Friendship Horses

13/11/2025

03/11/2025

26/10/2025

***Please be aware that I may not be open for business tomorrow (Monday 27th October).
After the storms ⛈️ this afternoon there’s a number of trees🪾and branches scattered all over the property. I’ll check in the morning to see what else may be around as there’s also quite a few large branches just hanging. 🥺
I will decide tomorrow morning if it is safe enough to work with the horses or if I’ll be spending the next day or so cleaning up. 🤔

Below is a video 🎥 from a quick inspectionthis evening.

23/10/2025

We're walking 100km this October to help fund support services for Australian's living with mental illness.

22/10/2025

Today only Safety Mate will be doubling all donations 💲💲 made so if you are wanting to help a great cause hit that link ⬇️ 👇

To date I’ve completed 89km of 100km walk for the one foot forward challenge organised by the Black Dog institute to raise awareness for mental health.

1 in 5 Aussies experience a mental illness each year and this is my way of helping and reminding those who have or do suffer that you are not alone. ❤️ Together we are stronger.

Together, we can help create better mental health for all.

20/10/2025

Together, we can help create better mental health for all.

11/10/2025

🧠💥 POLYVAGAL THEORY (aka “Why you snapped at your partner, cried in Tesco, and then needed a nap… all in the same hour.”)

Let’s make it simple. Like, ponies-in-a-field simple. 🐴

Because your nervous system? She’s dramatic. She has moods. And she doesn’t always let your brain know what she’s doing.

So let’s meet the three ponies of Polyvagal Theory:

🖤 Fight-or-Flight Pony – jumpy, twitchy, ready to bolt because someone looked at them funny. Will probably scream if you drop a spoon.
(Yes, this is why you couldn't reply to that text. Or got irrationally angry at the slow WiFi.)

🤍 Safe and Social Pony – this pony is vibing. Makes eye contact. Can handle a chat. Will help you carry your emotional bags AND make you a cuppa.
(This is the version of you that’s brushing your horse, laughing with a mate, and actually responding to emails.)

🤎 Shutdown Pony – she’s DONE. Over it. Can’t even. Has entered energy-saving mode like an old laptop.
(Not lazy. Not rude. Just nervous system: unplugged.)

💡Polyvagal Theory says:
You’re not broken.
You’re not overreacting.
Your body is just trying to protect you — sometimes in ways that feel ridiculous (but make total sense underneath).

11/10/2025

07/10/2025

Support Our Walk for Mental Health Research

Today was a tough one in the heat but the kms kept adding up 🚶🏻‍♀️👣👣👣👣

Help us raise more $’s for the Black Dog Institute and Support Our Walk for Mental Health Research by making a donation. Every $ counts 😊

We're walking 100km this October to help fund support services for Australian's living with mental illness.

01/10/2025

Hi everyone

Sadly, 1 in 5 people experience a mental illness each year.

This month, I'm walking 100km in One Foot Forward to help Australians impacted by mental illness and su***de.

My goal is to raise funds for Black Dog Institute to put ground-breaking new mental health treatment, education, and digital services into the hands of the people who need them most.

Please sponsor me and support my 100km challenge:

https://www.onefootforward.org.au/fundraisers/MichelleBinstead

Together, we can create better mental health for all Australians.

Thank you.

Michelle

Together, we can help create better mental health for all.