DEVOTION with Nisha Moodley

Episode Description Join myself and Ian MacKenzie, as we jam on the power of anticapitalist visioning and taking care of ourselves inside capitalism. In this episode, we riff on… The collective "quiet heaviness" and nervous system exhaustion felt in the wake of the Epstein files and global revelations of exploitation. Why Nisha feels a "holy wail" of rage rather than shock, as these headlines mirr...

Join my dear friend and podcast guest, Rachael Maddox, as we jam on the power of anticapitalist visioning and taking care of ourselves inside capitalism. In this episode, we riff on… Why visioning for the collective is a wildly more catalyzing North Star than personal goals Moving beyond the coaching industry's trends towards self-sacrifice in the name of service, and intense self-focus Our person...

The podcast is back!  This is a short solo episode where I give an update on my personal life and what's transpired over the last year…   You can find the show notes from this episode over at:   nishamoodley.com/ep22 ––– RESOURCES + LINKS: You can find Devotional Leadership Council at devotionalleadership.com/ Soul of Leadership is always open for enrollment at soulofleadership.com/ ––– IF YOU ENJ...

Listen in as my guest, Briana Borten, and I jam on the practice of energy alchemy. In this episode, we riff on… What energy medicine is, and how Briana has cultivated her skill over decades. Integrity in energy work, and how to know if a training is in-depth enough to be effective, and even safe What to look for in a practitioner of energy work, how to prepare yourself to receive it deeply and eff...

Bringing you solo episode musings on how we can cultivate deep resonance with our work – both within ourselves and with others. In this episode, I riff on… How terrifying it can be to bring through and share our deepest work, especially in a death-phobic "culture" that avoids feeling the depths of our terror Making the profound shift from relating to your work as a gambler playing slot machines, t...

Bringing you solo episode musings on how we can drop the ball with intention and care, when we're juggling too much to actually hold. How I manage my own "productivity dysmorphia", so I don't constantly set myself up to feel like a failure The cultural imperative to be honest with ourselves and others about our capacity, and the leadership edge of expanding tolerance to be judged and disliked in t...

It's easy to wax poetic about being anti-hustle culture, but HOW do we actually build & tend (and re-build), without burning the candle at both ends, and burning out?   In this conversation with my dear friend, Jadah Sellner, we discuss: Jadah's distinction between "harmonious passion" and "obsessive passion", and how passionate people can use compassionate scheduling to dodge the trap of workahol...

We're baaaaaaack!  With bangs and a baby, no less.   In this conversation with my dear friend, Becca Piastrelli, I share: The dreams, challenges, and grief of being both mothers and creators, in a village-less "culture" My personal grappling with pressure to be "consistent", and my growing inability to force myself to conform to hustle culture Why we need a "web" + leaning into community when it's...

This episode opens with a few big announcements: I am having another baby! My 11th annual women's mastermind, Devotional Leadership Council, is open for enrollment. You can check it out at DevotionalLeadership.com Throughout the last several months on break from the podcast, I've been exploring the complexity of consistency – the beauty of it and the toxic aspects of our demands for it.  This week...

Hello Dear Ones! Just a quick note today to invite you to my year-long course & community, Soul of Leadership. The journey is designed to support you in embracing your innate brilliance, expanding your freedom, and embodying your unique leadership. Learn all about it, and join us here: SoulofLeadership.com If you enroll by Sunday, December 6th, 2020, you'll also receive early enrollment bonuses! –...

I don't know about you, but the pandemic has brought me a huge opportunity to explore my ambitions on a deeper level…  Why do I want what I want? What do we want collectively, and why? Do I actually want what I say I want, really? What conditioning and wounding has impacted my longings? How can I even know whether my ambitions are truly mine? Is it even okay to hold these desires, when so many hav...

In these deeply divided times, where we're expanding our awareness of the ways we've contributed to inequity and injustice, where social media enables a lightning-fast game of "telephone", where assumptions are made based on optics, and where calls to "cancel" someone can take place of relational engagement… the fear of being called-out can be gripping. If we aim to embody our leadership… We don't...

This week's podcast is structured like a workshop, where I muse on the under-acknowledged challenges that I see getting in the way of us fully surrendering in devotion to our sacred work , and offer some of my favorite meditations, practices, and inquiries to open more fully to the medicine we're here to receive and weave... In this episode, I share: How focusing on what's marketable / what people...

Messy times call for leadership...but how on earth can we show up in our strength and integrity when things are hard?  In this episode, I share: ::   My biggest growth-edge in moving elegantly through moments of messiness :: A reframe on integrity that is liberatory and relational :: How I navigate sharing personal things online, without bringing the energy of needing to be held  :: The role of yo...

This conversation with Sebene Selassie is filled with grounded wisdom, stretching from the importance of land acknowledgment to cultivating self-love.   In this episode, we discuss: ::   Thoughts on the relationship between intimacy with death and belonging with life. :: Blocking, deleting, unfriending, fighting? Musing on boundaries and connecting across differences. :: The power and importance o...

  In these times of intensity, many of us may find ourselves feeling tender and raw.  This can lead to our minds and nervous systems being more easily hijacked by technology and propaganda, leading to deepening disconnection, division, and aggression…   Lately, I have had many people reach out, challenged with sifting through all the competing and colliding narratives flying around, and desiring t...

As we explore ways to create that are both personally and collectively nourishing, there's an opportunity to seek clarity about what wants to be created, how it wants to be created, and what our place is in its creation. Relating to our creations through an animist lens invites us to hold them in RELATIONSHIP with all other beings.  This opens up the possibility to create things that are more inte...

In this conversation with Majo Molfino, we talk about the five Good Girl Myths, and how they can manifest-in and impact our hearts, minds, and world....sharing personal stories along the way. In this episode, we discuss: ::   The more problematic or dangerous aspects of our obedience to external authority. :: How we might catch the inner Good Girl triggers, so we can re-route ourselves towards cho...

Things are changing, but what will they change to…? So many folks are asking deep questions right now… What can the future hold, beyond these capitalist systems? What is the future of my work? What is the future of climate change? Where do I want to live? The BIG questions of our world, are shaping and fueling the big questions of our life. But when we place a high value on certainty and clarity,...

In these times when so many people are facing death in ways that lack the intimacy and connection we may long for, I offer a very personal story of a redemptive, beautiful, and intimate death – my father's.  I share this with the belief that in times of crisis, we need more stories and experiences of connection, beauty, and joy… and, if this is a tender topic for you at this time, please feel free...

In this conversation with Shawnrey Notto, we explore the power of pleasure, cultivating intimacy inside of complexity, creating safety and belonging (without having to fit-in), and so much more. In this episode, we discuss: ::   How both sameness AND difference can create safety and growth, and how to know what's most nourishing for us. :: Creating safety in our bodies in an unsafe world, and why...

So often with our creative projects, we're such lovers of the medium (ex. books) and such fans of "the greats" (ex. authors), that we hold ourselves back because our bar is so high. In this solo-episode, Nisha reflects on the ways we can move past our creative hesitation or frozenness around the projects in front of us...  In this episode, you'll hear: :: The apparent-paradox of liberating our fre...

We're in tumultuous times, where so many of our foundations are shaking. Even though this tumult is hopefully ushering-in much needed change, it can also bring up so much… on top of the challenges we may face in our daily lives, and compounded by Covid.   In this solo-episode, Nisha talks about navigating grief and heartbreak, sharing personal stories, and what has supported herself and clients th...

In this wide-ranging conversation with Christine Gutierrez, we explore the path of healing from trauma and abuse, boundaries, reclaiming aspects of our identity and expression that don't fit in with dominant culture's ideals, opening to deep and healthy love, and so much more. In this episode, we discuss: :: Christine's journey with sobriety, and how she knew it was time to quit :: Why the push to...

We're kicking off the podcast with some personal reflections on the ways I'm being shaped by devotion at this time. I talk about the beauty and intensity of this moment, how I'm greeting it (and sometimes fighting it), and what I'm learning along the way.   In this episode, you'll hear me share: :: How being mixed-race has added depth and complexity to my journey of decolonization and ancestral co...