by Susan | Dec 9, 2020 | Caregiving, EGC, Grief
I am full of emotions this Monday morning. It’s been a rough weekend. On Saturday I went to the funeral of a dear friend’s mother knowing that he had been in hospice for the last two days. He passed away on Saturday night. He had been a pharmacist in California since...
by Susan | Nov 24, 2020 | Gestalt, Grief, Horses
As I watch the horses through the misty morning light I wonder if they are preparing for what’s next. Of course, they’re not. They live in the moment and don’t think about what is to come. This is their mastery. When it comes to being in the moment, they are...
by Susan | May 26, 2020 | Horses, Relationships
He was my first “real” (not a pony) horse. He was two years old and I was nine years old. So, I couldn’t even ride him. Grandpa brought him from his farm near Scott City one sunny afternoon in July to an old barn owned by Dick Farmer who was the 4-H horse leader. I’d...
by Susan | May 19, 2020 | Awareness
I’ve worked from a home office for most of my life. I’ve done bookwork for the farm and design work from home ever since I’ve been married. This stay at home order didn’t have much of a direct effect on my life. I go out to feed the horses twice a day and I go for...
by Susan | Apr 28, 2020 | Awareness, EGC, Gestalt, Horses
As my listening partner and I got further into the fear vs awareness question a few things came up. I feel like our busyness is a way we avoid our fears. If we’re busy we don’t have to face those things that scare us the most. Going from one activity to the next is a...
by Susan | Apr 21, 2020 | Awareness, Gestalt
In the Equine Gestalt Coaching® and the Gestalt Coaching™ Method training, April is listening month. We are assigned a partner and each day one asks a series of questions and listens to the other’s response. One of our questions has been about fear versus awareness....
by Susan | Apr 14, 2020 | Awareness, Gestalt, Medical, Relationships
Last night one of Mike’s doctors visited me in my dream. I’m not clear what it was telling me but I was inspired to change the subject of my blog because of it. Yesterday I read a post by a retired doctor about the health care workers during this pandemic. It said...
by Susan | Apr 7, 2020 | Awareness, Caregiving
Being a caregiver is a lot like being a parent. It doesn’t come with an instruction book. You must decipher a lot of jargon you don’t understand. But you don’t get nine months to prepare and there doesn’t seem to be as much support for caregivers. I was reluctantly...
by Susan | Mar 31, 2020 | Awareness, Caregiving, Gestalt, Relationships
Since John went to KU last August I’ve enjoyed living alone. Many days the only reason I get out of the house is to feed the horses. So why do I feel so shut in now? On Saturday the Governor of Kansas issued a stay at home order starting on Monday. I think it’s the...
by Susan | Mar 25, 2020 | Awareness, Caregiving, Horses
A friend posted the meme to the right on FaceBook a few weeks ago. My response was that the operative word is “can”. We can but we don’t have to if we don’t want to. It’s brought up a lot of feelings for me. Why do we feel like we have to live up to the...
