Psychjourney Podcasts

All About Me: Loving a Narcissist

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Length-40 minutes,30 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. Simon Crompton, author of All About Me: Loving A Narcissist published by HarperCollins UK.

 

Simon Crompton went to Bristol University where he studied English, and then did a post-graduate journalism course at City University's Department of Journalism. Simon has been a health, psychology and relationships journalist for 20 years, and is currently editor of The Times Body & Soul section. Until last year he was Chairman of the Guild of Health Writers. He also edits and has produced mental health report for the Department of Health and produces publications for the World Confederation for Physical Therapy.  He has previously written health features for The Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph. He has won several awards for his writing, including a  Plain English Award for The Cancer Guide (1998).  He lives in England with his wife and two daughters. Visit his website.

Testosterone for Life: Recharge Your Vitality, Sex Drive, Muscle Mass, and Overall Health

Dr. Kevin Keough, host of the Warrior Traditions and North Star Guardians podcast, interviews Abraham Morgentaler, MD, author of Testosterone for Life: Recharge Your Vitality, Sex Drive, Muscle Mass, and Overall Health published by McGraw-Hill.



Abraham Morgentaler, MD, is a urologist who specializes in male reproductive and sexual health. He is an associate clinical professor at Harvard Medical School, and director of Men's Health Boston (MensHealthBoston.com). His book, Testosterone for Life (McGraw-Hill/Harvard Health Publications, November 2008) is the culmination of 30 years of research. It is the first consumer book about low testosterone by a nationally noted specialist in the field, and it explains every aspect of this common medical condition and it's treatment (testosterone therapy).

His other books include, The Male Body: A Physician's Guide to What Every Man Should Know About His Sexual Health and The Viagra Myth: The Surprising Impact on Love and Relationships. Morgentaler is a regular contributor to television and radio shows, and has appeared on NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News, CNN with Anderson Cooper, and NPR's The Connection.

His work on testosterone has been featured in The New Yorker, and his opinions about men's medical issues are regularly sought after by such prominent magazines as Men's Health, Newsweek and US News and World Report. His primary interest is the interface of sexuality, relationships, psychology, and biology. Visit his blog.

Tampa Bay's Media Talk: Wayne Garcia & Bill McKeen: Creative Loafing: Hunter Thompson Video

Wayne Garcia and Bill McKeen talk about Creative Loafing's "End-of-the-Summer Reading issue, as well as Bill's book "Outlaw Journalist," a biography about Hunter S. Thompson. Tampa Bay's Media Talk host: Janet Sherer.

Visit Dr. William McKeen's website.

Outlaw Journalist: The Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson

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Length-59 minutes, 2 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. William McKeen, author of Outlaw Journalist: The Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson published by W.W. Norton.

William McKeen is the author of Highway 61 and editor of Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay. A professor of journalism at University of Florida, Gainesville, he lives with his family near Wacahoota, Florida.Visit his website.

The Balancing Act Show 855 - Doug Riley "Explosive Children" Video

Dr. Doug Riley, Author of "The Defiant Child" and "What Your Explosive Child Is Trying To Tell You" has discovered the pathway from symptoms to solutions. He connects explosive behavior in children with the underlying cause to help desperate parents.

Visit his website.

What Your Explosive Child Is Trying to Tell You: Discovering the Pathway from Symptoms to Solutions

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Douglas Riley, author of What Your Explosive Child Is Trying to Tell You: Discovering the Pathway from Symptoms to Solutions published by Mariner Books.

Dr. Douglas Riley is a clinical psychologist whose practice focuses on children and adolescents who are explosive, oppositional, depressed, or have difficulties with concentration and learning. He is the author of The Defiant Child: A Parent's Guide to Oppositional Defiant Disorder as well as The Depressed Child: A Parent's Guide for Rescuing Kids.  Visit his website.

A User's Guide to Therapy: What to Expect and How You Can Benefit

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Length-28 minutes, 29 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Tamara L. Kaiser, author of A User's Guide To Therapy: What To Expect And How You Can Benefit from W.W. Norton.

Tamara L. Kaiser MSW, PhD has been a clinical social worker and marriage and family therapist for over 35 years, and is currently in private practice in St. Paul, Minnesota. She also provides clinical supervision and clinical consultation for other mental health practitioners. She is an Associate Professor at the College of St. Catherine / University of St. Thomas School of Social Work St. Paul, Minnesota, where she teaches graduate courses in psychotherapy, psychopathology and clinical supervision and is co-founder and co-director of the School’s Supervision Institute. Visit her website.

Accidentally on Purpose: A One-Night Stand, My Unplanned Parenthood, and Loving the Best Mistake I Ever Made

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Length-40 minutes, 59 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Mary Pols, author of Accidentally on Purpose: A One Night Stand, My Unplanned Parenthood, and Loving the Best Mistake I Ever Made published by Ecco/Harper Collins.

Mary Pols is the author of "Accidentally on Purpose" (June 2008, Ecco/Harper Collins), a memoir with one of those long subtitles ("A One-Night Stand, My Unplanned Parenthood and Loving the Best Mistake I Ever Made") that give away a lot (but not everything). A native of Maine, Pols has spent most of her professional life as a journalist in California. For the last eight years, she was the film critic for the Contra Costa Times, and her reviews could be found in the San Jose Mercury News and the Oakland Tribune.  

Prior to becoming a movie critic she worked as a news reporter for the Los Angeles Times, Seattle Times and Los Angeles Daily News. She has written for a number of magazines, including "Gourmet" and "Self." Her journalism awards include a first place prize from the ASNE, the American Society of Newspaper Editors, for column writing. The highlight of her news writing career was traveling to Ireland to write about the Northern Ireland Peace agreement. Having grandparents named Dolan, Duffy and Sinnott probably had something to do with her fascination with the subject.

 

A graduate of Duke University (with a BA in art history) and the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Pols was a Knight Fellow at Stanford in 2005-2006. She has taught movie criticism at UC Berkeley.

 

The youngest of six children, Pols grew up with a philosophy professor for a father and an art historian for a mother. Edward Pols gave his daughter C.S. Lewis and Edith Wharton while Eileen Pols gave her Pauline Kael and tours of seemingly every church and museum from Florence to Connemara.

 

Pols lives in Northern California with her son Dolan, who is four years old. Having taken a buyout from the Contra Costa Times in March 2008, she is freelancing and working on her next book, a novel.Visit her website.