
Oct. 29, 2015
Are You in a Marriage or an Irrelationship?
In this show, guests Dr. Mark Borg, Dr. Grant Brenner and Daniel Berry invite you to consider whether you are in a marriage or an arrangement to keep you emotionally safe. Drawing upon years of clinical experience, they defin...
Oct. 22, 2015
Buddy System: Understanding Male Friendships
In this show, Dr. Greif invites listeners to learn about men and male friendships from the hundreds of men and women he has interviewed. His findings dispel the myth that men don’t need or want friends or that they need wives...
Oct. 15, 2015
The Friendship Fix- Dealing with Good, Bad, Virtual and Changing Friends
On this show host Suzanne Phillips and guest Dr. Andrea Bonior will invite us to consider the best and the worst we have faced in our friendships. We will be talking about how to make friends as well as the problem of what to...
July 2, 2010
Encore Narrative 4: The Power of The Story Exchange To Foster Radical Empathy and Hope
I encored this episode because if offers a striking example of the power of radical empathy to address differences, bias, projections and stereotypes.