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Posts by Erin Mahoney

Erin Mahoney is currently at university studying Creative Writing. She writes performance poetry, and she believes that everyone should have the right to express what is deep and personal to them. When she’s traveling she’s in her happy place. She would love to share her stories with you, and if you fancy sharing yours with her head to her travel blog Tracks.

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Get Out of Your Head: The Life-Changing Power of Embodying Your Body

“The modern individual is committed to being successful, not to being a person. He belongs rightly to the ‘action generation’ whose motto is ‘do more but feel less.’” ~Alexander Lowen

I’ve always been a little bit scared of my body. And when you’re scared of something, you tend to avoid it at all costs. So that’s what I did for most of my childhood and teenage years.

I avoided it in lots of different ways, and most dangerously, I avoided it unconsciously.

I was bought up doing a lot of physical activity—gymnastics, dance, basketball, and horseback riding. Although this wasn’t …