by Susan | May 26, 2020 | Horses, Relationships
He was my first “real” (not a pony) horse. He was two years old and I was nine years old. So, I couldn’t even ride him. Grandpa brought him from his farm near Scott City one sunny afternoon in July to an old barn owned by Dick Farmer who was the 4-H horse leader. I’d...
by Susan | Apr 28, 2020 | Awareness, EGC, Gestalt, Horses
As my listening partner and I got further into the fear vs awareness question a few things came up. I feel like our busyness is a way we avoid our fears. If we’re busy we don’t have to face those things that scare us the most. Going from one activity to the next is a...
by Susan | Mar 25, 2020 | Awareness, Caregiving, Horses
A friend posted the meme to the right on FaceBook a few weeks ago. My response was that the operative word is “can”. We can but we don’t have to if we don’t want to. It’s brought up a lot of feelings for me. Why do we feel like we have to live up to the...
by Susan | Jan 7, 2020 | Communications, EGC, Gestalt, Horses
As I embark on the next stage of my Gestalt education a student in the Equine Gestalt Coaching Method® program posted something in our FaceBook group about a talk with a friend. Her friend was discouraging her from following her dream because of her age. Most of the...
by Susan | Nov 14, 2019 | Caregiving, EGC, Gestalt, Horses, Relationships
I woke this morning with this song playing in my head. I always think of it when someone tells me that I can’t give from an empty cup. Over the five-and-a-half years that I was helping Mike negotiate his illnesses I heard many times and from many people some version...
by Susan | Oct 14, 2019 | Caregiving, EGC, Gestalt, Horses, Medical, Relationships
You’ve heard this about doctors. Believe me they are no better at it than we are as caregivers. We tend to focus on our loved one who needs our care and put off our own care. Frankly, I was very fortunate that I didn’t fall into that category. I had my almost yearly...
