Psychjourney Audio Book Club

The Last Normal Child: Essays on the Intersection of Kids, Culture, and Psychiatric Drugs

Length-26 minutes, 52 seconds

Dr. Lara Honos-Webb, host of The Sweet Spot, interviews Dr. Lawrence H. Diller, M.D., author of The Last Normal Child: Essays on the Intersection of Kids, Culture, and Psychiatric Drugs published by Praeger Publishers.

Dr. Lawrence H. Diller, M.D.

Dr. Lawrence H. Diller M.D. is a behavioral/developmental pediatrician in Walnut Creek, CA and on the clinical faculty of the University of California, San Francisco. 

Dr. Diller is the author of many professional articles and the books,  Should I Medicate My Child? Sane Solutions for Troubled Kids with and without Psychiatric Drugs and Running on Ritalian: A Physician Reflects on Children , Society and Performance in a Pill.

He has offered testimony to a House Congressional Subcommittee and was an expert witness to the President's Council on Bioethics.  Dr. Diller has appeared on every major talk show several times and is called reguarly to speak on TV and radio whenever children's psychiatric medication is in the news. Visit his website.

Toxic Childhood: How the Modern World is Damaging Our Children and What We Can Do About It

Length-30 minutes, 45 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Sue Palmer author of Toxic Childhood: How the Modern World is Damaging Our Children and What We Can Do About It published by Orion.

Ms. Sue Palmer

Sue Palmer is a writer, broadcaster and consultant on the education of young children. She is a regular contributor to the Times Educational Supplement and other journals, and author of more than two hundred books, TV programs and software for 3 to 12 year-olds – including the popular ‘skeleton’ materials, used in over 10,000 schools. She is also a popular speaker, addressing thousands of teachers each year across the UK and around the world, and acts as an independent adviser to many organizations, including the Department for Education and Skills and the BBC. In 2006 she published Toxic Childhood, about the impact of contemporary lifestyles on child development. Visit her website .

Babyproofing Your Marriage: How to Laugh More, Argue Less, and Communicate Better as Your Family Grows

Length-43 minutes, 37 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Ms. Cathy O'Neill, co-author of Babyproofing Your Marriage: How to Laugh More, Argue Less, and Communicate Better as Your Family Grows by by Stacie Cockrell, Cathy O'Neill, and Julia Stone , published by Collins.

Ms. Cathy O'Neill

Cathy Mc Neill is an AOL Coach on issues relating to family and kids. She speaks regularly to parents of small children about how to survive the cataclysmic shift from coupledom to parenthood, dealing with everything from sex (or lack thereof) to in-law management. Cathy has appeared on NBCs Today Show, Fox News and over 30 radio stations across the country. Overseas Cathy has appeared on the BBC and Sky News. Cathy is originally from Dublin, Ireland. She now lives in Austin, Texas with her husband Mike and their two daughters, Kate and Maeve. Visit her website.

Highway 61: A Father-and-Son Journey through the Middle of America

44 minutes, 14 seconds

Deborah Harper, President  of  Psychjourney interviews Dr. William McKeen, author of Highway 61: A Father-Son Journey Through the Middle of America published by Norton.

Dr. William McKeen is the author of five books and editor or three more. He has been copy editor and reporter at several newspapers, and was staff editor at The Saturday Evening Post and production editor for The American Spectator. His latest book, Highway 61, is a memoir of a 6,000-mile road trip with his college-age son. In addition to his anthology, Rock and Roll is Here to Stay, Mckeen has written critical biographies of Tom Wolfe, Hunter Thompson, Bob Dylan, and the Beatles. He is working on a full-scale biography of Hunter Thompson, an anthology about childhoods in Florida and a rock'n'roll book called Rip This Joint.

McKeen specializes in media history, popular culture and literary journalism. He has earned his B.A. in history and his M.A. in journalism from Indiana University and his Ph.D. in education from the University of Oklahoma. He is married and has seven children. Visit his website.

Six Lessons for Six Sons: Part Two

Length-44 minutes, 18 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. Joe Massengale author of Six Lessons for Six Sons: An Extraordinary Father, A Simple Formula for Success published by Three Rivers Press.

Mr. Joe Massengale

Boxer, preacher and businessman, George Forman says about our guest, Mr. Joe Massengale, "The lessons Joe Massengale learned back in the piney woods around Marshall, Texas, and gave to his sons to take into the world are some of the same ones I hope my children, my congregation, the kids in my youth center and my customers get from me." Entrepreneur Joe Massengale is the owner of Joe's Expert Tree Service. Visit his website.

Six Lessons for Six Sons: An Extraordinary Father, A Simple Formula for Success

Length-42 minutes, 29 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. Joe Massengale author of Six Lessons for Six Sons: An Extraordinary Father, A Simple Formula for Success. published by Three Rivers Press.

Mr. Joe Messengale

Boxer, preacher and businessman, George Forman says about our guest, Mr. Joe Massengale, The lessons Joe Massengale learned back in the piney woods around Marshall, Texas, and gave to his sons to take into the world are some of the same ones I hope my children, my congregation, the kids in my youth center and my customers get from me. "”

Entrepreneur Joe Massengale is the owner of Joe's Expert Tree Service.

of Thinking Parent, Thinking Child: How to Turn Your Most Challenging Everyday Problems into Solutions

Length-59 minutes, 36 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Myrna B. Shure, Ph.D., author of Thinking Parent, Thinking Child: How to Turn Your Most Challenging Everyday Problems into Solutions published by McGraw Hill.

Myrna B. Shure, Ph.D

Myrna B. Shure is a developmental psychologist and professor of psychology at Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA), developed the "I Can Problem Solve" (ICPS) program, on which Raising a Thinking Preteen and her two previous books are based. She has won three awards from the American Psychological Association (1984, 1986, 1993) and one from the National Mental Health Association (1982) for her work developing the ICPS program.

Her programs, I Can Problem Solve, for schools, and Raising a Thinking Child, for families, have been recognized as exemplary mental health programs by the National Association of School Psychologists, and as model violence and substance abuse prevention programs by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has recognized Dr. Shure's Raising a Thinking Child as a model prevention program for families, and that book was also a 1996 Parent's Choice Award winner. Visit her website .

The Complete Book of International Adoption: A Step by Step Guide to Finding Your Child

Length-1 hour, 1 minute, 37 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Attorney Dawn Davenport, author of The Complete Book Of International Adoption: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Your Child published by Broadway.

Dawn Davenport

Dawn Davenport is an adoption expert, writer, attorney, and speaker specializing in international adoption. Her book, The Complete Book of International Adoption: A Step by Step Guide to Finding Your Child (Random House/Broadway, Nov. 2006), and website, , help families through the international adoption process.

She has published on adoption in national and regional publications, including Conceive Magazine, the Christian Science Monitor, and USA Today. She is interviewed frequently about adoption, including numerous times on National Public Radio. Her research has been featured on CBS News 60 Minutes and People Magazine. Ms. Davenport has served as a background consultant to CBS News 60 Minutes and ABC News Primetime Live on adoption issues. She loves to speak at infertility and adoption conferences to help others on their journey to find their child. Perhaps most important, she is a mom of four by birth and adoption and cares passionately about this issue.  Visit her website.

Mamarama: A Memoir of Sex, Kids, & Rock 'n' Roll

Length-51 minutes, 28 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Evelyn McDonnell, author of Mamarama: A Memoir of Sex, Kids, & Rock 'n' Roll published by Da Capo Life Long Books.

Evelyn McDonnell

Evelyn McDonnell is the pop culture writer at The Miami Herald, where she has worked since 2001. She is the author of three books: Mamarama: A Memoir of Sex, Kids and Rock ‘n’ Roll, and Army of She: Icelandic, Iconoclastic, Irrepressible Bjork She coedited the anthologies Rock She Wrote: Women Write About Rock, Pop and Rap and Stars Don’t Stand Still in the Sky: Music and Myth. A former senior editor at The Village Voice and associate editor at SF Weekly, her writing on music, poetry, theater, and culture has appeared in numerous publications and anthologies, including Ms., Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Spin, Travel & Leisure, Us, Billboard, and Option.

Evelyn lives in Miami Beach with her husband, Bud, her stepdaughters, Karlie and Kenda, her son, Cole, their dog, Otis, and two cats, Paleface and Moonpie. Visit her website

The Adolescent Brain: Reaching for Autonomy

Length- 43 minutes, 58 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney interviews Dr. Robert Sylwester, author of  The Adolescent Brain: Reaching for Autonomy published by Corwin Press.

Dr. Robert Sylwester

Robert Sylwester is an Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Oregon who focuses on the educational implications of new developments in science and technology. He is the author of several books and many journal articles. The Education Press Association of America has given him two Distinguished Achievement Awards for his syntheses of cognitive science research, published in Educational Leadership. He has made more than 1,400 conference and inservice presentations on educationally significant developments in brain–stress theory and research. He writes a monthly column for the Internet journal Brain Connection.