Dr. Nickolas Martin | Guest: The Skeptic Metaphysicians

Licensed psychologist & author

Known by many as ‘Egoman20’, he's a licensed psychologist who has worked in the clinical, university, public school, and private practice settings as a therapist, diagnostician, educator, and consultant over the past 40 years. He is the author Ego Therapy: A Method for Healing Your Whole Self, It’s Your Ego—Stupid! Fix It to Fix Your Life, and Earthly Resurrection: The Truth of God—Ego—You and co-author with Rev. Dr. Linda M. Martin, his spouse of 45 years, of EgoSpiritualism: Awakening to Your Human and Divine Self and The Two Voices Within: Balancing the Energies of Ego and Spirit to Enhance Your Life.

The ‘Ego and Spirit’ message lies at the foundation of Dr. Martin’s life’s work. A message that speaks to the importance of synergizing the best of our Humanity with our Divinity. To live the ‘Great life’ we were designed by God, Evolution, and the Wisdom of the Ages to live.

Why Killing Your Ego Won't Get You Closer to Enlightenment (And What Will)

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July 8, 2026

Why Killing Your Ego Won't Get You Closer to Enlightenment (And What Will)

What if everything you've ever been taught about the ego has been wrong? For 3,000 years, spiritual traditions have delivered the same prescription: dissolve it, transcend it, kill it. And yet, for most people, no amount of meditation, prayer, or spiritual work has made that nagging disconnection go away. Dr. Nickolas Martin has spent 40 years in clinical psychology watching that prescription fail, and he thinks he knows exactly why. The ego, he says, isn't the enemy. It's a patient. A licensed ...

Guest: Dr. Nickolas Martin

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