Healing Grief through Equine Gestalt

This is a difficult time of year for me. My dad’s birthday was May 29. Grandpa died around May 30. Dad died June 11. Father’s Day falls in here somewhere. Mike died on June 28. And Mike’s birthday was July 6. Then in 2020, only 17 days after Dad’s death my first...

Fathers and Daughters

It seems to me there is a connection between them. When I lost my dad in June of 2020, he had asked me to go to his doctor’s appointments with him. This honored me because he was a doctor. The doctor I took all my medical questions to. Whether they be about my...

Battling Thistle Invasion at Serenity Ranch

A Grueling Two-Week Adventure It’s a brilliant sunny morning, the horses are all where they belong and I’m on the couch this morning instead of my desk to write. My body aches. For the last two weeks, John and I have been waging war on the thistle at Serenity Ranch....

The Horses Can Help Find Balance Amid Life’s Overwhelm

Discover Your Hidden Opportunities Opportunities abound. Sometimes we miss seeing them for all the minutia of life. There are certainly times when life gets in the way. Managing Amidst Life’s Challenges When doing the books for the farm, I often had a lot to catch up...