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Creating Your Peace Compass: Authenticity, Radical Honesty, and Embodiment
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - March 27, 2024 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsOn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem has a rich discussion with her guest, the underlying theme being optimizing life for peace. What are the nuances of optimizing our circumstances for peace? Through this conversation, the two explore the realms of shame, self-honesty, and pers...
Moment to meditate: “Breathing in your essence…”
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - February 28, 2024 18:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsCreate some space and time to experience yourself through this simple guided meditation. Cultivate breath awareness in relation to your body, the Earth, your heart, and the ethers. This meditation intends to be a loving dose of energy medicine, fortifying the energetic alignment with your inner ...
Sinking into Self-Trust
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - February 01, 2024 20:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsSeason 5 of Wellspringwords: The Podcast is here! Welcome in to this digital room of intimate conversations around wellness, spirituality, writing, and creative embodiment. Nkem opens this episode with a poem in conversation with Life itself. Enjoy this episode full of intuitive expression, upda...
Words as a Vehicle for Healing
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - August 14, 2023 20:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsOn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem closes out an insightful season 4 with reflections on expression, healing, and creativity. She touches on words as a modality of healing and self-understanding, and even has a few special invitations for all listeners in the Wellspringwords c...
Devoting Your Energy to Creative Development with Daniella and Nardine
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - July 21, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsOn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem speaks with two very special guests, the 2023 Writing Fellows as part of Wellspringwords’ Writing + Creative Expression Fellowship. She, Nardine, and Daniella speak about their experiences as creators, moving away from seeking external valida...
Letting Curiosity Lead and Reclaiming Your Voice with Urmi Hossain
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - June 30, 2023 18:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsOn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem has a lively conversation with Urmi Hossain about the path of entrepreneurship through curiosity and fear. This is a conversation about women’s empowerment, reclaiming our voices and our interests, and believing our stories deserve to be hear...
Exploring the Journey of Being Lost Well with Tiffany Curtis
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - June 15, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsOn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem speaks with Tiffany Curtis, a sensitive, empowered, and wise soul, about the idea of “being lost well”. Their conversation touches deeply on the power of intimacy in community, the nuance of our healing journeys as relational beings, and what...
Being Inside Your Own Process + Focusing on Nourishment with Jahan Mantin
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - June 02, 2023 20:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsOn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem speaks with Jahan Mantin, Co-founder of Project Inkblot, on the power of being in your personal process. Through the discussion, the two share notes about the importance of remaining connected to the heart when in any creation process, keepin...
Healing into Wholeness from the Root Experience with Justin Darkoh
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - May 16, 2023 18:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsOn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem speaks with Mindset Coach, Justin Darkoh about the journey through healing people-pleasing. They share personal stories about their journeys of self-inquiry, self-awareness, and moving through difficult emotions through a balanced masculine a...
Appreciating the Journey Towards Authenticity with Ash Alves
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - May 04, 2023 22:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsOn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem speaks with friend, author + coach Ash Alves about healing, the impact a spiritual journey has on creativity, and the relationship between personal values and self-worth. What does it feel like to cultivate an inner space and outer sense of d...
Ancestral Healing Through Self-Work with Ajeé Buggam
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - April 04, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem has an impassioned conversation with Ajeé Buggam on the nuances of healing through the negative tropes of being a “sensitive” person. As Nigerian and Caribbean women, respectively, their conversation dives into intergenerational dynamics and ...
"The best things happen when we surrender…" with Ifunanya Nweke
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - March 22, 2023 20:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem sits for a conversation with Ifunanya Nweke, Empowerment Engineer, about surrender, trust, believing, and the nuances of setting boundaries. They speak from a place of lived experience, cultivating wisdom with each of their thoughts and actio...
Protecting Your Peace: Cultivating Autonomy + Sensitivities as Superstrength
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - March 02, 2023 20:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem dives into a solo chat where she explores what “sensitivities” means to her after personal transformation. Where feeling sensitive to people, situations, environments, etc. would previously destabilize a person, Nkem looks into how, through d...
Practice as Part of Healing with Care
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - February 17, 2023 02:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem has a relaxed conversation with Care, a trauma-informed care practitioner, artist + doula. They jump right into the topic of practice as part of healing, and how social and political structures impact our access to feeling holistically well, ...
A New Season: Surrendering to the “Yes”
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - February 10, 2023 00:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsWelcome and welcome back to season 4 of Wellspringwords: The Podcast! In this episode, Nkem reflects on where she is in life and how she hopes to facilitate even deeper spiritual alignment and authentic creativity through Wellspringwords, the host platform of this podcast. Through expanding topi...
Living, Creating, and Expressing from Our Unique Embodied Essence
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - August 07, 2022 16:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem closes out a beautiful season 3 with a discussion on feeling the intensity of our own personal essence. She connects the season’s theme of “returning to wholeness” to the larger idea of taking the time to go inward, cultivate and be with our ...
The Wielding of Words: A Conversation on Writing with Saakshi
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - July 22, 2022 17:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem speaks with writer Saakshi Agarwal about writing as a tool for connecting with self, for self-expression, and for archiving the current self. The passion of these two writers is underscored during this episode as they reflect on and analyze t...
Cultivating Your Experience as a Writer + Trusting Your Authentic Self
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - July 10, 2022 15:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem answers several questions from the Wellspringwords community on creativity, writing, spirituality, and the writing process. Sprouted from an idea from one of our writing fellows, Surabhi Raj, we asked you all for questions about sharing your ...
Owning Our Creative Power with Aniekeme
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - June 25, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem chats with Aniekeme, life coach, speaker, writer, and lover of NYC. As two proud Leos, they speak from the heart about creative expression and following the inner call. Some of the topics they dive into include creating consistent containers ...
Conscious energy contraction + learning to decelerate
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - June 09, 2022 16:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem shares her insights about what it feels like, looks like, and means to slow down and become present through bringing our energy back to us. Many of us struggle with people-pleasing and, in effect, continue to self-abandon when we really want ...
Conscious Energy Contraction + Learning to Decelerate
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - June 09, 2022 16:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem shares her insights about what it feels like, looks like, and means to slow down and become present through bringing our energy back to us. Many of us struggle with people-pleasing and, in effect, continue to self-abandon when we really want ...
Inner Strength on the Inner Journey while Solo Traveling with Federika
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - May 29, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem has a conversation with good friend and fellow solo-traveler, Federika. Through storytelling about their journeys through Mexico, the two talk about their journeys deeper into themselves along the way. Self-belief, transformation, and persona...
Inner Fire-keeping and Yoga as a Life Practice with Kata
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - May 06, 2022 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem has a full and deep conversation with Kata van Doesselaar, her yoga teacher trainer. They dive into embodying yoga as a life practice -- that means in a way that is compassionate and supportive to our holistic healing and growth in all areas ...
Grounding into Yourself While Healing from Sexual Assault with Kaley
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - May 01, 2022 02:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem chats with writer Kaley Roberts about her reported memoir, Unreported, a book that investigates the unreported nature of sexual violence in the USA. In the safe space of this podcast, Nkem and Kaley’s conversation acts as a form of resistance...
To Float or to Fall: A Heart-led Analysis on Surrendering
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - April 13, 2022 19:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem sits with herself and verbally thinks about the role “surrender” plays in her life and how she sees it playing out in the collective human journey. She speaks about surrendering to our personal cycles and surrendering to love as she engages t...
Being Your Own Caregiver + The Journey Back to Self through Parenting with Clare
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - March 24, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem has an animated conversation with friend and birth + postpartum doula, Clare, about the journey back to Self after self-abandonment. Clare shares how she followed her inner calling into the world of pregnancy and postpartum support, and how h...
Living Softly, Choosing Your Heart’s Desire(s) + Hypersensitivity as a Strength with Amara
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - March 10, 2022 10:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem chats with fellow writer, solo traveler, and good friend Amara Amaryah about living a slow and soft life. That is, living a life of wonder, self-compassion, and internal strength. They dive into topics from hypersensitivity to artistry, all t...
Ep. 332 - Tuesday Triple Play (Vol. 140)
Schizophrenic Music - March 01, 2022 13:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsFor this week's #TuesdayTriplePlay, Kevin spotlights three artists who are nominated for Best Emerging Artist Album at this year’s Blues Music Awards. Memphissippi Sounds – Welcome To The Land (2021) Sample Track: “Who’s Gonna Ride” Gabe Stillman – Just Say the Word (2021) Sample Track: “Let...
Ep. 331 - I'm Not Too Old For Concerts & I'm Totally Cool Going Alone!
Schizophrenic Music - February 25, 2022 13:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis week we take inspiration from a recent discussion on our Facebook Group. There seems to be a perception that as we get older, we're less likely to attend live shows. In fact, some people simply stop going to concerts once they reach a certain age. Why is that? While we don't fall into t...
Watering the Inner Garden + Cultivating Purpose through Discipline with Tchewa
Wellspringwords: The Podcast - February 24, 2022 16:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode of Wellspringwords: The Podcast, Nkem speaks with friend, fellow dancer, and fellow modern-day philosopher Tchewa on what it means to embrace life. As this season of the podcast touches on the theme of returning to wholeness, Nkem and Tchewa share their experiences and insights o...
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