WTF Is Margo Doing Here
Hi — I’m Margo.
Some of you know me from the birth world over at Indie Birth. Some from money coaching or random Instagram tangents. Some of you might not know me at all yet, and that’s fine too.
This space isn’t a business funnel. It’s not a niche blog or a branded strategy to sell you shit. I started this Substack because I needed somewhere to write the sorts of things that I feel called to write, and that people have loved reading over the many years and places they have found me. My musings are often not algorithm acceptable, are too long or sporadic for captions, too raw for marketing, and too real for polite dinner conversations.
I’ve been a midwife, a voracious researcher, a business coach, and a single mom. I’ve taught about money, power, creativity, birth, grief, and self-discovery. I’ve been on the inside of systems and at the mercy of them as we all have. I’ve always be critical of institutions and authority, but usually equal parts hopeful that we can build something better together
I write because I need to.
Because sometimes I’m angry.
Sometimes I’m laughing at the absurdity of it all, or something ridiculous happens to me that I think people should hear about, but I’m not courageous enough to be a stand up comedian (yet).
Sometimes I’m trying to find the thread that helps me keep going down this road of life.
I’m calling this space a home for the mess in-between — the contradictions, the tensions, the unfiltered moments, the deeply human stuff we’re usually told to package better if we want anyone to care and especially if we want someone to hand us money.
I’ll write about motherhood, money, health, loss, sovereignty, sex, systems, survival. Not in a “how-to” way (at least not most of the time). More like: here’s what I’m noticing, here’s what I’ve lived, here’s what I’m still figuring out.
I’ll send things out a couple times a month — maybe more, maybe less. I’ll show up when I have something that feels worth saying, and I think having this space might help that feel more often.
Thanks for being here. I’m glad you found this.
And if you want to read the first real post, it’s right here: