The Make Love To You Podcast
“Make Love to You” is not just a podcast—it’s a movement. Hosted by Darnell Davis, this show is your step-by-step guide to real self-love. Each daily episode unpacks the truth about self-love, breaks down the lies we’ve been told, and gives you real, actionable steps to start living it—every single day.
Episodes
July 14, 2025 • 10 mins
Before we transition into the next season of Make Love To You, where you’ll start to see the podcast in video form, this final audio episode holds a special place.It’s a tribute.A pause.A conversation we don’t have enough.One year ago, I lost my best friend Karina to depression. Many of you saw me post about it recently on Instagram and Facebook, and the outpouring of love reminded me: we need more spaces to talk about the things t...
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July 13, 2025 • 8 mins
In this final episode of the Roots & Rituals series, we return to something ancient, sacred, and often forgotten—rest. Not just physical rest, but soul-level surrender. The kind of rest that invites you back to yourself, where nothing needs to be earned, proven, or performed.This episode is a love letter to slowing down, honoring the Sabbath within you, and remembering that sacredness doesn’t have to be loud or elaborate. Somet...
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July 12, 2025 • 8 mins
In this episode of Make Love To You, we return to the most ancient and accessible ritual of all: the breath.You don’t need an altar. You don’t need a playlist. You don’t need perfect silence or spiritual credentials. You need breath—and you already have it.This conversation explores how the breath becomes both compass and companion: the one practice that’s always available, no matter how far we stray from ourselves. Whether you’re ...
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July 11, 2025 • 8 mins
What if your most sacred ritual isn’t something you do, but something you are?In this episode of Make Love To You, Darnell Davis invites us to stop searching for the perfect routine and start remembering the truth: your body is an altar. Your breath is a prayer. Your attention is the offering.For anyone who’s ever felt unsure about where to begin with ritual—or quietly wondered if they even have one—this is a gentle reminder that y...
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July 10, 2025 • 8 mins
Some rituals were chosen.Others… were absorbed.This episode explores the invisible inheritance we carry—the habits, beliefs, and traditions passed down through generations, often without question. The things we do without knowing why. The words, rhythms, and roles we stepped into before we had the language to name them.But what happens when those rituals no longer fit?When a practice that once felt sacred starts to feel like a perf...
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July 9, 2025 • 9 mins
Welcome to Part Three of the Roots & Rituals series, where we get honest about the practices that were supposed to ground us—but didn’t quite make it past week one.This episode is a love letter to the rituals that never stuck. The ones we were so sure would change our lives. The routines we downloaded, bookmarked, scheduled… and then silently ghosted.Because sometimes, the pressure to “stay consistent” becomes louder than the r...
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July 8, 2025 • 7 mins
What if the habits that shape your life aren’t the ones you planned — but the ones you’ve been practicing unconsciously?In this second episode of Roots & Rituals, we’re taking a closer look at the invisible rituals — the ones you didn’t choose but somehow still repeat. Dodging compliments. Rushing through joy. Apologizing for being seen. These aren’t just quirks — they’re rehearsals for how we believe we’re allowed to exist.I’m...
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July 7, 2025 • 8 mins
Everything you do is a form of rehearsal.The question is: what are you rehearsing?In Part Two of the Roots & Rituals series, Darnell moves beyond curated routines and into the quiet, unconscious patterns that shape who we become. With honest storytelling and soul-deep reflection, he revisits a long-held ritual of deflecting compliments—and how a simple habit of “I got it on sale” became a daily practice of rejecting acknowledgm...
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July 6, 2025 • 10 mins
There’s a moment after the storm—when the door closes, the silence sets in, and you realize… you’re alone. Again.In this final episode of the Home Within series, Darnell tells the raw, emotional story of coming home to an empty apartment after a toxic relationship ended. A relationship that once looked like luxury and compatibility—matching fits, Faena beach days, and curated aesthetics—but was really chaos in disguise.Through vivi...
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July 5, 2025 • 9 mins
What if the reason you keep sabotaging your big moments isn’t a lack of talent or preparation… but a nervous system that still thinks success isn’t safe?In this deeply personal and confessional episode, Darnell shares the true story of booking a major commercial—only to spiral the night before and show up as a version of himself that wasn’t ready. What looked like self-confidence was actually survival mode in disguise.Through hones...
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July 4, 2025 • 12 mins
This one hurt.In this episode, I open up about one of the most humiliating and heartbreaking chapters of my life.I take you inside the unraveling that followed. I talk about the rage, the silence, the shame — and the strange comfort I found in the chaos, because peace felt foreign.This isn’t a story about revenge or rebound. It’s a story about recovery. About learning how to sit with your pain without performing through it. About r...
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100 episodes. 100 heartbeats. 100 moments where I spoke straight from the middle of my mess and hoped someone out there felt it.This isn’t just the 100th episode—it’s the Centennial. A milestone I never thought I’d reach. When I started this podcast, I didn’t even know how to upload an episode. I had no roadmap—just a calling I couldn’t ignore and a mic I barely knew how to use. Every single episode has been recorded in real time, ...
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July 2, 2025 • 8 mins
What do you do when the red flags look like Six Flags?When your heart races, your stomach flips, and your intuition goes silent—all because you mistook chaos for chemistry?In this raw and revealing Part 3 of the Home Within series, Darnell Davis opens up about the emotionally destructive situationship that almost consumed him—a roller coaster he built, defended, and called love, even when every piece of it screamed otherwise. It wa...
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July 1, 2025 • 6 mins
What if the chaos in your life wasn’t just happening to you… but coming from you?In this episode of Make Love To You, Darnell peels back the layers on self-sabotage and survival patterns—sharing the deeply personal story of how he built and lost it all, over and over again. From childhood trauma to nervous system addiction, this episode explores the ways we unconsciously recreate disaster because it feels more familiar than peace.I...
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June 30, 2025 • 10 mins
New Series: The Home WithinAfter unmasking our fears in the last series, there’s only one place left to go: home—but not the kind you can find on a map.
In this opening episode of The Home Within, Darnell Davis guides us back to the body, the breath, and the quiet places we’ve been running from. Because after fear is faced… after the fight is over… your nervous system still needs somewhere safe to land.
This episode is a love letter ...
In this opening episode of The Home Within, Darnell Davis guides us back to the body, the breath, and the quiet places we’ve been running from. Because after fear is faced… after the fight is over… your nervous system still needs somewhere safe to land.
This episode is a love letter ...
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June 29, 2025 • 7 mins
After 6 soul-deep episodes naming, unpacking, and confronting the fears that hide in our silence, our performance, our lineage, and even our stillness—we arrive at the final, most important truth:Fear doesn’t have to leave for you to move.In this finale of The Fear Beneath It All, Darnell reminds us that healing is not the absence of fear, but the decision to walk forward anyway. This isn’t just about naming what scares you anymore...
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June 28, 2025 • 8 mins
What does it cost you to stay hidden? In this follow-up to the deeply personal Episode 94, Darnell gets real about the silent grief and missed opportunities that come from dimming your light. We often tell ourselves we’re just waiting for the “right moment,” but truthfully—fear has us locked in the shadows, watching life pass us by. In this heartfelt episode, Darnell reflects on how staying small feels safe… but it also keeps you f...
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June 27, 2025 • 7 mins
What if the thing you’re most afraid of… is being seen for who you truly are?In this deeply personal episode, Darnell steps out from behind the mic and into full vulnerability. No script. No armor. Just truth. From the silent weight of stillness to the loud whispers of self-doubt, this confessional moment is a mirror for anyone who’s ever dimmed their light out of fear.You’ll hear about the hidden cost of always being the strong on...
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June 26, 2025 • 7 mins
Stillness sounds beautiful—until you’re actually in it.In this raw and reflective episode, Darnell Davis, aka The Nell Man, takes us inside the quiet moments we often avoid. What happens when the world slows down just enough for you to hear everything you’ve been running from? What rises to the surface when the distractions fade and all you’re left with is the truth?This isn’t a lesson. It’s a confession.A mirror held up to the sou...
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June 25, 2025 • 8 mins
Not all fear looks like fear.Sometimes it shows up in heels and a fresh lineup.Sometimes it hides behind a smile, a resume, or a carefully curated Instagram feed.It wears productivity like armor. It performs. It perfects.But beneath the surface—it’s scared.This is Part 3 of The Fear Beneath It All series, and in this episode, we’re exposing the mask fear wears.We explore how fear often disguises itself as confidence, control, or ev...
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