The following is a transcript of Diego Rubio from the Colombian magazine Semana, interviewing Celebrity Life Coach and Human Behavior Expert, Patrick Wanis Ph.D. about the reasons people are obsessed with celebrities, how celebrities are created and branded, why we worship celebrities but also enjoy tearing them down, and; the way that the media affects our thinking & beliefs and leads us to conform.

Diego Rubio:            The first thing I would like to know is about Brangelina. Brad and Angelina are kind of a brand, and they are so important for the entertainment industry; everybody is so obsessed with them. Why? And what is it about this specific couple that gets all the attention of the public?

Dr. Patrick Wanis     Well, there are two key points and what I refer to as “levels.” The first point or level is that within the entertainment industry, there are people that are always looking to create a brand, something bigger than life, something bigger than the rest of us. And what I mean by that is, Brad was once voted as the world’s sexiest man alive and Angelina was also recognized as one of the most beautiful women alive and one of the most sexiest women. So when two powerful people like this come together you have the sexiest man and the most beautiful and sexiest woman, then the public, in its mind is creating something that is a symbol of perfection. It also becomes a brand where we look up to them and we all wish, we all dream, we all aspire to be like them. Just like “Oh, I wish I could be as handsome as Brad; I wish I could be as beautiful as Angelina; I wish I could be that couple.” But the concept and identification always begins within the media. The media creates that and what I mean by the media is that today more than ever there is so much competition to get the attention of the public because there were so many magazines and media outlets competing against each other…

Diego Rubio:            Within the media you are talking about?

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 The following is an expanded  transcript of Russ Morley, host of 850 WFTL radio interviewing Celebrity Life Coach and Human Behavior Expert, Patrick Wanis Ph.D. about Tiger Woods televised apology and The Fame Factor.

Click here to read the first interview Patrick Wanis gave to Russ Morley Dec. 11, 2009: Tiger Woods – a sex addict? http://patrickwanis.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/11/tiger-woods-a-sex-addict/

Click here to read Patrick Wanis’ Success Newsletter: Lessons from Tiger Woods:

http://patrickwanis.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/16/lessons-from-tiger-woods/

Click here to read the interview Patrick Wanis gave to Russ Morley Dec. 22, 2009: Tiger Woods – a God complex or an inferiority complex? http://patrickwanis.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/22/tiger-woods-god-complex-or-inferiority-complex/

Click here to read the interview Patrick Wanis gave to Russ Morley January 16, 2010: Tiger Woods in sex rehab and claims that his wife Elin is taking him back. http://patrickwanis.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/26/tiger-woods-wife-takes-him-back/

Tiger Woods:  I want to say to each of you, simply and directly; I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior I engaged in.

I know people want to find out how I could be so selfish and so foolish.  People want to know how I could have done these things to my wife, Elin, and to my children.

And while I have always tried to be a private person, there are some things I want to say.  Elin and I have started the process of discussing the damaged caused by my behavior.  As Elin pointed out to me, my real apology to her will not come in the form of words.  It will come from my behavior over time. 

Russ Morley: So, I got to say it.  I got a little moist, well, a little bit, this left eye over here, right—right in the corner, just a little –ah, maybe it was just something in my eye.  I’m not really sure. 

Joining us this morning is Doctor Patrick Wanis, Celebrity Life Coach, Human Behavior Expert.

Doctor Wanis, sincere – I mean he got to me.  He – he got me right here, sir.

Patrick Wanis:  Yeah, I heard you.  You said that you got moist.

Russ Morley: Just a little bit.  A little tear formed over there.

Patrick Wanis: All right.

Russ Morley:  Did you buy the sincerity?

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The following is a transcript of Joanie Winberg, host of the Single Again! Now What? alk Radio Show, interviewing Celebrity Life Coach and Human Behavior & Relationship Expert, Patrick Wanis Ph.D. about The Putt Putt Syndrome and relationships and marriages. Patrick Wanis is the exclusive relationship expert to the movie The Putt Putt Syndrome. www.theputtputtsyndrome.com

In a thorough and sometimes shocking interview, Patrick Wanis PhD shares his expertise on the mistakes husband and wives make; shares strategies & tips to relight the fire of romance & passion; reveals the most dangerous mistake parents make with their children; reveals the top 4 things a man wants and the top 4 things a woman wants, and, how you can use that knowledge to strengthen and deepen the bond, connection and romance in your relationship.

To listen to the interview, click here: http://patrickwanis.com/Putt_Putt_Syndrome.asp          

JOANIE WINBERG:  Hello and welcome.  This is Joanie Winberg, your host of the Single Again! Now What? Blog Talk Radio Show.  I am very excited to introduce my guest today.  But before I do, I would like to take a few minutes to, once again, welcome our listeners. 

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The following is a transcript of Russ Morley, host of 850 WFTL radio interviewing Celebrity Life Coach and Human Behavior Expert, Patrick Wanis Ph.D. about Tiger Woods in sex rehab and claims that his wife Elin is taking him back at the same time that another woman claims to have been one of Tiger’s many mistresses.

Click here to read the first interview Patrick Wanis gave to Russ Morley Dec. 11, 2009: Tiger Woods – a sex addict? http://patrickwanis.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/11/tiger-woods-a-sex-addict/

Click here to read Patrick Wanis’ Success Newsletter: Lessons from Tiger Woods:

http://patrickwanis.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/16/lessons-from-tiger-woods/

Click here to read the interview Patrick Wanis gave to Russ Morley Dec. 22, 2009: Tiger Woods – a God complex or an inferiority complex? http://patrickwanis.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/22/tiger-woods-god-complex-or-inferiority-complex/

Good Morning on the WFTL Morning News. Now here’s your host, Russ Morley.

Russ Morley:         There are still more women telling their tale about Tiger. The latest that came out this weekend, the British mother of two named Tiger’s latest mistress concocted the story that she was having golf lessons to maintain their affair. That’s what she was telling her friends. Golf lessons! Emma Rotherham, a 42-year-old living near Tiger in Isleworth, up near Orlando, invented the story to tell her friends and family she claimed to be receiving tuition from an instructor called Jose whereas she was in fact raising the Woods’ office in Windermere for sex lessons and that’s the latest story about Tiger.

Now, we hear Elin has been visiting Tiger at that Mississippi sex rehab clinic for the last five days. So apparently, the marriage is not over. Joining us this morning, Dr. Patrick Wanis. He’s a celebrity life coach and human behavior expert. You may have seen him recently on Extra. Dr. Wanis, how are you doing?

Patrick Wanis:       Doing great, thank you.

Russ Morley:         First of all, let’s talk about sex addiction. Is it a genuine illness? Is it something that you can diagnose that you have on your book of diagnoses there that you can label somebody with?

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The following is a transcript of Johannes Faber from the German magazine PM interviewing Celebrity Life Coach and Human Behavior Expert, Patrick Wanis Ph.D. about Emotional Vampires.

Click here to read Patrick Wanis’ Success Newsletter: Dealing with emotional vampires:

http://patrickwanis.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/10/dealing-with-emotional-vampires/

Johannes Faber:         Johannes Faber.

Dr. Patrick Wanis:       Johannes, hi. This is Patrick Wanis.

Johannes Faber:         Hello. That’s very cool that you called me.

Dr. Patrick Wanis:       You’re welcome.

Johannes Faber:         That’s great. Yeah.

Dr. Patrick Wanis:       Would you tell me about the magazine and a little bit about yourself?

Johannes Faber:         The magazine is big in Germany. Its basic topics are science and psychology.

Dr. Patrick Wanis:       Okay.

Johannes Faber:         I’m now writing an article for the print magazine. We have an online version but we also have the print magazine and this is our focus. And I’m going to write a print article about Emotional Vampires.

Dr. Patrick Wanis:       And what got you interested in Emotional Vampires?

Johannes Faber:         Well, at the moment, there’s loads of vampirism around us, particularly in the media.

Dr. Patrick Wanis:       You mean movies?  Movies and books?

Johannes Faber:         Yes, exactly.  Like this “Twilight” material, you know that?

Dr. Patrick Wanis:       Yes, yes, it’s huge in America. 

Johannes Faber:         Yeah, also in Germany. And so the questions that arose were “What’s behind it and what’s the reason that people still believe in vampires? And what does it give to the people?”  So we came to the point that we saw that it’s not primarily about the blood that the vampire sucks from the victims but rather it’s about the energy.  And so we saw a bridge to the Emotional Vampires. 

Dr. Patrick Wanis:       Right.  And I would argue that there’s always been an interest in vampires, but it comes and goes in cycles and I would say the reason that it’s so big now is because of what the vampire represents: first it’s the sense of power and invincibility.  And the power and invincibility adds security, a sense of stability and a sense of safety in a time when in the world we, as individuals, don’t feel secure; we don’t feel stable and we don’t feel powerful.  We feel the opposite. We feel helpless and we feel afraid.  But the vampire has no fear.

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The following is a transcript of Jennifer Vogel “Relationships for twentysomethings” reporter for Examiner.com interviewing Celebrity Life Coach and Human Behavior Expert, Patrick Wanis Ph.D. about techniques, tips and strategies to help people make lasting first impressions when dating.

You can read Jennifer’s article here: http://www.examiner.com/x-32435-Houston-Twentysomething-Relationships-Examiner~y2009m12d9-Make-a-lasting-first-impression-in-person-by-text-and-online

Jennifer:                    If you’re meeting someone in your 20s, so, you know, this is a lot of the digital age, what would you say would be the best advice you could give someone if they’re going to meet someone face to face to leave a lasting impression?

Patrick Wanis:          The first key to all persuasion and influence is to understand the other person. The other equally significant key is “If you want to impress someone, be impressed by them.” In most dating situations, guys are the biggest culprits of self-obsessing. Guys will sit there and talk all about themselves, thinking that they’re going to impress and win over the girl by saying how great they are, in every area in their life, whether it’s their material possessions, their career, their looks, their achievements. But what the girl really wants to hear is that he is interested in her; that he will listen to her and that he’ll pay attention to her and that he’s actually hearing what she says and is interested in what she says, not just cutting her off so he can then get in his next sentence.

Jennifer:                    Oh, that makes perfect sense. And the second question is about online dating; how do you make a great first impression as you are meeting someone online like either through a social network or a dating website like a Match.com? What’s the best way to make a good impression?

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The following is a transcript of Russ Morley, host of 850 WFTL radio interviewing Celebrity Life Coach and Human Behavior Expert, Patrick Wanis Ph.D. about Tiger Woods scandal of sexual betrayal and cheating.

Click here to read the first interview Patrick Wanis gave to Russ Morley Dec. 11, 2009: Tiger Woods – a sex addict? http://patrickwanis.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/11/tiger-woods-a-sex-addict/

Click here to read Patrick Wanis’ Success Newsletter: Lessons from Tiger Woods:

http://patrickwanis.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/16/lessons-from-tiger-woods/

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Jamie Jungers:  Yes, he’d flew me in and we’re dinging off. He got a phone call from his mother. His father wasn’t doing very well and he left for a couple of hours to go see him. And, came home later on that night; we make love on his bed and then around 2 or 3 o’clock in the morning, there was a phone call that his father passed away. So, I was extremely devastated and I know he was, too.

Russ Morley: In bed with mistress Jamie Jungers, the night his father died. Interesting. Let’s look back at some things Tiger has told the media in the past, one of those was how hurt he was when he learned his father had cheated on this beloved mother. So, like father like son? Joining us this morning is celebrity life coach, human behavior expert and shrink of the stars, Dr. Patrick Wanis. Dr. Wanis, good morning. You had a whirlwind tour. You’ve been in Australia and then Los Angeles for the past week. Did I see you on Extra just the other day?

Dr. Wanis: I was taping some interviews with Extra, a very long interview around Tiger Woods and then we taped some segments for some upcoming shows that you’ll see in January and February.

Russ Morley: This is pretty rough stuff. Now, we’re finding out more about him. By the way, that’s mistress number 5 and, yes, I do have a program. Jamie Jungers, she’s the 26 year old former employee of Trashy Girls Lingerie, the one he met in Las Vegas who had flown into Florida for the week with his father been ill and was in bed with her the night that the father died. But, I’d read some things about Tiger that said, “He was really devastated - really hurt when he found out that his father, at one point in time, had cheated on his mother.” Wouldn’t you think normally, Doc, that that was something he’d stay away from? He’d be very conscious about that?

Dr. Wanis: I’ll use the example of Chris Brown. We, all, know that Chris Brown assaulted his girlfriend, Rihanna. Are you also aware that he had a lot of resenment towards his father because his father was abusive? So, Chris Brown ended up doing what most people do and that’s copying your parents’ behavior. So, there’s always the chance that sometimes we end up engaging in the very behavior that we hate.

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You can also read the condensed list published by Pop Tarts on FOX news.com. Click here: 

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2009/12/30/celebrity-meltdowns/

By Patrick Wanis, PhD

Celebrity Life Coach, Human Behavior Expert & Clinical Hypnotherapist

Actors, sports players, musicians and politicians! No one was immune.

This year the really famous engaged in really stupid behavior. From criminal behavior and cheating on their wives to public outbursts and emotional breakdowns, the delusion of power and invincibility took its toll on many of the celebrities of 2009!

The intoxication of fame, fortune and power along with stupidity, ego and delusion gave some celebrities more publicity than they bargained for.

Celebrity Life Coach and Human Behavior Expert Patrick Wanis, PhD has compiled his third annual list of The Top Ten Celebrity Meltdowns of 2009 along with his expert insights into their antics and dangerous behavior.

Can you guess the number 1 celebrity meltdown of 2009?

Let’s start at the bottom and work our way up…

10. Politicians – lying, cheating and slandering

The list of the Top 10 Celebrity Meltdowns wouldn’t’ be complete unless it included a few sex scandals, acts of ego and stupidity coming from politicians, and all three from South Carolina!

He escaped impeachment proceedings but not the scolding of his wife and political teammates: The wife of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford announced just this past week that she is filing for divorce, six months after Sanford traveled secretly to Argentina for what he later confessed was an extramarital affair. But Sanford’s pain isn’t limited to a humiliating divorce or the end of his presidential dreams, no; Sanford also believes and proclaimed to the world that his Argentine mistress is his “soul mate”!

But lying wasn’t enough for politicians in 2009; some had to also accuse others of it: South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson shocked many observers when he shouted out in congress, “You lie!” after US President Barrack Obama denied that health care legislation would provide free coverage for illegal immigrants. That got him the 15-minutes of fame and then another political activist wanted his share as well.

Commenting on a report posted to Facebook about a gorilla escape at a zoo in Columbia, South Carolina, longtime GOP activist Rusty DePass wrote, “I’m sure it’s just one of Michelle’s ancestors - probably harmless.”  Yes, DePass called an escaped gorilla, a relative of First Lady Michelle Obama!

The desire for celebrity status, power and fame leads people to engage in amazing acts of ego & stupidity as well as delusions of grandeur and invincibility! Are you ready for number 9?

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The following is a transcript of an interview between Jim Peake of MySuccessGateway.com and Celebrity Life Coach and Human Behavior Expert, Patrick Wanis Ph.D. about the Sweat Lodge deaths of three people at James Arthur Ray’s “Spiritual Warrior” event in Sedona, Arizona. James Ray is a New Age guru, self-help expert and one of the teachers featured in the hit movie “The Secret”.

To listen to the audio interview, click here.

Jim: This is Jim Peake at MySuccessGateway.com and today I’ve got a fantastic podcast call with Mr. Patrick Wanis, Celebrity Life Coach and Human Behavior Expert, PhD. And you can find him at patrickwanis.com. And it’s spelled Patrick W-A-N-I-S dot com. Welcome Patrick.

Patrick: Thanks Jim.

Jim:     This is the call about the Sweat Lodge tragedy down in Sedona, AZ and James Ray had an event down there and apparently there were a few things that went wrong, terribly wrong, and it cost some people their lives.

Patrick: Well, there are so many points to this story, Jim. Let’s just give everyone listening to this call a sort of a synopsis of the story. James Arthur Ray is recognized as a self-help guru, a spiritual guru, a new-age guru, a self-help expert. He was one of the featured presenters in the movie The Secret and you’ll recall he’s also been on Oprah twice. She promoted The Secret and she promoted James Ray and a couple of other people. James Ray’s been around for a long time. He also is a published author. He holds some retreats. The retreat that he held was known as “Spiritual Warrior” Camp and it’s done over four or five days and people that attend this pay almost $10,000 to be part of this. If you read the actual publicity that he writes about this it’s like, “I’m going to reveal to you secrets that no one else knows. I’m the only one that has this. I’ve spent years trying to find this. I’ve traveled to Peru. I did this, etc, etc.”  So he builds himself up as having a very special message and he says, “Look, don’t worry about how much you’re investing because you’re going to make so much money so easily and so effortlessly.”  Okay. The spiritual retreat that he engages in, he calls it Spiritual Warrior, included fasting for 36 hours in the desert. Now the reports say that it also included not drinking water. Now, I’m not sure how that’s possible and remember not every detail that we’re discussing today has been verified. But, the people that did this fasted for 36 hours. Then on the morning of the Sweat lodge they go ahead and have a breakfast buffet. I have done sweat lodges Jim. I’ve done two of them. And I never saw anyone get sick and I never saw any injuries and I never saw any tragedies.

Jim:     Yeah, I’ve done two of them as well so I’ve never seen that either.

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The following is a transcript of an interview between Russ Morley, host of 850 WFTL radio and Celebrity Life Coach and Human Behavior Expert, Patrick Wanis Ph.D. about the five Florida teens who allegedly doused a 15-year-old boy with rubbing alcohol and set him on fire as an act of revenge. The teen was set on fire over a $40 video game. Police said, “I’ll be honest, a couple of them were laughing about it last night. [Only] one of them seemed genuinely sorry for what he did,”

Good Morning on the WFTL Morning News. Now here’s your host, Russ Morley.

(Quotes from various speakers)

“The victim’s gonna carry a lifelong scars if he survives. It’s just a horrible, horrible case. “

“Michael Brewer reported somebody for stealing his dad’s bike. That’s what this comes down to. It’s retaliation”. 

“Nearly two-thirds of his body is burned in mixed second and third-degree burns”. 

“They have good grades, no problems in school.  Wrong place, wrong people”.

 “The State Attorney’s office will make a decision whether to keep the case in juvenile court or whether to transfer to the adult system.”

 “It’s almost a cliché to say, you know, that this crime has shocked the community but in this case it really is true.”

Russ Morley:

Sherriff Allen Burty, before that Corey Hill public defender, Sharon Jarvis’ mother and 15-year-old Michael Brewer’s mom. Michael Brewer, 15 years of age, is being treated this morning at Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Burn Unit in Miami.  Two-thirds of his body burned.  BSO say 5 boys surrounded him Monday afternoon outside a Deerfield Beach Apartment Complex, splashed him with rubbing alcohol, and then set him a fire. The boys have been charged with aggravated assault.  One of them was also charged with attempted second-degree murder.  He is the one that actually torched Michael.  What kind of disconnect would teenagers have to have to be able to do something like this?  Joining us this morning is Celebrity Life Coach and Human Behavior Expert, Dr. Patrick Wanis, out of Miami this morning.  Dr. Wanis, good morning.

Patrick Wanis: 

Good morning, Russ.

Russ:   All right.  Yesterday, we were talking and you were mentioning two words, sociopath and psychopath. Which are applicable here?

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