by Susan | Jul 27, 2022 | Awareness, Horses
It’s a beautiful cool and cloudy morning. After the heat wave we’ve had, it feels wonderful. We also got some much-needed rain and hopefully will get some more. Western Kansas has been in a drought this spring and summer and we’ve had multiple days when it’s been over...
by Susan | Jul 20, 2022 | Awareness
Is there something you’re passionate about? Something for which you would risk it all. That when you’re doing it everything seems right with the world. You are at peace. I have a few passions in my life. My children, singing, photography and design, and horses. Some...
by Susan | Jul 13, 2022 | Awareness, Horses, Lessons From the Horses
I rode Ace for the first time on Saturday. We had checked the soreness in his back before I went to Hawaii. He didn’t seem to have any except up by his withers. Not only have I been worried about the soreness I’m a little intimidated by his size. I’ve never ridden a...
by Susan | Jul 6, 2022 | Awareness, Gestalt, Grief, Medical
Today would have been Mike’s 63rd birthday. He left the planet just over four years ago. There’s not a day that goes by when I don’t think of him. The night before last I went to bed with some worries on my mind. He came to me in a dream to show me that everything was...
by Susan | Jun 22, 2022 | Awareness
I’m leaving with John for Hawaii tomorrow, and I have a huge project that I wanted to finish part of and get to the next person. As I worked on it over the weekend, and basically nothing else, I decided Sunday night that I wasn’t going to be able to complete it. I...
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...
