Housemates for Life

Life is full of uncertainties, even more so in a plural life. In this episode we discuss in which areas uncertainty impacts us, from a young age to adulthood - on a societal and personal level. And we also talk about our ability to cope with and tolerate uncertainty when moving through daily life.

We warmly welcome our guests The Everlifes, who share with us their experiences as polyplural system, and what being many means to them when it comes to in-system communication and the challenges of finding the right "language" among yourselves between sub-systems. The Everlife's offer resources and peer support for neurodivergent people in UK! Please check out there website: https:/...

Rather spontaneously, we decided to talk about momentum. What is momentum? How does it affect us as plural systems? And how can we build and maintain momentum, to do the things we need to, and those we love?

What's it like to be plural? And what's it like to be many in one body? In this two-part episode we explore selves-concepts from an embodied perspective and how we navigate the intersection between our plural experiences and the fact that we interact with a society through our bodies. CW: trans- and pluralphobia (11:25-23:00), physical pain and medical health care system (25:00-37:40) Research pap...

What's it like to be plural? And what's it like to be many in one body? In this two-part episode we explore selves-concepts from an embodied perspective and how we navigate the intersection between our plural experiences and the fact that we interact with a society through our bodies.

Art, storytelling and media shape our culture and vice versa. In this episode we explore how engagement with various art forms influence our selves-perception and how it may help us navigate plural life. We also discuss examples of harmful and helpful representation of plurality in media and what we personally look out for in the future. CW: mention of trauma (nothing specific)

Dæmonism is a practice in which a dæmian finds their "dæmon", usually an animal-like form, and builds a strong bond with this part of themself. Originally inspired by the books "His Dark Materials" written by Philip Pullman, a whole community has been growing for over 20 years around the concept of dæmonism. Our guests Fred and his dæmon Aza shed light on this plural-adjacent p...

Understanding your own reality is especially important for plurals, and often not very easy. We will briefly discuss various meanings of the term "reality" from our plural perspectives, common struggles we experience regarding our internal and external reality, and share what has been helping us to better navigate those. TW: derealisation, unreality

This year's Plural Positivity World Conference is around the corner, 17-19 May. Like every year, hundreds of plurals gather at the virtual conference, listen to exciting talks, and get in touch with other plurals at the virtual meetup tables. Chat with us at PPWC! We will be at the conference with our own booth. Meet us there and have a chat with us live at the event. Ask your questions and br...

Identity and selves-concepts play a fundamental role in a plural life. In this two-part episode we discuss various notions of the "Self" and share our unique experiences as plurals and individual system members. CW: religious terms, reference to religious concepts at 12:00-13:25

Identity and selves-concepts play a fundamental role in a plural life. In this two-part episode we discuss various notions of the "Self" and share our unique experiences as plurals and individual system members.

Communication and interactions with singular people can be awkward for plurals. We bring to you raw conversations from plural to plural with our new co-hosted podcast format. Brace yourselves, as we will dive deep into conversations about plural life and discuss other existential topics from a plural perspective. Craving for plural conversations? Check out the Plural Association Community: https:/...

We warmly welcome the Unfiltered Universe, a poly-fragmented system, our friends, and now also co-hosts joining us on this podcast project! In this episode they will introduce themselves, and tell us about the difficulties that come with introductions and explanations, when your system structure is so complex and unlike any other.. Share your& story with us! We invite you and your system to jo...

Check out our new podcast format Plural Conversations! We are collaborating with the Unfiltered Universe and invite other plurals to join us on this show. Brace yourselves, as we will dive deep into conversations about plural life and discuss other existential topics from a plural perspective. Housemates for Life is a podcast powered by plurals for plurals & everybody else who wants to hear mo...

We are celebrating our syscoversary, the second anniversary of our system discovery. In this episode we share with you all, what we have learned from 2 years of systemhood, and what we plan to take into the next year. We also briefly talk about future plans for this podcast at the end of the episode.

Communication is the foundation of cooperation between members within a plural system, and often considered as the first step towards improved systemhood. In this episode we cover the most common means of external and internal communication between system members and their benefits. We share how we have learned communicating with each other and keep practising, and why communication within and out...

Ableism, the discrimination against disabled people or those living with (perceived) impairments, is a huge problem of society. Plurals are affected by ableism, often also in form of sanism, but also internalised ableism. In this episode we share about how internalised ableism has affected us personally, and what we can do to overcome this toxic mindset.

The plural experience often also includes a complex experience with regard to gender. In this episode we explain how we personally understand the gender spectrum, how we perceive gender as a system, and why we find the discussion around gender, self-concepts and body agency so important for everyone and everymany.

Many plural systems experience having access to an inner world. In this episode we talk more in depths about headspace, inner worlds, how we differentiate between them and more...

Some plural systems have a host, aka pilot, some don't, and some have more than one. In this episode we (Matt&Will) share about what it means to us to be copilots of this human body, give you a glimpse into our daily life and what's it like to be co-conscious nearly 24/7 with your housemate...

Dissociation is often a common experience for Plurals. In this episode we talk about the different states of dissociation that we personally experience. We tell you how it affects our daily life and what we helps us to cope with dissociative states and how we mitigate the effects. Learn more about dissociation: "Dissociation Made Simple", by Jamie Marich https://www.goodreads.com/en/book...

Fusion, sometimes referred to as "integration", used to be the standard treatment for dissociative identity disorders. However, many plurals find this controversial, and modern DID/OSDD treatments rather aim for improved communication and cooperation among system members. What this type of integration means to us and how we can achieve it, we explain in this episode.

The discovery of your& system can be quite overwhelming. Here we collected a couple of questions that we struggled with during our initial time after syscovery, and also often come across in the plural community. We try our best to answer these questions, based on our experiences back then and what we have learned since. This episode turned out more depressing than we intended.. Hopefully you...

Hear about how we discovered that we are a plural system, our "Syscovery Journey". In this second part we tell you about what made us take this whole "other me" thing more seriously, and what ultimately led to our system discovery. CW: depression/suicidal thoughts (4:30-10:30), pandemic/lockdown (21:10-24:30), dissociation/depersonalisation (40:30-43:30)

Hear about how we discovered that we are a plural system, our "Syscovery Journey". In this first part we tell you about our earliest plural experiences, and how we slowly got to know some of our headmates. CW: spirituality/religious terms (6:45-13:05)