The Free Her Spirit Podcast

Taking Control of the Narrative with Erin Clark


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Erin Clark is from Canada but is at home everywhere. HSe has been living in Spain for the last three years where she became the world champion in wheelchair parapole and learned to paraglide. She recently wrote the first draft of her upcoming memoir while living in the desert of Namibia for 6 weeks. She has self published her own lifestyle and adventure magazine called Sex Icon Magazine and also self published a digital memoir called Love All The Way. She has been published by other people too and all that information is available on her website www.howtobeasexicon.com

In this episode we talk about:

Erin's passion for writing and the importance of having control of your own story

Bossing the Narrative and Erin's journey towards creating the lifeshe dreamed of even when others said she couldn't because of being born disabled

Exploring risk taking and the influences that have shaped Erin's life in her upcoming memoir

How Erin became a sex icon by breaking out of the constraints and forced intimacies from other people's expectations about disabilities

What sexuality and sensuality really mean (it's about pleasure and claiming our bodies, our lives, and our intimacies)

How Erin's entire life is a performance because people area always watching her but she still enjoys being able to express herself

What got Erin into pole dancing and how she became a wheelchair parapole dance champion (also changing the system from "inspirational" to accessible with her coach Selima)

Trust is built on the back of risk and how to learn to trust yourself (hint: take risks, pay attention)

Why Erin loves travel so much and doing things just because you love them

Bonus Material! how we process questions, how Erin makes decisions about her travels, and how adaptation can be empowering and using your intuition muscle

Follow Erin on Instagram and go to www.freeherspirit.com for show notes and pictures.

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The Free Her Spirit PodcastBy Christine Petty