by Susan | Apr 15, 2026 | Awareness, Veterinarian Medicine
A lifelong horsewoman reflects on loss, compassion, and the unseen burden of rural veterinary medicine The First Goodbye It was a sweltering summer evening at the veterinary clinic when my world began to shift. The gelding my grandfather had given me when I was...
by Susan | Apr 8, 2026 | Awareness
When You Stop Chasing Everything at Once, Something Deeper Begins to Guide You Some days everything feels clear. Other days feel cloudy. I’m not talking about the weather—although lately, that’s been a fair comparison. I’m talking about your mindset. There are moments...
by Susan | Mar 18, 2026 | Awareness, Caregiving
The rhythm of caregiving and the moments that help us stay steady inside the chaos When Life Is on Cruise Sometimes it feels like we’re cruising through life.Sometimes it feels like we are on high alert. If you’ve ever been a caregiver, you know this rhythm well. The...
by Susan | Mar 4, 2026 | Awareness, Communications, Relationships
Communication Begins Within After we begin to let the pieces shift internally, something else becomes clear: The way we relate to ourselves shapes the way we relate to everyone else. For years, I thought communication was primarily about skill. The right words. The...
by Susan | Feb 25, 2026 | Awareness
What a Kaleidoscope Taught Me About Real Resilience What We Get Wrong About Resilience Resilience is a word we use easily. We admire it in others. We strive for it in ourselves. We celebrate it in stories of survival and strength. But real resilience rarely looks...
by Susan | Feb 18, 2026 | Awareness, Grief, Horses
Grief, Animals, and the Hard Mercy of Euthanasia Saying the Word We Don’t Want to Say Euthanasia—as people who love animals—it’s not something we want to consider. If you live long enough with animals, you will eventually have to practice the hardest kind of love. On...
