Emotions live in the body, yet many of us spent most of our time in our heads. While the mind is a powerful tool, healing anxiety, trauma, and toxic perfectionism requires an ability to feel our emotions and reconnect with our bodies. In this episode, UF alum, counselor, and group fitness instructor Melanie Mason shares how she is learning to be in her body, challenge harsh and unrealistic expectations for herself, and help others do the same.

• The Liturgists Podcast, Embodiment – released March 8, 2018
• The Liturgists Podcast, Eating and Body Positivity with Evelyn Tribole – released April 16, 2020
• Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine
• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
• Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, by Lori Gottlieb
• Tara Brach’s meditations on the topic of Embodiment
• Arielle Schwartz’s article Embodiment in Somatic Psychology