The Humanity in Our Divinity: A Conversation on Mental Illness & Wellness with Somi Nwandu

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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Art as Your Interpretation of Life + Living in Fulfillment with Somi 

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Chapters

• 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!