Episodes
July 27, 2017
Fertility Challenges, Choices and Possibilities
The difficulty conceiving a child can pose physical and psychological challenges for women and men. The goal of this show is to help eliminate any stigma surrounding infertility and to empower women and men to learn about fer...
July 20, 2017
Sexual Trafficking: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Prevention and Healing
This episode offers an insider look at Sex Trafficking as the backdrop for an important discussion of the unrecognized traumatic events that are carried by the vast majority of children and adults who become the victims of Se...
June 29, 2017
Are You Always On? Living in A Connected World
In this show, Distinguished Professor of Business, Dr. Joel Evans draws upon his expertise in marketing and social media to invite us to reflect on living in a world that has taken leaps and bounds in online connectivity. He ...
June 22, 2017
The Power of Children's Books To Address Fears and Feelings
In this episode Dr. Frank Sileo, award winning children’s author and psychologist, identifies common childhood challenges and feelings and discusses the power of stories to address them. He considers fears, stress, self-confi...
June 15, 2017
The Importance of Understanding the Power Paradox
We live in a time when an understanding of power and the abuse of power has tremendous importance. In this show, Dr. Dacher Keltner, psychologist, Faculty Director of the Berkeley Greater Good Science Center, and acclaimed re...
June 8, 2017
Not Broken: Addressing Miscarriage and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Miscarriages are more common than most people realize. They can occur in as many as one in four women in their lifetime. Miscarriages are the hidden losses that couples grieve together and come to fear together. In this show,...
June 1, 2017
'13 Reasons Why' : What is the Impact of Media on Teen Suicide?
In this episode, Dr. Serani, psychologist, author and depression expert and Dr. Owens, cognitive psychologist with expertise in suicide prevention, discuss the Netflix Series, “13 Reasons Why.” The series tells the fictional ...
May 18, 2017
Recognizing The Impact of Non-Physical Violence in our Daily Lives
Against a backdrop of ongoing reports of terrorism, violence, physical brutality and sexual assault, Dr. Bob Klein and Vic Schermer ask us to consider the overlooked acts of non-physical violence voiced or displayed in famili...
May 11, 2017
The Story of a Transgender Marriage: When a Husband Became a Wife
We are all aware through movies, series and the sensational lives of celebrities of the transitions made by transgender men and women. The increased media coverage has invited compassion and support by some and critique, viol...
April 27, 2017
Understanding and Healing Sexually Betrayed Boys and Men
In this episode, Dr. Richard Gartner, nationally recognized expert in male sexual abuse draws upon his many books including his two new edited books, Understanding the Sexual Betrayal of Boys and Men:The Trauma of Sexual Abus...
April 13, 2017
Child Custody and Domestic Violence: Are the Courts Protecting Kids?
Consider a custody case that involves domestic abuse and children. Is it possible that a protective parent could lose custody of their child to a named abuser? Yes. In this episode, Toby Kleinman, attorney and national expert...
March 30, 2017
'How to Identify and Heal Intergenerational Trauma'
All of us own a life story that reflects a legacy of events we have received from the generations before us and that we will pass on to future generations. In this episode, Elaine Cooper, LCSW, Clinical Professor of Psychiatr...
March 23, 2017
The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking - Why We Need Irrational Beliefs
Have you ever knocked on wood, disliked someone because of his name, or bought an object owned by a famous person? This episode will surprise and inform you. In it, Matthew Hutson, MIT trained science writer, will explain the...
March 16, 2017
When is Divorce the Best Decision?
There is nothing easy about divorce and despite the statistics, it is a journey that most people don’t want to take. In this episode, Audrey Cade, author of Divorce Matters: Help for Hurting Hearts and Why Divorce is Sometime...
Feb. 23, 2017
Not Exactly Love: A Memoir of Domestic Violence
According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, nearly 20 people per minute in the U.S. are physically abused by an intimate partner. Our guest, Betty Hafner is one of those who suffered. A teacher, counselor, ...
Feb. 16, 2017
It is Never Too Late To Change!
In this episode, Tom Matt, author and acclaimed radio host of Bommer’s Rock on six Michigan radio stations, draws upon his own battle with drugs and alcohol and the personal life changes he has made to pass forward the lesson...
Feb. 9, 2017
The Available Parent - Maximize the Relationship with Your Teen or Tween
In this Episode, Dr. John Duffy, the author of the best selling book, The Available Parent: Expert Advice for Raising Successful and Resilient Teens and Tweens, addresses the questions and concerns that parents always ask or ...
Feb. 2, 2017
Challenging Casanova: How Promiscuous are Young Men?
Many aspects of our culture perpetuate the Casanova Myth, the belief that what most young men want is sex with as many women as possible without concern for the women or any goal of commitment. Is it true? Do you believe it? ...
Jan. 19, 2017
Deeper Dating: Embracing Your True Self to Find Real Love
In this episode, Ken Page, LCSW, psychotherapist and author of the bestseller, Deeper Dating: How to Drop the Games of Seduction and Discover the Power of Intimacy invites you to give up the need to be marketable or perfect a...
Jan. 12, 2017
Middle School Moms --The Most Stressed of All
In this episode, Dr. Suniya Luthar reports on the findings of a survey study of 2.247 well-educated mothers whose children ranged in age from infants to early adults. Dr. Luthar and her colleague, Dr. Ciciolla wondered if the...
Jan. 5, 2017
From Compulsive Shopping in the US to Preventing HIV/AIDS With Teens in Africa
What does Compulsive Shopping have to do with a trip to Africa to help teens prevent HIV? Quite a bit, as you’ll hear. In this show, Dr. Benson, nationally known expert in the study and treatment of compulsive buying disorder...
Dec. 15, 2016
How Children and Adolescents Grow and Heal In Groups
In this episode Dr. Craig Haen and Dr. Seth Aronson, psychologists, child and adolescent experts and Fellows of the American Group Psychotherapy Association draw upon their clinical experience and their new edited book, The H...
Dec. 8, 2016
Retrain Your Brain to Reduce Anxiety and Depression
In this episode Dr. Gillihan will discuss his new book, Retrain the Brain: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in 7 weeks. Dr. Gillihan will clarify the way in which thoughts, feelings and behaviors interact to play a role in actual...
Dec. 1, 2016
Understanding Anorexia in Males
Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by self-starvation. Both professionally and in the public eye, this disorder has been associated with females. In reality, 25% of those suffering are males; but as a group,...