by Susan | Jun 8, 2022 | Awareness, Medical
How do you experience growth? I see it as disruptive. It disrupts my comfortable life to grow. I was away at a workshop over Mother’s Day weekend. A workshop that I believe will help my Gestalt practice grow. This was also shortly after John had been hospitalized and...
by Susan | May 25, 2022 | Awareness, Horses, Lessons From the Horses
Do you dig in your heels and try to fix it? Do you squeal and freeze? Do you look for the lesson? My reaction used to be to squeal and freeze. As I’ve spoken to others who have horses this shouldn’t have been unexpected. I have used alfalfa pellets before without any...
by Susan | May 18, 2022 | Awareness, EGC, Horses
How ready should you be when you take that step off the edge? There have been many times in my life when I was standing at the precipice. My worrisome thoughts about the judgment of others holding me back. In high school, I didn’t fit in. I loved horses and they were...
by Susan | May 11, 2022 | Awareness, Horses
What person has had the most influence in your life? I spent four days at a Speakers’ Boot Camp facilitated by Melisa Pearce, Touched By A Horse founder and my mentor. One of the exercises we did was improvisation. We got up on stage and she asked us a question. She...
by Susan | May 3, 2022 | Awareness, Gestalt
I need to have a confrontation with hope. Last week some things in my world blew up. Along with many days of high winds John had a health crisis. On Monday we took him to the emergency department after he had at least three seizures. They ran a battery of tests and...
by Susan | Apr 26, 2022 | Awareness, Horses
The barking disrupts my sleep. Is it the neighborhood dogs or something else that has her on her toes? I’ve had Dalila for just over three years now. She’s a cross between a Border Collie and an Australian Shepard and she has a lot of energy. She is also very...
by Susan | Apr 19, 2022 | Awareness, Horses
Sometimes I lose trust in myself. I know I can do something, and my confidence dwindles until I forget. This is when I need to trust the process. It’s like my starting to ride again. I have only ridden a handful of times since I was pregnant with John. My life was...
by Susan | Apr 12, 2022 | Awareness, Communications
Some days it feels like you go from feeling like you’ve won the gold to falling into a shit pile. Our lives are filled with highs and lows there’s no doubt. As I’m finishing up some work and decluttering my house, I often come across things that remind me of Mike and...
by Susan | Apr 5, 2022 | Awareness
I’m having trouble hanging onto thoughts. It’s as if there are ideas flickering in my mind. A thought comes to me, then it leaves. Sometimes they reappear sometimes they vanish. Is this a part of my personality? I tend to go from project to project. I get overwhelmed...
by Susan | Mar 29, 2022 | Awareness, EGC, Gestalt, Horses
Tonight, I’m in a yurt listening to the snow and wind swirl around outside. The walls are trembling like a body in full tension. I’m at my last Gestalt camp and we’ve witnessed and participated in several body releases. When we hold in our anger or any emotions they...
