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3 Anti-Anxiety Secrets You Can Learn From Your Horse
If you're anything like me, you've been a little anxious for the last... oh, 8 months or so. Coronavirus, political polarity, social justice issues, hurricanes - it seems like 2020 is pretty intent on keeping us on our toes. While we can't control the world around us,...
Tapping into Peace of Mind – Part 2
In my last post, I mentioned how Tapping, also known as Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) can be an extremely useful tool to have in your toolkit. (And If you haven't already grabbed your copy of The 10-Minute Toolkit, where I give several quick exercises to help you...
Tapping into Peace of Mind – Part 1
Over the last couple of weeks, I've written about mindfulness and self-awareness and given you some tools to explore. This week, I'm going one step further - possibly one step further into woo-woo land then you might be willing to go - but again, please give this a...
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...