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Because it’s never just about the riding
Why This Horsewoman is Grateful on this Thanksgiving (and Every Other Day)
First, let me wish all of you a safe and peaceful Thanksgiving. I hope you have much to be grateful for in your life. I've always been grateful to have horses - even on those mornings when the thermometer hovered around 0 degrees Fahrenheit with a windchill somewhere...
5 Ways Coaching Can Help You Become the Owner Your Horse Deserves, (and the Horsewoman YOU Deserve to Be
The idea of personal coaching isn’t new. There have been life coaches, business coaches, performance coaches, mindset coaches, and just about any other kind of coaches you can think of for the last few decades and coaching for horse owners is also a thing. Although...
Some Thoughts on Body Image and Midlife Horsewomen from The (Horsey) Life Coach
Intro Body Image. Most women experience some amount of discomfort about their body image,(thanks, society-at-large) and for horsewomen, the negative feelings are compounded because we don’t want to over-tax our horses. Midlife (and beyond) horsewomen have the...
5 Confidence Hacks for Horse Women
“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.” ―C.G. JungWhile Jung certainly had a point, for many horsewomen, the most terrifying thing to accept about ourselves is our relationship with that 1,000 lb essential part of our lives, our horse.While...
Who Is The Best Coach for Horsewomen? The Answer May Surprise You!
There is no shortage of gurus in the world. Want to learn yoga? I got "About 315,000,000 results (0.52 seconds)" when I searched "Learn Yoga Online" on Google. The same is true of horseback riding instructors, horse trainers, and equestrian coaches - over 1 million...
How I Became A Confidence Coach for Horsewomen
I've been a horsewoman for my whole life. I've trained horses, taught lessons, boarded horses, braided horses for shows, clipped horses for the winter, given vaccines, bandaged wounds, welcomed new members into the herd, and cried my eyes out when it was time to say...
Finding Our Way Back As Horsewomen
I thought it would be over and everything would be back to normal by the end of the summer in 2020. Then I thought it would be over by Thanksgiving... or Christmas... surely by the New Year.... and here we are two years in and every day that passes seems to pull us...
Bridging the knowledge gap. Can learning more make you safer around horses?
A little Learning… As so famously said by Alexander Pope, “A little learning is a dangerous thing.” This danger rises exponentially when horses are part of the equation. If you don’t want to be the bad example that becomes lore with your great-grandchildren, try a few...
The Best First Horse Ever
I celebrated a monumental occasion yesterday. 50 years ago, July 10, 1971, I got my first horse. I was 12, and a total horse addict. All of my Scholastic Books orders contained horse books. I had read every horse book in both the school and town library by the time I...
Tired of your family complaining every time you go see your horse? Here are 3 tips to help them understand your Horsey Life.
If you are the sole horse person in your family, you may find that the flack about riding you get at home makes your Horsey Life less enjoyable. If riding plays a large part of optimizing your physical, mental, and emotional health, constantly having to deal with this...