Reflection

I have recently returned home from an experience which has expanded my awareness and deepened my understanding of how humans and horses work together to change the world. Yes you read that right: we are going to change the world.   Let me back up a bit:

I have been following a horseman for many years in his career: Mr. Warwick Schiller (warwickschiller.com).  Warwick and his wife Robyn have been working with reining horses for decades, which is what initially brought me to his work, as this was…

“At some point in our career we had that light bulb moment. Be that light bulb for someone else”

Forward:

I should open with a word of caution: this blog is not my typical content, but it is very real and vulnerable for me.  In fact, I am still raw from my experience at the Emotional Horsemanship clinic put on by Lockie Phillips (emotionalhorsemanship.com), and no it’s not from too many hours in the saddle! (ok, so my jokes are still in here….).  There may be some triggering content as…

I haven’t written a blog post in a while because I have been working in the background to bring my equine-inspired programs forward in a new way.  One of the major shifts for me was to finally bring my dream to life of creating a program where we partner horses with Veterans and First Responders (www.hoovesandheroes.org). I’ve also created a fully hosted online version of my “Learning to Lead” (www.spirit2spirit/emerging-leaders) program forward as I realize the self-paced version may not be the…

What do the horses have to teach us?

If you’re a “horse person” you may immediately answer “quite a bit!” however, if horses haven’t been a big part of your life either in form or symbolism, you may not know how to answer this question. 

What are horses to us as humans, with regard to our relationship through the horse/human bond? How does it differ from our connection to other animals such as dogs, cats, birds, and so on?  I have encountered many people in my life that just don’t get it. I se…