Things have been a bit quiet here on the blog, so many changes have happened over the past three months it's taken all that time to adjust. While we were in Romania in the end of March/ early April, an opportunity sprang from the ether and before we knew it our world travels were turned … Continue reading The Journey Revised
Good Morning Beautiful Human I've been thinking lately about the horses who come into our lives. In my life as a horse trainer people rarely come to me with "well behaved" horses but it does happen from time to time. One of my favorite horses I work with is named Diamond and he is such … Continue reading Misunderstood: Teens & Horses
Woman!! You do not need to be nice to everybody! It is absolutely good and necessary to say no and hold the boundary. The pit in your stomach that clenches when you assert yourself - Override it! Say no anyway and move on! Get really good at it so that the pit doesn't appear unless … Continue reading PSA: You Don’t Have to be Nice
How kindly do you speak to yourself on a daily basis? Take a moment and reflect. When you woke up this morning, what were your first thoughts? When you saw your reflection in the mirror? When you got dressed? When you made your breakfast? Were your thoughts supportive? Loving? Gentle? Or were they degrading? Judgemental? … Continue reading The Voices in Our Heads
How heavy is your anxiety backpack? Are your shoulders tense? Is your jaw clenched? Are you numbing out on your phone right now to avoid the swirl of chaos in your mind? I invite you to take a moment and unclench. Take a few breaths and notice your body, notice where you are holding tension, … Continue reading A Backpack Full of Anxiety
Amanda Soper 