{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a45028ed668ce458549de4d/6a5885ffc0080f2be72657e9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Multiverse Inside a Single Mind: How Many Selves Can One Body Hold?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a45028ed668ce458549de4d/1784185951118-5a9bdb23-73b3-472a-bb14-00368c2bc9d2.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>What happens when one body houses an entire art collective?</p><p>Meet Kim Noble, a British single mother with Dissociative Identity Disorder. Due to severe childhood abuse, her mind fractured into up to twenty personalities — twelve of which turned out to be brilliant artists. Each alter paints in a completely different style, and one UK art competition even allowed five of her personalities to enter as separate contestants. Together, they have created over 200 artworks and held 27 exhibitions across Europe.</p><p>In this episode of Mind &amp; Meaning, we explore:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>How Kim Noble's twelve \"inner artists\" produce work so distinct that experts can tell them apart</li><li>The case of Ansel Bourne, who vanished for weeks and woke up running a convenience store under a different name</li><li>Sybil, a genius with 16 personalities who underwent 11 years of therapy to finally integrate into one</li><li>Why every split personality begins with conflict — and why healing always begins with unity</li></ul><p>Splitting stems from conflict. Healing stems from unity. This episode asks: are the \"other selves\" inside you trying to tell you something?</p>","author_name":"Catherine Fates"}