Is Your Self-Expression Self-Indulgent in a World on Fire?
In this YouTube video, Nisha Mody reflects on whether self-expression is selfish in a time of climate crisis, genocide, and global instability, and why she believes it’s actually essential.
In this video, she covers:
How being in Los Angeles during the fires prompted deep reflection about safety, crisis, and what really matters
Why she questioned whether writing and self-expression are a privilege or a form of indulgence
How self-expression is actually a resource, not a distraction, especially in times of crisis
Why joy, creativity, and expression help people survive and stay grounded
The idea that self-expression is not just art, but bringing what’s in your body into relationship with the world
Why what you don’t express, you suppress — and how that impacts your relationships and decisions
How systems like capitalism, colonialism, patriarchy, and extraction disconnect us from the earth and ourselves
Why self-expression is relational, not individualistic or selfish
The importance of connecting to the body and nervous system, not just “expressing” from trauma
An invitation to explore expression as a healing and grounding practice, including her upcoming workshop
This video is for anyone who feels torn between creating and caring, or guilty for wanting to express themselves in a world that feels like it’s falling apart.
ICYMI, here’s what I’m offering in Nishaland!
Get my free practical, trauma-informed guide for navigating the relationship you have with yourself, others, and the world: 7 Tools to Cultivate Revolutionary Relationships in a Dystopian World
Make unshakeable boundaries with my Boundaries Masterclass
Join the waitlist for my signature program Meet Yourself
Join my 2x monthly Writing Accountability Group for free HERE!
