The Humanity in Our Divinity: A Conversation on Mental Illness & Wellness with Somi Nwandu
Season 5 Episode 5
On this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem sits with old friend, artist, and art curator Somi Nwandu to share a conversation on mental wellness, creative wellness, and spiritual nourishment. The topic of mental wellness is still associated with shame and stigma, despite how mainstream it seems to be.
Nkem and Somi candidly and with compassion share their experiences, journeys, and hopes for personal and community exploration around the subject. Some of the themes they discuss are: navigating shame, guilt, and comparison in the creative wellness journey; living between worlds as an artist and the importance of cultivated Light; creating a network of Life in community, and so much more. Tune in and enjoy!
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Content disclaimer
0:43 - Introduction + catch up with Somi
2:30 - This episode’s topic: mental and creative health and wellness
4:46 - Somi’s path from internal disarray to inner peace
9: 09 - The role of spiritual nourishment in mental wellness as an artist
12:12 - Letting creativity emerge from cultivated peace
13:21 - “Itching to leave…” notes on escapism and mental stability
17:08 - Escaping your higher purpose through escapism
18:14 - Letting the Divine fight our battles
22:08 - Embracing the Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine apart from religious dogma
25:50 - Invitation to dive deeper through a custom 1-1 coaching experience
29:42 - Traversing imaginal realms and mental wellness as an artist
35:11 - Stop denying that you’re gifted.
37:14 - Touching base on the menstrual cycle as a Divine gift
44:37 - Creating the vision based on action vs magnetism
47:12 - Bringing voice and light to the stigma of mental illness
51:15 - The role of blame and resentment in the mental illness human relational dynamic
54:12 - The potential for humanity’s heart wisdom to help mental illness
57:20 - Uplifting the simplicity in humanity over cultural shame and pride
58:47 - You are the one to give a voice to the voiceless!
1:00:20 - We’re missing important stories from our society because of stigma
1:00:47 - The power of vulnerability about our first-hand experiences of mental instability
1:02:08 - The value of being present after a period of mental imbalance
1:06:44 - Rising above mediocrity!
1:08:22 - Cultivating the ability to be a beginner and remaining humble
1:10:40 - Being bumble while understanding your divinity
1:14:36 - It feels uplifting to speak about our wholeness as Human beings
1:19:01 - Stay connected + dive into more!
References and resources mentioned in this episode
Season 2 episode with Somi: Art as Your Interpretation of Life + Living in Fulfillment with Somi
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