by Susan | Jul 29, 2026 | Awareness, Caregiving
When the Life You Knew Changes There’s a moment many caregivers know yet rarely talk about—the moment when the crises quiet, the responsibilities shift, and your life suddenly becomes your own again. And instead of feeling free… you feel lost. Caregiving shapes you in...
by Susan | Jul 22, 2026 | Awareness
Who Are You Becoming When You Let Go of Victim Thinking? Strong Isn’t the Only Option I’ve been thinking a lot about being a victim lately. Several years ago, shortly after Mike was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease, my therapist told me he thought I was the...
by Susan | Jul 15, 2026 | Awareness, Communications
Sometimes the stories we create are very different from the stories someone else is living. A bond like marriage often comes with expectations. I know mine certainly did. Looking back, I can see there were many expectations I never spoke out loud because I assumed...
by Susan | Jul 8, 2026 | Awareness
Sometimes the answers we’ve been waiting for don’t whisper—they illuminate the path ahead. The day I’m writing this would have been Mike’s 67th birthday. Between May 29 and July 6, there are several milestones that make this a heavy season for...
by Susan | Jul 1, 2026 | Awareness
Sometimes the Doors We Keep Closing Are the Ones Meant for Us The Doors That Keep Opening I’ve been thinking about open doors lately. It wasn’t anything sudden. Sometime in May, I began noticing that the bedroom doors upstairs would be standing open, even...
by Susan | Jun 24, 2026 | Awareness, Caregiving
What my horse reminded me about boundaries, resistance, and carrying too much The Message Beneath the Resistance It’s been an interesting week with the horses. Patty had a tick in her ear that must have been incredibly painful. She developed a sore that...
by Susan | Jun 17, 2026 | Awareness, Communications
Sometimes friction smooths the rough edges—and reveals who we really are In the course of revealing the layers of my life, several things have come to light. Sometimes there is friction that smooths the rough edges. The kind of friction that asks us to pay...
by Susan | Jun 10, 2026 | Awareness, Caregiving
When worry settles in after the storm The Storm Outside Storms have been rolling through on a regular basis lately. One night, it sounded like it rained a lot just as I was drifting off to sleep—and then, almost as quickly, it was gone. Dalila is very sensitive to the...
by Susan | Jun 3, 2026 | Awareness, Horses
Presence, distraction, and the energy we bring It’s simple, really. The horses are only attracted to your energy when you’re authentic and in your body. If you come to them in your head—thinking about the grocery list, the hard conversation, or all the things waiting...
by Susan | May 27, 2026 | Caregiving
How horses, grief, and Equine Gestalt helped me realize how much caregiving had changed me There are moments in life when you don’t realize how much something has changed you until you finally have space to look back. For me, that realization came a few months after...
