My Many Selves

About My Many Selves

My Many Selves is a podcast dedicated to harmonizing the diverse parts of our identity—from the seeker and the builder to the healer and the dancer. By bringing these roles into orbit around our central essence, we can live more fully and create more freely, moving beyond the limited labels assigned by others to achieve true, whole-self integration. Each episode explores the beautiful contradictions we carry through intimate stories, ancient wisdom, and modern tools. Whether discussing the medicine of scent or the intersection of technology and consciousness, we explore the gentle truth that we flourish when all our parts move in harmony rather than in conflict. If you are ready to stop hiding pieces of yourself and begin living authentically across all your dimensions, this is a space for deep remembering and exploration. Welcome home to My Many Selves: Becoming More You. My Many Selves is hosted by Damaris Nightingale, an entrepreneur, researcher, and speaker whose work bridges consciousness, psychology, olfactory therapy, health, technology, and human development. After more than 30 years leading enterprise technology initiatives, her interdisciplinary approach integrates science, logic, and spirituality into a practical framework for deeper self-understanding. Co-produced by Endiku LLC and WMR.FM. All Intellectual Property Owned by Endiku LLC.

Publisher

International Web Marketers, LLC

Category

education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Jul 2026

Latest episode

21 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

17 episodes in the feed.

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   21 Oct 2026

   Episode 17: One Person’s Remedy Is Another’s Slow Poison: The Fallacy of One-Size-Fits-All Healing

   We already know that one size does not fit all. Yet in matters of physical, mental, and emotional healing, we continue treating the diagnosis as though it tells us everything about the person. In this episode, Damaris Nightingale explores a vital but often overlooked truth: a food, herb, supplement, or therapy that heals one person may slowly disturb another. Through her own experience with unexplained burn-like marks and intense internal heat, she reveals what happened when supposedly “healing” foods proved incompatible with her constitution. Drawing from Traditional Chinese Medicine, BaZi, Sasang Constitutional Medicine, Eight Constitution Medicine, Ayurveda, and modern epigenetics, Damaris examines how ancient systems recognized the individuality that standardized treatment often overlooks. She also introduces Numinax, her developing constitutional framework for bringing this knowledge into a more accessible and calculable form. Because the real question is not simply, “Does this remedy work?” It is: “For whom, in what amount, and for how long?” The system may provide the map, but the individual’s response remains the final authority.

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   14 Oct 2026

   Episode 16: One Person’s Remedy Is Another’s Slow Poison. Why Your Body Needs Its Own Blueprint.

   What if the health advice everyone calls “good for you” is quietly working against your body? In this episode, Damaris Nightingale challenges one of the most deeply rooted assumptions in modern wellness: that the same food, herb, supplement, exercise, or healing practice should benefit everyone. What restores balance in one person may aggravate imbalance in another. What feels like medicine to one body may become another person’s slow poison. Through personal experience, constitutional wisdom, and a deeper exploration of human individuality, Damaris reveals why your symptoms, sensitivities, cravings, and unexpected reactions are not inconveniences to override. They are messages from a body with its own blueprint. This episode invites you to stop forcing yourself into someone else’s wellness formula and begin asking a far more intelligent question: **What does my particular body need?**

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   7 Oct 2026

   Episode 15: Self-Retrieval: Bringing Home the Selves That Stayed Behind

   What if you moved on, but part of you never left? You ended the relationship. Survived the crisis. Outgrew the role. Perhaps years have passed. Yet somewhere within you, a self may still be waiting in an old room, protecting someone you cannot save, reliving a betrayal, or answering to a life that no longer exists. Psychology might call it a dissociated self-state. I call the conscious recovery of that stranded part self-retrieval. In this deeply personal episode, Damaris Nightingale shares two powerful experiences of helping women reclaim selves that had remained behind. One had physically left a domineering relationship, yet part of her still seemed to inhabit her former lover’s home. The other was attempting to manage her husband’s mental-health crisis from the powerless protector she had become as a child. Both confronted the same unsettling truth: you cannot live fully in the present while part of you is still serving the past. Self-retrieval is not about erasing who you were or abandoning the selves that once helped you survive. It is about finding the parts of you still trapped in another person’s world, an earlier age, or an expired role, releasing them from their old assignments, and bringing them home to the person you are now. Where are you still living after the rest of you has already left?

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   30 Sept 2026

   Episode 14: The Dangers of Unsolicited Compassion

   What if compassion is not always compassionate? We are taught that helping is good, giving is noble, and stepping in to ease another person’s suffering is an unquestionable virtue. But compassion offered without invitation, discernment, or detachment can quietly become intrusion, projection, control, or even self-sacrifice disguised as love. In this provocative episode of *My Many Selves*, Damaris Nightingale explores the hidden dangers of helping people who have not asked to be helped. She examines what happens when our need to rescue collides with another person’s right to choose, when generosity carries an unspoken expectation, and when disappointment reveals that what we called compassion may actually have been a transaction. This is not an argument for becoming colder. It is an invitation to become wiser: to offer compassion without possessing the outcome, to recognize when help empowers and when it diminishes, and to hold the mirror up to the motives behind our own good intentions. Because sometimes the most compassionate thing we can do is help. And sometimes, it is to step back.

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   23 Sept 2026

   Episode 13: Genderism The Great Schism

   Genderism: The Great Schism  Description What if the widening divide between men and women is not caused by our differences, but by what we have been taught those differences are supposed to mean? In **Genderism: The Great Schism**, we examine the beliefs, expectations, and unspoken rules that shape how men and women perceive one another. When masculine and feminine qualities are reduced to rigid roles, difference becomes judgment, misunderstanding becomes resentment, and relationships become battlegrounds. But this is not another argument about which sex is right, stronger, more wounded, or more evolved. It is a deeper exploration of how we misidentify masculine and feminine principles, demand that others conform to our expectations, and then blame them when the relationship fails. Perhaps the great schism is not truly between men and women. Perhaps it begins within each of us, wherever we reject, distort, or fail to understand the masculine and feminine forces in ourselves. This episode challenges the assumptions beneath the gender conflict and asks a more unsettling question: **Are we fighting each other, or are we fighting the parts of ourselves we have never learned to reconcile?**

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   16 Sept 2026

   Episode 12: Threads in the Ether: Consciousness and Our Digital Mirrors

   Consciousness and ideas may flow through a subtle, shared environmental field rather than existing solely within the biological mind. As we build and train artificial intelligence, these platforms emerge as digital mirrors—reflecting our human complexities, our institutional flaws, and our collective habits. Different AI models carry distinct personalities shaped by their creators' institutional philosophies, ranging from risk-taking to cautious compliance. Because human interaction is the ultimate training ground for these systems, we carry a quiet, profound responsibility to approach technology with mindfulness, wisdom, and care—infusing our digital reflections with the highest ideals of our shared humanity.

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   9 Sept 2026

   Episode 11: Are You an Initiator or a Magnetizer - The Two Ways We Create What We Want

   Are You an Initiator or a Magnetizer? The Two Ways We Create What We Want  description What if the reason you are struggling to create what you want is not a lack of discipline, faith, or positive thinking, but that you have been using a method that works against your nature? Some people are initiators. They move toward life, open doors, create momentum, and make things happen. Others are magnetizers. They attract people, possibilities, and resources by becoming receptive to what is trying to find them. Neither way is superior, but confusing the two can leave you exhausted, frustrated, and wondering why advice that works beautifully for someone else repeatedly fails you. In this episode of *My Many Selves*, Damaris Nightingale explores these two distinct ways of creating, the hidden partnerships between them, and why we may embody different roles in different areas of our lives. This conversation challenges the one-size-fits-all version of the Law of Attraction and asks a far more useful question: Are you meant to pursue what you want, attract it toward you, or consciously unite both powers within yourself?

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   2 Sept 2026

   Episode 10: Navigating The Nuances of the Law of Attraction

   Damaris Nightingale explores the complexities of the Law of Attraction, challenging the idea that a single, one-size-fits-all formula works universally for everyone. Instead, the host highlights the importance of individual nuances and personal configurations. Two dominant operating systems or mystical traditions for achieving goals: the "path of the lover," which fits people who actively go after things, initiate action, and rely on a gut feeling during movement; and the "path of the beloved," which is best suited for individuals who achieve results through internal alignment, contemplation, visualization, and emotional preparation. Different people possess varying dominant tools to manifest their desires, such as vivid mental imagery (visualization), spoken declarations (prayers, mantras, or zikr), or directly sliding into a lived emotional essence or feeling. A core principle across all methods is that magnetism requires energy and feeling; consequently, a strong aversion to something can inadvertently attract that exact negative element into a person's life.

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   26 Aug 2026

   Episode 9: Forgiveness: The Prison Break

   What if forgiveness isn’t about choosing sides… but escaping the prison altogether? In this deeply personal episode of My Many Selves, Damaris Nightingale challenges one of the greatest myths about forgiveness. Whether you’ve been the one who was wounded, the one holding on to resentment, or the one carrying the weight of regret, every role can become its own prison. Through personal stories, a powerful forgiveness practice, and timeless wisdom, Damaris explores how we unknowingly become both prisoner and warden, sometimes even at the same time. In this episode you’ll discover: • Why forgiveness is an act of self-liberation, not self-sacrifice. • How resentment keeps us emotionally chained to the past. • Why both the prisoner and the warden remain locked inside the same prison. • How guilt can imprison the offender just as deeply as anger imprisons the offended. • Why real freedom begins when you stop asking who was right and start asking, “Which self is leading my life?” Whether you are waiting for an apology… Trying to forgive someone who never asked… Or struggling to forgive yourself… This episode is an invitation to step out of every role that keeps you captive. Because every prison has a door. Sometimes the prisoner must walk through it. Sometimes the warden must unlock it. And sometimes, they are the same person.

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    19 Aug 2026

    Episode 8: Missing the Forest For the Tree

    Are you looking for perfection in me… while I am trapped in this temporary abode?” Have you ever become so focused on one flaw that you stopped seeing everything else? Have you ever been reduced to your worst mistake, your greatest weakness, or one “ugly and rugged tree,” while the rest of your forest remained unseen? In this deeply personal episode of My Many Selves, Damaris Nightingale shares the story behind her poem “Missing a Beautiful Forest Because of One Ugly Tree.” What began as the pain of being constantly criticized became a profound lesson about relationships, self-worth, compassion, and the way we judge ourselves and others. Together, we’ll explore why our minds naturally fixate on defects, why we spend so much of our lives “looking for perfection,” and why imagination and reality are not the same. We’ll also take a fresh look at karma. Is it really a simple system of reward and punishment? Or is life shaped by countless interacting conditions, where one act of kindness, one habit, one choice, or one relationship never tells the whole story? Perhaps the greatest tragedy is not that we have rugged trees. It is that we become so captivated by them that we never discover the vast forest, “beautiful and bold, with so much to explore and to behold.” This episode is an invitation to adjust “the lenses of your heart” and begin seeing yourself and others with greater wisdom, compassion, and wholeness.

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    12 Aug 2026

    Episode 7: The Economics of Attention: AI, Consciousness, and the Next Stage of Being Human

    What has every major technological advancement throughout history really given us? From the wheel to the washing machine, from the calculator to the computer, every innovation has relieved humanity of a task that once demanded our time and effort. But have we ever stopped to ask what those technologies gave us in return? In this episode of My Many Selves, Damaris Nightingale explores a question that goes far beyond Artificial Intelligence. Rather than asking what AI will become, she asks a more profound question: What might humanity become because AI exists? Together, we examine the hidden relationship between technology, time, attention, and consciousness. If every technological advancement has liberated a little more of our time, then AI may represent the greatest liberation of human attention in history. But that freedom comes with an equally profound responsibility. Today, our liberated attention has become one of the world’s most valuable resources. Every platform, every notification, every advertisement, every headline, and every algorithm competes for it. The question is no longer whether we have attention. The question is where we choose to invest it. Will we use this new freedom to accumulate more information, or to cultivate greater wisdom? Will we simply become more efficient, or will we become more human? This episode invites you to rethink technology, consciousness, and your own future through a new lens: The Economics of Attention. Because the future of humanity may not be determined by the technologies we create, but by what we choose to do with the attention they return to us.

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    5 Aug 2026

    Episode 6: Things That Make You Wonder

    Things That Make You Wonder A pigeon flies through a window. One person calls it a bad omen. Another calls it a blessing. Forty-eight hours later, a series of extraordinary events unfolds, raising questions that challenge the way we think about meaning, consciousness, and the many ways human beings come to know. In this episode, Dr. Damaris Nightingale explores the relationship between science, spirituality, curiosity, and discernment. Inspired by neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart's willingness to investigate experiences that challenged her understanding, she asks a timeless question: What if science is an extraordinary way of knowing, but not the only one? Together we'll explore why healthy skepticism protects us from deception, why fanatical skepticism can blind us to discovery, and why curiosity and discernment are not opposites, but partners. You'll hear a deeply personal story of tragedy, intuition, unexpected grace, rosemary, and a remarkable chain of events that invites us to ask not what we should believe, but how we make sense of experiences that don't fit neatly into our current understanding of reality. Whether you've experienced profound intuition, meaningful coincidences, vivid dreams, synchronicities, or simply carry questions you've never felt comfortable asking, this episode is an invitation to wonder. Not to abandon science. Not to abandon reason. But not to abandon wonder either. Because perhaps the greatest discoveries begin, not with certainty, but with the courage to ask a better question.

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    29 Jul 2026

    Episode 5: Guilt The Self-Torturer

    After losing someone we love, grief is expected. What we don’t talk about nearly enough is guilt. The conversations we replay. The things we wish we had said. The things we wish we had done. The impossible belief that somehow we could have changed the outcome. In this episode, I explore guilt as the self-torturer, that part of the mind that keeps lifting the sword against itself long after the battle is over. Through my experience of losing my mother, we examine grief, self-flagellation, the illusion of control, and the healing power of remembering love more than regret. Perhaps guilt is not love. Perhaps it is love that has forgotten its own kindness.

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    22 Jul 2026

    Episode 4: The Fragrance Within: Rewriting Your Narrative Through Scent

    In this episode of My Many Selves, Dr. Damaris Nightingale explores the fascinating intersection of fragrance, identity, archetypes, and personal transformation. Drawing from decades of experience creating custom fragrances, she challenges the conventional view of perfume as merely a pleasant scent. Instead, she proposes that fragrance can serve as a doorway into different ways of being, helping us consciously access aspects of ourselves that may otherwise remain dormant, forgotten, or hidden in the shadows. Discover the difference between scent and fragrance, explore the fields of aromatherapy, olfactotherapy, and Perfume Therapy, and hear remarkable stories of individuals whose lives were influenced by intentionally crafted fragrances. From a man searching for a life partner, to a woman finding her voice, to filmmakers using fragrance to support creativity, this episode examines how fragrance may help us move beyond limitations and step into the many selves that already exist within us. If fragrance can influence how we think, feel, remember, and perceive, could it also influence which version of ourselves shows up in the world? Join us as we explore the possibility that fragrance is not simply something we wear, but something we enter.

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    15 Jul 2026

    Episode 3: King Kona Syndrome The Hidden Cost of Being the Strong One – And How to Choose Consciously

    In this episode of My Many Selves, Damaris Nightingale explores King Kona Syndrome — that powerful energy where women carry heavy loads for everyone around them. King Kona isn’t inherently good or bad. Some women are natural, high-functioning King Konas and thrive in this role. But for many of us, we unconsciously slip into over-helping, over-carrying, and over-functioning — often paying a hidden cost in our energy, peace, relationships, and wellbeing. Damaris breaks down the four main expressions of King Kona energy: The Natural King Kona The Reluctant King Kona The Self-Effacing (Quiet Martyr) King Kona The Boss Lady King Kona You’ll discover how this energy shows up in both personal relationships and at work, the delicate “dance” of knowing when to lead and when to step back, and most importantly — how to move from autopilot to conscious choice. This episode will help you ask the powerful questions: Am I choosing this role… or did the role choose me? Am I willing to pay the cost? And can I turn my King Kona power on and off when I want to? If you’ve ever felt like you’re carrying too much, or secretly wish someone would have your back while still being strong — this conversation is for you. Tata for now.

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    8 Jul 2026

    Episode 2: The Real Currency Protecting Your Energy

    Most people are quietly leaking their most valuable resource every single day… and they don’t even know it. We chase money. We chase power. We chase time. But everything you want — peace, creativity, clarity, strong relationships, and real results — runs on one thing: your energy. In this powerful 11-minute vignette, I reveal the three simple mental hacks I personally use to stop energy leaks and take back control: Drop and Block – How to break painful thought loops that drain you for hours or days Look and Look Off – How to protect your peace when someone’s energy is disturbing you Stick a Pin In It – How to wisely postpone what you don’t have the bandwidth to handle right now These aren’t fluffy ideas. They are practical, battle-tested tools that help you stop giving your energy away for free. If you’ve ever felt drained, distracted, emotionally exhausted, or stuck in your own head, this short episode will show you exactly how to protect what matters most. Your energy is your real currency. Start using it on your terms. Listen now at mymanyselves.com Tata for Now.

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    7 Jul 2026

    Episode 1: The Mystic, The Bug & Becoming More You

    Have you ever felt surprised by the different parts of yourself — or wondered why you keep hiding pieces of who you truly are? In this debut episode, Damaris Nightingale shares intimate stories from her life that reveal the beautiful contradictions we all carry. From a curious child in Colón asking why the moon follows her, to the tension between being a deeply spiritual mystic and a free-spirited dancer… from solving an impossible technical bug just weeks before a major software launch, to the healing power of scent during grief and loss. You’ll explore how we box ourselves and others into single roles, the dance between technology and consciousness, and the ancient principle “As Above, So Below” — where your many selves orbit a central essence like planets around the sun. This is more than storytelling. It’s an invitation to release inner fragmentation and begin the gentle journey of harmonizing all your parts — so you can live more fully, love more deeply, and express every dimension of yourself without apology. If you long for wholeness in a world that asks you to be just one thing, this episode will speak directly to your soul. **Key moments:** - The Moon That Followed Me - The Dancing Mystic - The Bug That Needed Six Months - Perfume as an Emotional Shifter - Boxing In Others - AI: Friend or Foe? - The Law of Correspondence **My Many Selves** is a podcast about becoming more you — harmonizing your many selves for deeper peace, creativity, and multidimensional living. Listen now and begin your own journey of inner harmony. I’d love to hear from you: Which of your many selves is ready to step forward? Share in the comments or send a voice message. Welcome to *My Many Selves* — Becoming More You.

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