by Susan | Mar 22, 2022 | Travel
I’m in one of those phases where I’m traveling a lot. The first two weeks of January I went to Kansas City and Lawrence then I had a bit of a break. I went to a conference in Manhattan on February 10th and 11th, and it feels like I’ve been on the road ever since....
by Susan | Mar 15, 2022 | Horses, Lessons From the Horses
Although you can’t tell by the temperatures shedding season is here. That time in horse owners’ lives when we come in with hair all over us. Spring should not be too far off. The temperatures here have been bouncing around like a child with a bouncy ball. The week...
by Susan | Mar 8, 2022 | Awareness, Horses, Lessons From the Horses
My goodness, this is a long one! It’s been one and a half hours since this EEG was scheduled to start. This is the fourth time he’s had one and still we wonder why the seizures keep coming. In the five and a half years I was a caregiver for Mike we had many unanswered...
by Susan | Mar 1, 2022 | Caregiving, EGC, Horses
Is your life driven by chaos? Do you get exhausted by overwhelm? Several years ago, I went into my therapist’s office. It was a little over a year into Mike’s illness. When he asked how I was doing I told him I was terrified and exhausted. However, as I do, I was...
by Susan | Feb 22, 2022 | Gestalt, Grief, Horses
As I sit here with the dog I wonder about the timing of life. Timing can be magical and divine. Or not. There are times when the world seems to be throwing everything at me at once. The catastrophes keep coming one after another. Then it calms down for a moment. I had...
by Susan | Feb 15, 2022 | Awareness
Does the craziness of life ever get you down? Do you find yourself going from fire to rain at the speed of light? Have you forgotten important engagements because your mind is full? These are all symptoms of a busy life, and I don’t mean busy in a good way. We tend to...
by Susan | Feb 8, 2022 | Communications, Medical
Do you hear what people say? I mean really listen. Sometimes when things get harried you need to slow down and breathe. Or you may need to tune out the outside world – that dog barking in the other room. Last week I took my son to the emergency room at our local...
by Susan | Feb 2, 2022 | Awareness
When you were a kid did you have monsters under your bed? Was there something that scared you after the lights went out? When my parents built their house, it was on the edge of town in what had been a pasture. It was big and had large high windows. In Kansas, the...
by Susan | Jan 25, 2022 | Awareness
It feels like I did nothing this fall except drive. I was so feeling good going into November because after the World Show I had no specific travel plans. I’d be home for a while. That was not the case when John’s medical issues came up while I was in Oklahoma City...
by Susan | Jan 18, 2022 | Awareness, Communications
How is communication in your relationships? Do you feel like you’re talking to dogs who do not understand? Some days when Mike and I talked it felt like I was talking to a brick wall. I’m sure he felt the same way at times. Other days everything clicked. A big part of...
