by Susan | Oct 25, 2023 | Awareness
Schedule a Free Exploratory Call Susan is a lifelong horsewoman, a Master Equine Gestaltist, an Equine Assisted PlayShop facilitator, a breast cancer survivor, a reluctant caregiver, a photographer, and a metal artist. She has a BA in Communications and works with...
by Susan | Oct 18, 2023 | Awareness
The mornings are chilly, and the leaves are starting to turn. Soon they will be released by the trees. Have you seen the meme about learning to release things from the trees? They do it every fall and come back in the spring better. Over the past few years, I’ve been...
by Susan | Oct 11, 2023 | Awareness
As fall closes in it’s starting to get cold at night. It’s nice to not have to try to beat the heat when I’m out working with the horses. They seem to be enjoying the cooler temperatures as well. It has gotten cold enough a couple of nights that I’ve used the...
by Susan | Oct 4, 2023 | Awareness
For the last two weeks, my back has been feeling sharp twinges of pain. This means my body is physically out of balance. It helped to see the chiropractor in Colby as I was on my way to Summit in Colorado. The pain never went away completely probably because I was...
by Susan | Sep 27, 2023 | Awareness
Procrastination leads to overwhelm. Overwhelm leads to procrastination. It’s a vicious cycle. I’m in a writing group that meets via Zoom on Monday mornings. That’s when I write my blog post for the week. Sometimes we get into conversations and don’t get around to...
by Susan | Sep 13, 2023 | Awareness, Communications
How are you at setting boundaries? I’m not so good. It’s interesting I’m better at setting boundaries with my horses and dogs than with humans. When I was younger those things were reinforced. In my life with people, I was taught to be flexible. Adjusting to make...
by Susan | Sep 6, 2023 | Awareness, Caregiving, Medical
Cancer. Auto-immune disease. Chemotherapy. Edema. Intravenous. Malignant. Benign. Prognosis. Contusion. Acute. Chronic. Biopsy. These are terms that medical professionals are trained to use. When they use them with patients and caregivers it can be confusing and...
by Susan | Aug 30, 2023 | Awareness, Caregiving
I love being able to look out the window and see my horses. I haven’t lived in the same location as them for over thirty years. Even though on these 100-plus acres I sometimes have quite a hike to bring them in for feed. I guess they want me to get some exercise. Life...
by Susan | Aug 23, 2023 | Awareness
The last four days have been immensely hot. And it’s not supposed to relent all week with temperatures predicted to be in the 100s through Friday. Saturday night (the first day of the heat wave) I went to see Stevie Nicks and Billy Joel at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas...
by Susan | Aug 16, 2023 | Awareness
On Sunday morning I was awakened by a crash of thunder. That must have been really close I thought. I tried to go back to sleep since it was earlier than I was intending to get up. Normally this wouldn’t be a problem, sleeping is my superpower. This morning it wasn’t...
