From award winning actress to being a recognised leader and teacher of the Oneness Movement, Margaret Nichols is providing spiritual solutions for our modern life.
I first discovered Margaret some 4-5 years ago when I stumbled across one of her blog posts, Holy sh*t I’m about to be enlightened (she’s an incredible writer too!). It was just the post I needed as my world was getting freaky after my 10 days of Vipassana. I was hungry for other women embarking on this spiritual journey while still navigating this modern world we live in, and something about her style and energy intrigued me.
Recently, as a result of seeing John of God, she embarked on a 40 day sex fast that had me even more intrigued. I knew it was time for her to share her story on the LOVE SEX DESIRE Podcast Series.
So here we are.
Before I tell you what we cover in this interview I want to let you know that this is the longest interview I’ve ever done clocking in at 1hr and 15mins. Margaret was so open and transparent that I learnt a lot about her in this interview that I didn’t know before. Such as:
She had breast implants at 18 then took them out when she was 28. Her story on body image and body loving is profound.
She was the first to get married in her circle of friends and the first to get divorced. All before she was 28. How she’s navigating and experiencing relationships is very different these days.
She was raised catholic, so sex and spirit were never put in the same sentence. Her sexual explorations and spiritual experience’s will inspire you.
This conversation is deep, insightful, open and inspiring. We talk about:
- Margaret’s journey from bitch to bliss and her fall from grace
- how feeling icky isn’t a path to freedom
- the impact big energetic shifts have on our physical body
- the reason for her recent 40 day sex fast and what she learnt
- how her relationship to her body has changed in the last 10 years
- sexual healing and what that looks like
- porn (we both have strong opinions on this one!)
- what it means to surrender and what this looks like
- and so much more!!
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I hope you enjoy it! Be sure to let me know in the comments what you loved about this episode.
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This is an extremely refreshing conversation about a topic/s which most catholic women (like margaret) experience but were always afraid to expose or share with others without being labelled neurotic or troubled or being bad. Also what attracts me the most and why I connected into Margaret’s website and now yours is the fact that “awakened females” on that spiritual path have the most amazing and for want of better description “magic and heightened intensity” in a sexual relationship, no matter what age. In essence I am commenting here because I love and appreciate the openness with which this conversation between Margaret and yourself came into reality and to be shared with me. Thank you.
Thankyou for this beautiful comment Kathryn. It’s always a joy hearing how these conversations land for others because I LOVE them so much and feel they are so important. Big love Susana XO
Wow! What a podcast! I am interested in Margaret’s experience in the Osho ashram in that it was very highly sexual, I didn’t think it would be, but then Osho did teach Tantra. I am also curious about how she found the sex fast, because I am a highly sexual woman too and since embarking on this path I have been staunchly anti- celibate. But it is worth examining whether I use sex to feel loved and as a band aid, and how I can use the sexual energy for creativity. I didn’t have time to listen all the way to the end, so I need to tune in again to hear your views on porn too, because I have strong views on it also. Well done Susana, love this website and your podcasts <3
Hi Susana! This conversation really resonated with me. I found many similarities in my experiences that Margaret talked about; using her body/sex to get what she thought was love. That was totally me! I also identified with being a child who was very interested in sex but in my home, like Margaret’s, sex was not something we talked about and definitely not something “good girls” did. Where that left me was being a young woman who really had no idea what that meant and certainly no idea of how to express and enjoy my sexuality in a healthy way. Thanks so much for sharing this conversation. I will definitely keep listening!