Heard By The Herd

21/02/2026

It is with much sadness and heartbreak to share that our very much loved, old boy, Swifty earnt his celestial wings yesterday 🪽🦄🪽💔
I was so lucky to call him mine for 15 years and it was always me and him... until 2020 when Heard by the Herd required a few more equines to live up to its title 🦄💚🐴💚🐴
Swifty was a presence , holding space, watching and directing his herd and showing us all his wisdom as a senior herd member. 🦄🤍
He's supported me through some major events in my life and I'll always be so grateful for his spirit, support and carrying me for thousands of kms through beautiful places in nature. 🏞️💚🌳
Blaze and Bucky miss him so much already and call out for him but he can no longer reply 😭🪽🦄🪽.
You will always be with me in my heart my beautiful Swifty boy 🤍🪽🦄🪽

24/01/2026

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Horses can feel your heart long before you say a word. They know who you are, even when you’re still figuring it out. 💚🙏🏻

08/01/2026

Well despite the wet season beginning, we started 2026 with some Regulation Hopscotch, exploring things I can and can't control, giant bubbles and a curious soaked Bucky coming in to check it all out!!🐴💚🦄🩵🐴🩷🌧️

23/12/2025

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15/11/2025

It's been a busy and enjoyable weekend at Heard by the Herd 🐴💚🦄
Giant bubbles, painting poles and expressing our STRENGTHS ...experiential learning at its best 🫟🐴💜🦄!!

22/09/2025

What a busy term it's been with ponies, paint, acrylic pens, nature, art and plenty of experiential learning with the Herd 🐴💚🦄

We are having the school holidays off! 😁🎉

EAL sessions will recommence on October 17th...so happy holidays everyone and enjoy all the simple moments in life 🦄💚🐴🩷🐞🌺

09/08/2025

Super sessions this morning exploring Healthy Relationships and Safety and the ponies were present and supportive all the way 🐴💚🦄

Thank you Blaze, Swifty and Bucky 🦄💚🐴

26/07/2025

This morning we had lots of colourful fun learning about FEELINGS in the 4 main domains of Happy, Sad, Anger and Fear 🐴💚🦄
The cup at each domain represented the client's BODY.
The bicarb of soda in the cup represented SENSATIONS in the body.
The vinegar that was gradually added represented TRIGGERS that can add up gradually and then 🌋🤯
The different food colouring made it very colourful! 🌈
Then we noticed that ALL Feelings can bubble over but that's ok because we know different ways that express those safely , let the emotion tell us what we need or need to do, do the ' thing'
,then let it go and no longer feel stuck. 🦄💚🐴
Horses model this perfectly to us by expressing a feeling and then ' go back to grazing '. HORSE WISDOM 🐴💚🦄

19/07/2025

It's always handy to know the name of some basic parts of the horses body 🦄💚🐴

So this morning Bucky was our model for labelling and learning some new words and where they belong on the horses body 🐴💚🦄

28/06/2025

Despite some pretty ordinary weather 🌧️we still managed a few EAL sessions over the weekend 😄🐴💚🦄

25/06/2025

So true 🐴💚🦄

🌿 The Effort Paradox 🌿

✨ “The more effortless it looks… the more effort it’s taken.” ✨

Ever had someone say,

“You make it look so easy.”
“You're just out there with ponies, right?”
“You're so calm — I couldn’t do what you do.”

Let us tell you the truth:

💥 What looks calm on the surface is built on hours of safety planning.
💥 What looks simple is the result of years of inner work.
💥 What looks natural is actually deep trauma-informed intention and years of learning.

As facilitators — especially those of us working solo or in small teams —
we carry a lot behind the scenes:
📝 Safeguarding, preparation, emotional regulation, adapting on the fly, chasing invoices, writing notes, designing sessions, learning new things constantly.

And still, we show up gently. We hold space.
We make people feel safe enough to open up in a muddy field with a pony by their side.

That’s not magic.
That’s mastery born of effort.

So if you’re a facilitator and you’re tired — it’s not because you’re weak.
It’s because you’re carrying more than most people will ever see.

💛 Keep showing up.
💛 Keep resting when you need to.
💛 Keep trusting that what looks "simple" from the outside… is actually sacred work.

31/05/2025

Having a relaxing time with Bucky on the verandah....all ready for our client who's coming soon 🐴🌞🦄💚