Happy Daylight Savings! For this sleepy episode, an extra tired Margo is joined by her Cousin/Best Friend/Savior/Voice Double, Lucy Eckel. They chat about why Margo is so tired, different ways to engage in self-care, and the difference between Clean Rest, Messy Rest, and Defiant Rest.

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Thank you to Sam Mumford and Eliana Penkin for the Soul Soup artwork!

Margo's Philosophical Bestie, Eden Solarik, is on this week's episode about the morality of gossip. They discuss why gossip has a bad reputation, why it's okay to gossip anyway, how if gossip was a song it would be a yodel, and they even Cite Their Sources... kind of.

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In this very special episode, Margo brings on over 30 guests between ages 8 and 78 to share life-affirming messages of things that give them hope.

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Take a trip back to your high school English class book talk with the second book club episode! Margo is joined by her Real Life Book Club to do a deep dive into Ling Ma's Bliss Montage.

Spoiler warning for Bliss Montage, "Past Lives," and Pure Color! Conversations include the barriers of language, how mother/daughter relationships can be so tricky, and why it's okay to talk about authorial intent.

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Soul Soup goes Back to School! (Part 2)

In the final episode of the Soul Soup back-to-school mini-series, we dig into what it means to learn beyond the classroom. Margo is joined by her cousin Nick Sidlin, A Grown Up and educator, to talk about self-awareness, privilege, intuition, and why sometimes being an adult means doing some things that don't seem very adult.

Check out the article: "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" by Peggy McIntosh

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Soul Soup goes Back to School! (Part 1)

In the first episode of the Soul Soup back-to-school mini-series, bestie of the pod Isobel Dawson comes on to gab about social risk-taking. As the queen of cheeky questions, Iso makes sure you'll walk away from this episode with some icebreakers that you can pull out this back-to-school season!

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Thank you to Sam Mumford and Eliana Penkin for the Soul Soup artwork!

In this episode, Margo is joined by three friends for a deep dive into the ins and outs of creative careers, the impacts of the #MeToo movement and the writers' strike on film production, and what it means to have your passion be your day job.

Ben Dawson, Adrian Dean, and Lula-Belle Jedynak are three creators in the Vancouver film industry. Follow them on Instagram: ⁠@snappipapi⁠, ⁠@adriandeaner⁠, and @no_more_belle⁠.

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Margo is joined by her sister and Certified Expert Guest, Samantha Sidline, for a conversation on all things boundaries. They discuss how to listen to your intuition and examine your core values, how boundaries can be fluid and changing, the art of analyzing yellow flags, and more.

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Thank you to Sam Mumford and Eliana Penkin for the Soul Soup artwork!

Welcome to book club! In her mission to understand the human soul, Margo brings books into the mix to explore how reading can teach us, relax us, and connect us with one another. She chats with her friends Montserrat, Chris, and Isobel about lines from books that have shaped who they are and their worldviews.

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Thank you to Sam Mumford and Eliana Penkin for the Soul Soup artwork!

Margo and her platonic soulmate, Megan Atwater, dig into platonic love, love languages, vulnerability and authenticity in relationships, and their favorite strategies for watering their friendship gardens.

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Thank you to Sam Mumford and Eliana Penkin for the Soul Soup artwork!