by Susan | Nov 16, 2021 | Awareness, Horses, Lessons From the Horses
Horses teach us many lessons. As a young amateur rider, grandpa had given me a three-year-old filly named Linda Kristin who hadn’t worked out on the track. I had her at college with me and had decided she needed to go back for more training. I had an enclosed...
by Susan | Nov 9, 2021 | Awareness
It was a glorious weekend in Colorado. It’s the first week in November and the temperatures were in the 70s. I took a friend to the Hope Held By A Horse event and we were working outside so we were happy with the weather. The sky was clear and blue as we took our...
by Susan | Nov 2, 2021 | Awareness
It is a dark cold Monday morning in November. I returned from Gestalt Camp on Friday evening. I was tired when I got home so I stayed close to home all weekend. My big piece of work at camp was around my diet. I had lost around 50 pounds after I was diagnosed with...
by Susan | Oct 27, 2021 | Awareness
Do you ever feel like you’ve committed too much and you’re feeling overwhelmed with all you must do? The last year that Mike was alive he and John planted a garden. When he died in late June, I had no idea what to do with it. He liked to make salsa so there was an...
by Susan | Oct 19, 2021 | Awareness, Caregiving, Communications, Medical
Yesterday I had an appointment with my oncologist. He entered the room apologizing for being late. I had hardly noticed because the nurse who does the work on the study that I’m in was chatting with me. I also learned a long time ago to take something to occupy my...
by Susan | Oct 12, 2021 | Communications, Relationships
There is beauty in the lessons. Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about lessons learned. What is life if not a time to learn? During my life, I’ve had many lessons. As a child, they were about ridicule and bullying. Children can be hateful and mean when someone is...
by Susan | Oct 5, 2021 | Awareness, Communications, Relationships
Do you ever get triggered in your relationships? Do you react instead of responding to situations? The Equine Gestalt Coaching Method® can help you disrupt this pattern. When Mike and I were married I was often triggered by his lack of a sense of time. He’d come home...
by Susan | Sep 28, 2021 | Awareness, Communications, Relationships
I’m feeling tired, refreshed, and renewed at the same time. I returned from Summit yesterday. It is the annual conference for Touched By A Horse®. This year it was packed full of business-building learning and deep connections with my herdmates. I also discovered that...
by Susan | Sep 21, 2021 | Awareness
What exciting things can you find hidden amongst the chaos that life sometimes brings? I’ve been decluttering my home since the end of last year. Along with that early this summer, we moved my mom out of the house that she and dad built 50 years ago. They had acquired...
by Susan | Sep 14, 2021 | Awareness
I’ve been having technical difficulties again. Both of my external hard drives went down at the same time. About two months ago I got a message from the manufacturer that there had been some threats to the older model that was out of support. I didn’t immediately take...