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Frustrated Because You’re Not Reaching Your Horsey Life Goals? Help is at Hand!
Have you ever realized that "goal" is a four-letter word? The irony and appropriateness of that amuse me (but my amusement threshold is incredibly low after a year of pandemic life). According to Wikipedia, a goal is "an idea of the future or desired result that a...
If you don’t want to drive your horse, your vet, your farrier and all of your friends crazy – DON’T do this
We all know those people who are always looking for the next shiny thing. They're always trying new diet and exercise plans, doctors, grocery stores (and, in some cases, husbands), because the previous one had some glaring fault or another. It's called SOS (Shiny...
April is stress awareness month. The Horsey Life Coach’s plan to help you move from awareness to management
I don't know about you, but I sure as heck don't need a Stress Awareness Month to become aware of my stress!! Seriously, between losing my Mom in February, COVID, furloughs, loss of my job, and having to drop my husband off at the ER when his doctor called at 7:30 am...
Your horse is better cared for than you are. And that needs to change.
Did the title of this post get your attention? If you're like me (and at least 97% of all the horsewomen in the world), you may be wondering what on earth I'm talking about. Of course he's better cared for! He depends on you to feed him, keep him in a safe and...
Why New Year’s Resolutions Suck for Horse Women – Part 3
Hello and welcome back! Today I’m wrapping up this 3-part series on why resolutions suck for horsewomen. In the first two posts, I laid out why I think there are better alternatives to resolutions, and how to begin using them. I covered: Knowing Your Why Knowing...
Why New Year’s Resolutions Suck for Horse Women – Part 2
In the last post, I said that one of the most important things to figure out about goals is WHY. Why do you want to ride? Why do you want to finally master sitting trot? Why do you want to eat chocolate chip cookies for breakfast?? (Oh, is that just me??) Another...
Why New Year’s Resolutions Suck for Horsewomen – Part 1
I’m writing about why New Year’s Resolutions suck for horsewomen a few weeks after the New Year. Sorry, but 2020 beat me up like crazy. I really wanted to look at the bright shiny New Year that was scheduled to arrive at one second past midnight, December 31, 2020,...
2020 Sure Beat Me Up, How About You?
I don’t know about you, but 2020 pretty well had me on the ropes by February, and it didn’t improve much over the following 10 months. I lost my Mom in February, lost my job in September, and spent the rest of the time trying to come up for air. While 2020 had its...
The 5 Fs that are Keeping You from Your Best Horsey Life
If you remember this post, I explained that fear, (unlike other 4 letter word that starts with F) can, and should, be discussed in polite company. Fear developed to keep humans alive during a time when that was even more challenging than it is in 2020. Fear isn't the...
Manage Expectations? How to navigate the gap between then and now
So, my friends, you discovered in last week's post that you're not the only returning rider who is struggling to bridge the gap between your happy memories of riding when you were a kid and the occasionally scary and painful reality of riding now. And you might not...