Summary: We’re taking a break from podcasting for the remainder of June in order to focus on an important business project. Until we return with new shows in July, please enjoy one of our favorite “retro” episodes of Financial Survival Radio. Dr. Kathy McMahon This episode was originally released on November 25, 2010. Peak Oil is a topic anyone with financial survival concerns should be aware of. Licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Kathy McMahon specializes in therapy for people who are specifically concerned about it. An untold number of people around the world are deeply disturbed by what Peak Oil will mean to their lives and the world around them in the near future. Some sufferers can't help but focus on the fact that many of the things around them now will eventually disappear as oil supplies dwindle. "For example, we're seeing a phenomenon called a nostalgia for the present, where they go into a supermarket and look at a display of bananas, and they'll say to themselves, I remember when bananas used to be really cheap and you could just walk into a store and get as many as you wanted," said Dr. McMahon. "Or they'll walk down a city street, and instead of seeing active businesses and cars in the parking lot, they see boarded-up businesses and burned-out cars.... It's like they see the ghost of Christmas future in front of them." Dr. McMahon, who describes herself as the "Peak Oil Shrink," started the Peak Oil Blues website and continues to invite people to the site to join the discussion. From her website: Kathy McMahon, Psy.D., is a licensed psychologist, practices marital and family therapy, and is also a certified sex therapist and educator. She teaches graduate school, maintains a small clinical and online practice, and supervises doctoral psychology interns in an urban social service agency for the poor. She also raises chickens. Dr. McMahon is active in her local community’s efforts to eradicate hunger and power-down to a low-energy future. Despite being pessimistic about the future of cheap energy she’s very hopeful about the power of small groups of people creating a simpler but more meaningful life together, while simultaneously annoying each other in the process. She has been quoted as saying “If I can’t dance, I don’t want the Armageddon.” More Information Visit Dr. McMahon's Peak Oil Blues blog Click here to subscribe to our show via ITunes Click here to subscribe via RSS (Non ITunes feed) Like our show? We would appreciate it if you would honestly rate our show with ITunes. Your rating will help the show and its ranking in ITunes, so more people can find us. Thank you!
