Psychjourney Podcast

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Professor Jon Franklin, author of The Wolf in the Parlor: The Eternal Connection between Humans and Dogs published by Henry Holt and Co.

Jon Franklin is a literary journalist whose work frequently focuses on the human side of science and technology. In a career that has spanned more than four decades he has written five books and a variety of magazine articles and newspaper stories and series. Known for his innovations both in style and reportage, his credits include two first-in-category Pulitzer prizes (feature writing in 1979 and expository journalism in 1985). He has taught Oregon State University, and the University of Oregon, where his duties included the directorship of the creative writing program. He currently teaches at the University of Maryland.  Visit his website.

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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. Jeff Bell, author of When in Doubt, Make Belief: An OCD-Inspired Approach to Living with Uncertainty published by New World Library.

Jeff Bell is a nationally recognized author, speaker, and radio news anchor.  His first book, "REWIND, REPLAY, REPEAT: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder," was published in 2007 and quickly established Bell as a leading voice in the mental health community.  Since RRR’s publication, Bell has traveled extensively, becoming a sought-after motivational speaker across the country, while lending his support to numerous mental health awareness and advocacy programs, including the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation, for which he serves as a National Spokesperson.

Bell is a 2007 recipient of Mental Health America’s prestigious forWARDS Award, for “moving the cause of mental health forward,” and his story has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Psychology Today, DETAILS Magazine, and The New York Times, for which he was commissioned to write a feature that ran internationally in 2008.  He has appeared on NPR’s Talk of the Nation and The Infinite Mind programs, Good Morning America Radio, and on more than 50 TV and/or radio stations in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Denver, Washington, D.C., and numerous other top markets.

Bell is a 20-year veteran of radio and television news and currently co-anchors the afternoon news at KCBS Radio, the CBS Network’s San Francisco flagship and one of the nation’s most respected and successful radio news operations.  Visit his website.

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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Dan Agin, author of More Then Genes: What Science Can Tell Us About Toxic Chemicals, Development and the Risk to Our Children published by Oxford University Press.

Dan Agin is Emeritus Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology at the University of Chicago. His latest book is More Than Genes: What Science Can Tell Us About Toxic Chemicals, Development, and the Risk To Our Children. He's also the author of Junk Science: How Politicians, Corporations, and Other Hucksters Betray Us.  Visit his Psychology Today blog and Huffington Post blog.

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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Charles F. Zorumski MD (pictured) and Eugene Rubin MD PhD, co-authors of Demystifying Psychiatry: A Resource For Patients and Families published by Oxford University Press.

Charles F. Zorumski, MD, is Samuel B. Guze Professor & Head of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine. Visit his web page.

Eugene H. Rubin, MD, PhD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Vice Chair for Education at Washington University School of Medicine,  Visit his web page.

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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Charlotte Reznick, author of The Power of Your Child's Imagination: How to Transform Stress and Anxiety into Joy and Success published by Perigee Trade.

Charlotte Reznick, Ph.D, a nationally recognized child educational Psychologist and Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology at UCLA, created Imagery for Kids: Breakthrough for Learning, Creativity, and Empowerment, which she has used with thousands of children, parents, and professionals for more than twenty-five years. Reznick is a consultant, counselor, and healer, and maintains a private practice in Los Angeles, California. Visit her website.

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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Sharon Lamb and Dr. Mark Tappan, co-authors of Packaging Boyhood: saving our sons from superheroes, slackers, and other media stereotypes with Dr. Lyn Mikel Brown published by St. Martin's Press.

Dr. Sharon Lamb is Distinguished Professor of Mental Health at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, in the Department of Counseling and School Psychology. She is on leave from Saint Michael’s College in Vermont where she is a Professor of Psychology.  Originally from the Chicago area, she received her doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and her child psychology training at Mass. General Hospital in Boston. Sharon co-authored Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers’ Schemes with Lyn in 2006 and is thrilled to be able to continue working with Lyn and her partner Mark on Packaging Boyhood.  Sharon is author of The Secret Lives of Girls: What Good Girls Really Do, and Sex, Therapy, and Kids: Addressing their Concerns through Talk and Play (a book for psychotherapists). 

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Holly A. Hunt, author of Emotional Exorcism: Expelling the Four Psychological Demons That Make Us Backslide published by Praeger.

Holly A. Hunt, Ph.D., is a psychologist, author, and speaker based in Southern California, where she first established her private practice in 1990. She developed the model and tools described in her latest book "Emotional Exorcism" over many years in practice, helping people of all backgrounds to identify and conquer their psychological demons.

Dr. Hunt is also the author of Essentials of Private Practice: Streamlining Costs, Procedures and Policies for Less Stress.

Dr. Hunt provides information to businesses and organizations as a speaker, emphasizing effective ways to expel the four psychological demons that make us backslide on the job and at home (www.HollyAHunt.com). Holly empowers attendees through instructive, interactive, motivational sessions to change self-sabotaging patterns to achieve their full potential at work and in their personal lives.

Dr. Hunt received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Kansas in 1988. She interned and worked as a staff psychologist at the VA Medical Centers in Sepulveda and Long Beach, CA. She is the past chair of the Practice Management Committee of the San Diego Psychological Association. Visit her website.

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Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Dena Saxer, MA, co-author of Emotional Wisdom: Daily Tools for Transforming Anger, Depression and Fear with Mantak Chia published by New World Library.

Dena Saxer, MA, has been teaching the Universal Healing Tao System internationally for twenty-six years. With Mantak Chia, she cowrote Taoist Ways to Transform Stress into Vitality and Chi Self-Massage. She lives in the Los Angeles area. Visit her website.

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Jamie Mason, co-host of the Psychjourney podcast, interviews Ms. Gail Konop Baker, author of Cancer Is a Bitch: (Or I'd Rather Be Having Be Having a Midlife Crisis) published by Da Capo Lifelong Books.

Gail Konop Baker is an award-winning writer and essayist. A former columnist at Literary Mama, is a regular contributor to thedebutanteball.com. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with her family. Visit her Web site at www.gailkonopbaker.com.

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Jamie Mason, co-host of the Psychjourney podcast, interviews Dr. Cindy M. Meston and Dr. David Buss, co-authors of Why Women Have Sex: Understanding Sexual Motivations From Adventure to Revenge (And Everything in Between) published by Times Books.

Cindy M. Meston is one of the world’s leading researchers on women’s sexuality and a professor of clinical psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, where she directs the Sexual Psychophysiology Laboratory, a cutting-edge lab on women’s sexual experience.

 David M. Buss, one of the founders of the field of evolutionary psychology, is a professor at the University of Texas at Austin and is the author of several books, including The Evolution of Desire and The Dangerous Passion. Their jointly authored article, “Why Humans Have Sex,” garnered international attention when it was published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior. 

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