by Susan | Jan 30, 2019 | Horses, Relationships
I recently found this. I wrote it 9/30/17 just before I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It’s very long so I’m breaking it down into two posts. As I started to listen to Brene Brown’s newest book, Braving the Wilderness, this morning I realized my story...
by Susan | Jan 23, 2019 | EGC, Horses
The troll is back! I was talking to my coach on Monday and she doesn’t feel like I’m showing enough self-compassion. You see I’m struggling to get some stuff done that I’ve been putting off for years. So, she challenged me to write about self-compassion this week. Dr...
by Susan | Jan 16, 2019 | Awareness, Caregiving, EGC, Horses, Relationships
OK Universe, I’m listening. I heard this song twice today, it must be a sign. It’s a beautiful song and it made me think of Mike. I had something else to write about today, but this seemed to be what needed to be said. Several years ago, I think in the fall of 2010, I...
by Susan | Jan 9, 2019 | EGC, Horses, Relationships
This week I was devastated to find out that a dear friend had been diagnosed with a brain tumor. Then another friend who I met through horses posted that she was starting new chemotherapy. They both already have great attitudes so I sent them both the picture at the...
by Susan | Jan 2, 2019 | Caregiving, EGC, Medical
Intentions work! Whenever I set an intention to get to a Core while going through my Equine Gestalt Coaching Method® training I always made it. One-time Mike had surgery the Friday before in Kansas City and I needed to be in Elizabeth, CO at 8:30 am Wednesday. The...
by Susan | Dec 26, 2018 | EGC, Relationships
The pain woke me at 2 am and I couldn’t get back to sleep. Why do I keep having such pain in my hips? I got up and sent a message to my Touched By A Horse® coach. I was to talk with her the next afternoon and I wanted to talk about this pain in my hips that wakes me...
by Susan | Dec 19, 2018 | EGC, Horses, Medical
Last Wednesday I had my first yearly mammogram. They scheduled me for my next one next December, it was clear. I have developed a minor complication of them taking lymph nodes. I have some lymphedema in my breast. They have been monitoring for it in my arm, but I...
by Susan | Dec 12, 2018 | EGC, Grief, Medical, Relationships
As I see so many people post about “the empty chair” for the holidays I sometimes wonder if I’m doing this grieving thing wrong. You see I feel at peace with my loss of Mike. I worry more about my boys than myself. So why would something outside of me cause me to...
by Susan | Dec 5, 2018 | Awareness, EGC, Horses
If we all had the passion of Queen, especially Freddie Mercury, we’d be set. John and I saw Bohemian Rhapsody last night. Some movies are a little slow getting to rural western Kansas. I loved it because it showed the passion that the band, specifically Freddie...
by Susan | Nov 28, 2018 | EGC, Relationships
2018 has been a year of huge changes for me. I was diagnosed with breast cancer a little over a year ago. I did most of my treatment this year. After five-and-a-half years of traveling to doctors and hospitals, Mike succumbed to his illnesses in late June. I became a...
