Dr. Gary Bell's Absurd Psychology

Our Body Image can effect everything from our self-esteem, sexual prowess, social interactions, health, limitations on what to do with our children and even how well we perform at work. The acceptance our the body or life was giving is a challenge for everyone. Some spend their life worshipping their body to the detriment of their mind. Others spend their life doing the opposite. Most of us just m...

Insecurity operates some peoples lives and in parts of the rest. It is utterly a life lived in fear. People who suffer from chronic anxiety, depression, panic attacks and phobias are plagued with insecurities like a cancer. This show is about revealing insecurities, what they do, how they operate and how to cure them or even cope with them. It is sad to see how vulnerable and scared people live in...

The Inner Child refers to periods of our life where we felt fear and things were out of control. These periods stick with us through the coping skills we learned to get through them as children. Throughout or adulthood these coping skills can be continuously triggered and become a part of how we act and who we are. Usually, these coping skills are immature and fear based. This show is an explorati...

Moving on is one of the most difficult emotional life choices we are forced to make. It takes incredible fortitude to move on, let go and continue our journey. Some people can never do it. They simply look back and compare everything to what their life was. We will talk about tragedy, divorce, loss of children, loss of job and countless other heart-wrenching situations that life offers us. I will...

Throughout the cultivation of mankind over millions of years there are primal instincts, genes and learned behavior which remains in our functioning life today. From the choice of who we marry, how we raise our kids to how we relate to the world. There are much more predictable common links between all of us that research and anthropology has acknowledged and proven. Charles Darwin intended for hi...

Guilt and Shame have been the pervasive motivators of our human existence. They are the most meaningful tools of all religion, parenting, social rules and personal values there are. The episode is about exploring life without them. What would our moral compass be? What would stop us from becoming evil and completely narcissistic. Find out as we unhinge our lives from guilt and shame evolving to pa...

Changing how we think is a life long challenge. We are so influenced by the conditions that we were raised, that often time people can not break free of the patterns created. This episode is about how to actually change your outlook of life, the people in your life and how to over come our greatest flaws and challenges. We are going to learn to dig a little deeper for the best that we are. I am go...

Emotional IQ is often forgotten in regards to measuring a person's ability to function and communicate. Emotional IQ is how we read people and learn how to make relationships. Intelligence is not the only measurement that make a person. Emotional IQ effects relationship communication, leadership, productivity, parenting and relating to the world. Without a highly developed Emotional IQ, we lack wh...

Marriage is the one thing over 93% of all people will do in their lives. However, it is not taught in school and the models provided by our parents are not reflective of the time we live. It is amazing how child like coping skills creep into a marriages daily life. This episode is about teaching you how to be married and keep it. Children and spouses all over the world will thank you for finally t...

Psychotics and Manics come in many flavors. Anyone who has lived a small span of years has likely lived with one or had to deal with one for an extensive amount of time. There are genetic, biological, environmental and psychological reasons for such beings to exist. Sadly, drugs can only calm them down a bit. This show is about how to deal with the drama they dish out on a continuous basis. Tired...

Setting boundaries is the one thing all of us must do to establish our presence in this life. Without boundaries, we are nothing. No character, no respect and no life. Yet...the biggest issue most people have is the inability to set healthy boundaries and keep them. This episode is about putting a stake in the ground for your life. Creating peace by establishing a simple and safe process to handle...

JournalLife.com is an online organization designed to help you reclaim your life and get those New Year's Resolutions back on track. Scott Hay, Life Coach will join me in a dynamic look into the science of changing your life. Scott is an expert in motivating and creating actual life changes. This will be a fantastic opportunity to learn from the very best at how to become the best you can be. Rais...

This is an exploration into the world of Gay life. Though many of us are not Gay, we interact daily with Gay life in all shapes and manners. I will be examining the differences in relationships, desires and motives. We will view the different choices that Gay people make in maintaining their life with peace and joy. Children and raising a family are also a growing factor in Gay people's lives and...

Honesty is something that eludes many people. All people lie. How they lie and to the degree they lie is the measuring stick of their personal integrity. This ep[isode is about personal choices and building you self esteem and person integrity. How to cultivate trust in all relationships. How to make your life's memories effect many people and your legacy far beyond you. Listen in and learn!!

Divorce is in the majority with over 56% of the humans in the free world. Children are the true victims of their parent's choices. Many of their parents have never been married. Family courts are flooded with cases as angry bitter parents are left to divide up their children's time with the most evil person in the world (the one they chose to breed with). This show is about knocking down those wal...

Clinical depression is pervasive in over 18% of our world population. It is genetic, environmental and a thought disorder that is the most easy to manage among all mental health issues today. Depression can take you from feeling whole and complete to empty and psychotic in a very short time. The signs and symptoms are there for all to see except often the one who actually suffers from it. Why spen...

So many people who need therapy choose the path of self-help. Arm chair psychologists live among us and within us. I have decided to do a show just for you. Teach you a little about theory to make you even more dangerous than you are. From Freud to Jung, Rogers, and even good old Beck and Ellis. All these wonderful theorists shaped the minds of all of us who practice professionally in this field....

Autism is a disorder that has mystified the medical and mental health community alike. There is no real understanding of how it manifests, but this consuming disorder becomes the person. The lives of families who exist with this disorder are also consumed and forced to adapt to over-stimulation, temper tantrums, schedules, arguing and continuous exacting rituals that must be followed. Forget empat...

Growing up in Hollywood is not a life for a child that we all imagine. Nels Van Patten (son of Dick Van Patten) will take us through the romantic images and into the real murky world of growing up on center stage with the entire world as your audience. True to his father's talent, Nels will give us incredible insight to how the real side of Hollywood has effected his life and many of the Hollywood...

Get ready to have your mind blown! Laughter, like music, is a universal language. There is no better relief of stress and restoring a a healthy mind than the use of laughter. Yakov Smirnoff will join me in this unbelievable episode on how to create it. Not only is he a world renown comedian and actor, but has a masters in psychology. Yakov has made a life study of the creation of laughter compared...

Low self esteem is suffered by the vast majority of the human population. Whether it be around body image, race, gender, culture, education or a million other topics, low self esteem diminishes the quality of life for anyone who suffers from it. The challenge is to put our warped perspectives in focus and clear our view of the world around us. Low self esteem is attributed to so many issues around...

This episode is designed to identify, reveal and help cope with the various psychotic people we have to interact with on a daily basis. They walk among us, exist in our families and function as normal people while inside is a hidden explosion that could happen with any trigger. Their outlets vary, but their goals are the same. To exist in a psychotic's world is absolutely Hell on Earth. It starts...

This episode will explore how our daily lives have interacted with Paranormal Activity, Ghosts, Hauntings and even Poltergeists from the beginning of mankind's recorded history. Professor Loyd Auerbach is a world renown expert on Paranormal Psychology. He will bring us enormous insight into how, why and where Paranormal activity manifests itself. We will explore how we can make peace and co-exist...

In life, we all must endure a gauntlet of trust and betrayal violations. These violations can turn a normal healthy relationship into a psychotic chapter of conflict, depression and horrible insecurities. Every argument in any relationship revolves around a trust issue. Sorting through the inevitable journey through trust and betrayal while moving into forgiveness and peace is what this episode is...

The need for obsessive compulsive behavior has given civilization a great advantage in the areas of science, math, house cleaning, health and even factory work. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder refers to when the compulse to obsess takes over your life and turns it into one long ritual. We stop living and only cope with life. Defend our rituals and box out opportunities for relationships to take plac...