by Susan | May 11, 2022 | Awareness, Horses
What person has had the most influence in your life? I spent four days at a Speakers’ Boot Camp facilitated by Melisa Pearce, Touched By A Horse founder and my mentor. One of the exercises we did was improvisation. We got up on stage and she asked us a question. She...
by Susan | Apr 26, 2022 | Awareness, Horses
The barking disrupts my sleep. Is it the neighborhood dogs or something else that has her on her toes? I’ve had Dalila for just over three years now. She’s a cross between a Border Collie and an Australian Shepard and she has a lot of energy. She is also very...
by Susan | Apr 19, 2022 | Awareness, Horses
Sometimes I lose trust in myself. I know I can do something, and my confidence dwindles until I forget. This is when I need to trust the process. It’s like my starting to ride again. I have only ridden a handful of times since I was pregnant with John. My life was...
by Susan | Mar 29, 2022 | Awareness, EGC, Gestalt, Horses
Tonight, I’m in a yurt listening to the snow and wind swirl around outside. The walls are trembling like a body in full tension. I’m at my last Gestalt camp and we’ve witnessed and participated in several body releases. When we hold in our anger or any emotions they...
by Susan | Mar 15, 2022 | Horses, Lessons From the Horses
Although you can’t tell by the temperatures shedding season is here. That time in horse owners’ lives when we come in with hair all over us. Spring should not be too far off. The temperatures here have been bouncing around like a child with a bouncy ball. The week...
by Susan | Mar 8, 2022 | Awareness, Horses, Lessons From the Horses
My goodness, this is a long one! It’s been one and a half hours since this EEG was scheduled to start. This is the fourth time he’s had one and still we wonder why the seizures keep coming. In the five and a half years I was a caregiver for Mike we had many unanswered...