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Low Tech/No Tech Hacks For Your Horsey Life
If you've read any of my posts or grabbed a free copy of my 10-Minute Toolkit, you know I'm all about awareness. (And if you haven't gotten your 10-Minute Toolkit yet, you can do so HERE.) Awareness means experiencing life as it happens. Too often we get caught up in...
5 Steps to Better Understanding Your Horse – Day 5
We've made it to Day 5 of 5 Steps to Better Understanding Your Horse! The steps so far: Be Still Be Curious Be Patient Be Open To wrap up the series, I'm going to share the most important step - the 1 Step to Rule Them All. Be Respectful This is the foundation on...
5 Steps to Better Understanding Your Horse – Part 4
Hope you've found the first 3 posts in this series helpful! Today's step is: Be Open To set the stage, let's start with what "openness" is in this context. In an article on PsychologyToday.com, Ingrid Clayton, Ph.D., states that to" be open" means the following: "For...
5 Steps to Better Understanding Your Horse – Part 3
Welcome back! If you've been following along, you'll remember that we covered the first two steps of the process, Be Still and Be Curious in the posts Monday and Tuesday. If you haven't read them yet, visit part 1 HERE and part 2 HERE. OK, everybody ready? The third...
5 Steps to Better Understanding Your Horse – Part 2
Welcome back! Today we're on the second step in our journey toward better understanding our horses. (If you missed yesterday's post, you can read it here). Today's step is Be Curious Be Curious Being curious is vital to learning, and retaining, new information. Think...
5 Steps to Better Understanding Your Horse – Part 1
Have you ever had your horse do something totally unexpected? (If not, I’d love to meet your horse!!) It seems that just when you’re on cruise control, everything’s humming along smoothly - bang. Weird response from your horse. A sudden spook at... who knows? A shift...
Google Translate Won’t Help You Understand Your Horse – Here’s What Will
We're all getting tired of being quarantined. We wonder when things will get back to "normal". This pandemic has made life feel like we're in some suspended animation. We can't make definite plans, we can't spend time in groups, and some of us weren't able to see our...
Embracing What Is
None of us signed up for this. The pandemic, the social and political turmoil, the fear. To be blunt, things kind of suck right now. We're in survival mode, and the best we can hope for is a reluctant acceptance of our circumstances... right? What if I were to...
So why, exactly, are we doing this? Knowing the “why” for your Horsey Life
If you’ve ever set goals or been working on something challenging, you’ve probably heard that it’s important to know your “why”. It’s important for things like fitness goals - having a reason that you’re emotionally connected to makes it easier to go to the gym or...
If wishes were horses
If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride... I know this may sound obvious, but one of the first things that's required to make a start on your Horsey Life is... a horse! You don’t need to own one or to go to any great expense in the initial stages, but starting...