Experiencing Joy & Pleasure in Outrageous Asking (even when I don’t get what I want)

Doing scary shit is the fastest, surest path to deeper self-trust, acceptance, and love. Because if you want something different for your life, you have to do something different. The bigger the change you want? The farther you have to push yourself out of your comfort zone.

Conscious Relationships, Emotional Support, Expression, Mindfulness, Self Care, Self LoveMargot SchulmanMarch 29, 2021joyful pleasure, pleasure, give ask receive, acts of kindness, margot schulman, love and relationships

Why Admitting You’re Wrong is So Freakin’ Hard

“Being wrong, admitting it, apologizing for it humbly and asking the question “How can I do better?” actually makes us more lovable, more safe and ultimately much smarter AND wiser!

Challenge, Body Awareness, Conscious Relationships, Emotional Release, Emotional Support, Family Dynamics, Mindset, Parenting, Self Awareness, Self LoveMargot SchulmanJune 22, 2020support, lovable, safe, mistakes, gentle, hurt, apologize

Everything I need to know about self care I learned by running a soup kitchen

When I was responsible for feeding an average of 500 people per day through a free meal program the biggest part of my job turned out to be managing all the volunteers.

I learned very quickly that this is ridiculously difficult.

I am seriously not exaggerating.

Activism, Mindset, Self Awareness, Self Love, Soul WorkMargot SchulmanMay 25, 2020Teenager, Heart, managing, Love, chooselove, heart, Kindness, help, volunteers, Self Care

It’s my birthday and I am celebrating with the green veggie of practices

For my birthday I’m sharing with you one of my favorite practices again:

Celebrations, Clearings and Desires.
It’s good for all seasons, but it feels especially supportive when marking a transition or milestone like a birthday or anniversary.

Celebration, Challenge, Emotional Release, Expression, Mindfulness, Mindset, Self Love, Self Care, WritingMargot SchulmanMay 20, 2020

You should try a spring cleaning for your beliefs

I have been noticing a hardcore kerfuffle happening in social media lately around beliefs. People are displaying anger, fury, fear and hatred towards folks who seem to have different beliefs than them.

Have you been getting worked up — furious, scared, indignant, anxious about people whose beliefs differ from yours?

Mindfulness, Body Awareness, Writing, Journaling, Self Care, Self LoveMargot SchulmanMay 11, 2020Beliefs, Spring Cleaning, Habit, Desire, Judgement

WTF?

What the Fuck? is my new favorite practice.

I’ve still got nothing but love for my sweeter, gentler practices that focus on mindfulness, compassion, gratitude and love.

However lately I find myself relying more heavily on practices that release frustration, irritation, disbelief and of course, anger out of my nervous system and body.

Activism, Emotional Support, Self Care, Self Love, Challenge, Commitment, Body Awareness, Celebration, Emotional Release, Self Awareness, Journaling, Hard Work, Family Dynamics, Mindfulness, MindsetMargot SchulmanMay 4, 202018, 2020, 50 Days, Article, Awareness, Birthday, Bodies, Calm, Cancer, Celebration, Chick Flick, Children, Choice, Claustrophobia, Clearing, Colleagues, Commitment, Communication, Community, Compassion, Coaching, Connection, Cookie, Corona, Couples, CrossFit, Cranky, Culture, Dancing, Deep knowing, Desire, Dharma, Divine Mother Nature, Donation, Energy, Enlightened, Essence, Family, Father, Fear, Feminine, Feminist, Friend, Game of Thrones, Goodness, Gratitude, Grief, Growth, Habit, Happiness, Hatred, Healing, Heart, Holiday, Hugs, Humanity, Human Suffering, Hurt, Ignorance, Inner Child, Integrity, Interview, Inquiry, Jewishness, Jews, Journal, Joy, Joyful, Judgement, Ken Foster, Kindness, Kisses, Life, Loneliness, Love, Love Language, Magical, Man, Maya Angelou, Meditation, Men, Messaging, Mindfulness, Mind, Mindset, Mother, Mucky, Murky, Nature, Open-Hearted, Orgasm, Pain, Pandemic, Parade, Path, Peace, Perfect, Permission, Pleasure, Potential, Presence, Prince, Punk, Relationship, Resolution, Resources, Responsibility, Revolution, Retreat, Rise, Safety, Self Care, Sculpture, Shaking, Shifts, Shoulds, Society Conditioning, Soul, Soulmate, Soul-nourishing, Spaciousness, Stress, Suffering, Summit, Tantrum, Teenager, Tension, Thich Nhat Hanh, Toni Morrison, Trust, Venmo, Video, Voices of Courage, Woman, Women, Work, Worksheet, Workshop, Wisdom, Writing, Wuwu, Yoga, Yoni, Zombies

Are you out of ideas for how to make yourself feel better?

Tantrums are a sure fire way to move stuck energy out of the body. Babies and children know how to do this until they are blocked by adults. Animals do this naturally as well - full body shaking after a frightening event.
Check this video here where I explain more fully and demonstrate.

Activism, Body Awareness, Celebration, Challenge, Commitment, Conscious Relationships, Dancing, Dating, Family Dynamics, Mindfulness, Parenting, Self Awareness, Self Care, Self Love, Soul Work, WritingMargot SchulmanApril 20, 202018, 2020, 50 Days, Article, Awareness, Birthday, Bodies, Calm, Cancer, Celebration, Chick Flick, Children, Choice, Claustrophobia, Clearing, Colleagues, Commitment, Communication, Community, Compassion, Coaching, Connection, Cookie, Corona, Couples, CrossFit, Cranky, Culture, Dancing, Deep knowing, Desire, Dharma, Divine Mother Nature, Donation, Energy, Enlightened, Essence, Family, Father, Fear, Feminine, Feminist, Friend, Game of Thrones, Goodness, Gratitude, Grief, Growth, Habit, Happiness, Hatred, Healing, Heart, Holiday, Hugs, Humanity, Human Suffering, Hurt, Ignorance, Inner Child, Integrity, Interview, Inquiry, Jewishness, Jews, Journal, Joy, Joyful, Judgement, Ken Foster, Kindness, Kisses, Life, Loneliness, Love, Love Language, Magical, Man, Maya Angelou, Meditation, Men, Messaging, Mindfulness, Mind, Mindset, Mother, Mucky, Murky, Nature, Open-Hearted, Orgasm, Pain, Pandemic, Parade, Path, Peace, Perfect, Permission, Pleasure, Potential, Presence, Prince, Punk, Relationship, Resolution, Resources, Responsibility, Revolution, Retreat, Rise, Safety, Self Care, Sculpture, Shaking, Shifts, Shoulds, Society Conditioning, Soul, Soulmate, Soul-nourishing, Spaciousness, Stress, Suffering, Summit, Tantrum, Teenager, Tension, Thich Nhat Hanh, Toni Morrison, Trust, Venmo, Video, Voices of Courage, Woman, Women, Work, Worksheet, Workshop, Wisdom, Writing, Wuwu, Yoga, Yoni, Zombies, woo-woo

Choose Love Challenge - Perform a Non-Random Act of Kindness (and brag about it to me)

Ok, deep breath. This whole lock-down thing is getting pretty old right about now. I’m over it. I want to just fucking walk into a coffee shop, smile at a barista and scarf down a chocolate chip cookie, without worrying about anything more than the cookie’s calorie count.

Is that too much to freakin’ ask?

Screams the frustrated and angry teenage part of me.

Activism, Body Awareness, Celebration, Commitment, Conscious Relationships, Challenge, Dancing, Dating, Family Dynamics, Mindfulness, Parenting, Self Awareness, Self Love, Soul Work, Writing, Journaling, MindsetMargot SchulmanApril 13, 202018, 2020, 50 Days, Article, Awareness, Birthday, Bodies, Calm, Cancer, Celebration, Chick Flick, Children, Choice, Claustrophobia, Clearing, Colleagues, Commitment, Communication, Community, Compassion, Coaching, Connection, Cookie, Corona, Couples, CrossFit, Culture, Dancing, Deep knowing, Desire, Divine Mother Nature, Donation, Energy, Enlightened, Essence, Family, Father, Fear, Feminine, Feminist, Friend, Game of Thrones, Goodness, Gratitude, Grief, Growth, Habit, Happiness, Hatred, Healing, Heart, Holiday, Hugs, Humanity, Human Suffering, Hurt, Ignorance, Inner Child, Integrity, Interview, Inquiry, Jewishness, Jews, Journal, Joy, Joyful, Judgement, Ken Foster, Kindness, Kisses, Life, Loneliness, Love, Love Language, Magical, Man, Maya Angelou, Meditation, Men, Messaging, Mindfulness, Mind, Mindset, Mother, Mucky, Murky, Nature, Open-Hearted, Orgasm, Pain, Pandemic, Parade, Path, Peace, Perfect, Permission, Pleasure, Potential, Presence, Prince, Punk, Relationship, Resolution, Resources, Responsibility, Revolution, Retreat, Rise, Safety, Self Care, Sculpture, Shifts, Shoulds, Society Conditioning, Soul, Soulmate, Soul-nourishing, Spaciousness, Suffering, Summit, Teenager, Thich Nhat Hanh, Toni Morrison, Trust, Venmo, Video, Voices of Courage, Woman, Women, Work, Worksheet, Workshop, Wisdom, Writing, Wuwu, Yoga, Yoni, Zombies

What do you NEED now to feel ok?

I feel like our world is changing like that right now - sudden, dramatic shifts are happening all around and more truths are coming into clear and stark relief.

With the shit hitting the fan the way it has been, people’s true natures are becoming more and more obvious.

Activism, Body Awareness, Celebration, Conscious Relationships, Dating, Family Dynamics, Mindfulness, Writing, Self Love, Self Awareness, Parenting, DancingMargot SchulmanApril 6, 202018, 2020, 50 Days, Article, Awareness, Bodies, Calm, Celebration, Chick Flick, Children, Choice, Clearing, Colleagues, Commitment, Communication, Community, Compassion, Coaching, Connection, Corona, Couples, CrossFit, Culture, Dancing, Deep knowing, Desire, Divine Mother Nature, Donation, Energy, Enlightened, Essence, Family, Father, Fear, Feminine, Feminist, Friend, Goodness, Gratitude, Grief, Growth, Habit, Happiness, Healing, Heart, Holiday, Humanity, Human Suffering, Hurt, Inner Child, Integrity, Interview, Inquiry, Jewishness, Jews, Journal, Joy, Joyful, Judgement, Kindness, LifeLoneliness, Love, Love Language, Magical, Man, Maya Angelou, Meditation, Men, Messaging, Mindfulness, Mind, Mindset, Mother, Mucky, Murky, Nature, Open-Hearted, Orgasm, Pain, Pandemic, Path, Peace, Perfect, Pleasure, Potential, Presence, Prince, Punk, Relationship, Resolution, Resources, Revolution, Retreat, Rise, Safety, Self Care, Sculpture, Shifts, Shoulds, Society Conditioning, Soul, Soulmate, Soul-nourishing, Spaciousness, Suffering, Summit, Toni Morrison, Thich Nhat Hanh, Trust, Venmo, Video, Woman, Women, Work, Worksheet, Workshop, Wisdom, Writing, Wuwu, Yoga, Yoni

Why are the woowoo calm AF?

I saw this quote by Allison Cotton a few days ago on Facebook:

When the world thinks woowoo is cray cray but in a pandemic the non woowoo go cray cray and the woowoo are calm AF

We’re about 3 weeks into this now in upstate NY and I find myself today in a new stage of response…

Hard Work, Mindfulness, Mindset, Self Awareness, Self Love, Soul Work, Self CareMargot SchulmanMarch 30, 2020Calm, Celebration, Clearing, Compassion, Connection, Corona, Deep Knowing, Failures, Grief, Growth, Hard, Help, Humanity, Human Suffering, Hurt, Joy, Judgement, Meditation, Mindfulness, Mindset, Mother, Mucky, Murky, Pain, Pandemic, Peace, Resolution, Resources, Self Care, Shame, Society Conditioning, Soul, Suffering, Work, Wisdom, Wuwu

What is your 'thing' that makes you happy no matter what? (Read on to learn what mine is)

How would you spend your time if your time was completely your own?
What would a perfect day look like for you?
If you knew you had a week to live, what would you do?

Self Care, Self Love, Body Awareness, Dancing, Journaling, CommitmentMargot SchulmanMarch 27, 2020Perfect, Essence, Desires, Happiness, Friends, Children, Peace, Nature, Dancing, Divine Mother Nature, Connection, Community, Donation, Venmo, Commitment, 50 Days

LOVE > FEAR ( and How to Stay Sane in a CoronaCrazy World)

What do you need now, right in this moment to feel safe and loved?

Can you find that centered, courageous part of yourself?

I have been on a roller coaster of emotions myself - working through all sorts of emotional and mental swampiness.

Activism, Body Awareness, Conscious Relationships, Dating, Family Dynamics, Mindfulness, Parenting, Self Awareness, Self Love, WritingMargot SchulmanMarch 15, 20202020, Article, Awareness, Bodies, Celebration, Chick flick, Choice, Clearing, Communication, Compassion, Couples, CrossFit, Culture, Deep knowing, Desire, Energy, Enlightened, Family, Father, Feminine, Feminist, Friend, Goodness, Gratitude, Growth, Habit, Happiness, Healing, Heart, Holiday, Human Suffering, Hurt, Inner Child, Inquiry, Integrity, Interview, Journal, Joy, Joyful, Judgement, Kindness, Life, Love, Love Language, Magical, Man, Meditation, Men, Messaging, Mind, Mindfulness, Mindset, Mother, Open-Hearted, Orgasm, Pain, Path, Peace, Pleasure, Potential, Presence, Prince, Punk, Relationship, Resolution, Retreat, Revolution, Rise, Sculpture, Self Care, Shifts, Shoulds, Society Conditioning, Soul-nourishing, Soulmate, Spaciousness, Suffering, Summit, Thich Nhat Hanh, Toni Morrison, Trust, Video, Wisdom, Woman, Women, Worksheet, Workshop, Writing, Wuwu, Yoga, Yoni