by Susan | Apr 3, 2019 | Communications, EGC, Horses, Relationships
Fluently! I also speak Socolofsky. The combination of the two is my native tongue. What’s yours? Several weeks ago, a friend was leading a bible study and she said “I speak Swart”. And then went on to explain that her language is based on how the people...
by Susan | Mar 20, 2019 | Awareness, EGC, Gestalt, Horses
On Monday I shared the cartoon at the right on FaceBook. It recalled much of my teaching in the Equine Gestalt Coaching Method® program. Melisa often said that horses are always in the present moment, always mindful and they help us be. Mindfulness means maintaining a...
by Susan | Mar 7, 2019 | Awareness, EGC, Horses
– the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. I suppose I’ve always been resilient. I don’t remember many difficulties that I had to recover from as a child. One of the first memories I have of trauma is seeing my dog hit by a pickup when I was...
by Susan | Feb 28, 2019 | Awareness, Horses
The last winter I remember being like this was the year I was pregnant with Roderick, he’s 25 years old now. That winter it started snowing in November and we had snow in places until May. I don’t remember it being quite so cold that winter, but it probably was. That...
by Susan | Feb 13, 2019 | Awareness, Caregiving, EGC, Horses, Medical
Sometimes I feel like the circus performer who is spinning the plates. My job is to keep all the plates spinning and not let any fall and break. I must keep an eye on all the plates. Hustling from plate to plate as I see them slowing down on the sticks they are...
by Susan | Feb 6, 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. Read the first part here. When I went of college at Kansas State University because I felt the ag community...
