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Equine Assisted Learning Facilitator,
Equimotional Wellbeing Coaching 🐴
Horse Powered Reading® Facilitator 🫏
Reiki Practitioner ✨and Children's Mindfulness Coach

05/02/2026

At what point does a Dryrobe just become a Wetrobe? 🌧🌧🌧🌧

Waterlogged and occasionally shivering like a leaf has been my look for the month of January.... and now February..🌧☔️💧

If I walked outside and it was sunny and dry🌞, I’d probably have a panic attack as it's now completely out of my comfort zone 😱

The sun would probably make me and my soggy clothes just evaporate♨️

I'm convinced we are in a video game, where the player forgot to turn the rain off!! 🎮☔️

Just away to dry my clothes for the 5067th time!!!

01/02/2026

Imbolc Blessings ✨️🌱

27/01/2026

🌧🐴Dripping wet and needing a win!!!! 🌧️🐴

If you’ve seen me lately, I’m looking and feeling less like a business owner and more like a soggy, wet piece of cardboard

Between the horizontal rain 🌧, the mud streams, the wind trying to lift me like Mary Poppins ☔️ and horses who think storms are the perfect time to be sick and needing bandaged 🤕, it’s been a week or two!!!

I’m currently braving the elements to keep everything running, but I’ve set a goal to hit ✨️ 1k followers 👍✨️on my business page—and I’d love your help to get there🙏

Why follow?
It costs absolutely nothing but a second of your time 🕐

It tells the internet that my hard work is actually being seen! 👀

It brings visibility to my services for people who really need them 🐴🥰

AND Honestly, I feel like I’ve earned a "pity follow" for every gallon of water currently dripping down my neck 💦

If you’re sitting somewhere warm and dry, caught doom scrolling, please take a positive moment to:

✅ Like/Follow the page: Horse Powered Holistics
✅ Invite a few friends who love horses helping people (or just love seeing people work hard in bad weather)
Just click on the three dots ... and click invite friends

Supporting a small business doesn’t always require a wallet—sometimes it just takes a thumb and a friendly click 👍👍💫

For those who do like, comment and share posts I am so appreciative of the effort and interaction ❤️

25/01/2026

🐴 The Boredom Paradox- Gift or Theft of Time?🕐

We’ve all felt that restlessness —the heavy sigh, the wandering mind, the fidgeting..
That phrase 'I'm bored' ⏳️

The definition of boredom; is where our environment is no longer challenging or stimulating our mind. It can feel like stuck energy 💫 or lack of purpose🤷

Can this be good? I think yes, when it allows space to just be, exactly as our horses show us how to be present 🐎. It gives time for daydreaming, self reflection, imagination, creativity✨️. It gives a chance for a brain break, a reset from the constant consumption of stimulus.

Can it be bad? Also yes, when we start seeking unhealthy stimulus, doom scrolling on our phone📱, impulsive spending💸, mindless snacking, agitation, anxiety or depression.

In our session today we took a deep dive into the world of boredom, both human and equine 🐎🐴

My little herd has 24/7 turn out in a large sand paddock, they have 24/7 access to forage at different stations. They have a choice of surfaces they can lie down on, hedges to pick at🌳, access to shelter, friends and humans to interact with and groom🫏🐴. They have regular dentistry and farrier visits....🩺

But guess what!? 🤷🤷I could see signs they were bored. This presented as chewing wooden posts 🪵 , digging holes, sometimes agression over the feed stations. They were telling me they needed more, something new!! 😫

So today we worked on enrichment!! My clients were allowed to run wild with imagination and create a horse playground! 🐴😁

We aimed to create something for all the senses!

Taste: 'Snuffle boxes', layers of hay with apple, carrot, parsnip and horse-safe herbs packed into a box or tub. Bunches of herbs tied around the paddock 🥕🌿

Water buckets with peppermint tea and apples, Mojo loved this! 🍎

Smell: Horse safe essential oils like lavender and peppermint dropped on to rags and tied in the environment.

Lick mats with mash, herbs, chopped up fruit and veg 👅

Sensory: Traffic comes with apples or carrots hidden underneath. There are already brushes attached to posts to allow for scratching

Horse safe branches for chewing on🌿

Horses + senses + enrichment = instant engagement 💫 The session turned boredom on its head and left us feeling refreshed, connected, and motivated ✨️✋️

The takeaway? Boredom isn't the enemy; it’s an invitation to get creative. Whether you’re a human or a horse, sometimes you just need to engage your senses to find your flow again. ✨

19/01/2026

🐴 Owning a horse isn’t always calming.
Sometimes it’s simply… draining.

Winter has a way of stripping away the glossy daydreams ❄️
Daylight disappears, mud multiplies, water freezes, and nothing ever dries.
Every task takes longer, costs more energy, and gives very little back.

What once felt like an escape can start to feel like another demand.

Some days, the yard doesn’t soothe your nervous system — it overwhelms it.
Cold air. Darkness. Noise. Smells. Endless micro-decisions.
What rug? What feed? Are their feet okay? Did you check the weather again?
Hurry and you feel guilty. Slow down and you feel guilty anyway.

Horses don’t adjust their needs to match your capacity.
They still rely on consistency, even when your tank is empty.

This side of horse ownership rarely makes it into highlight reels.

Caring deeply for a horse doesn’t mean every visit feels restorative 🤍
There are days it’s labour. Heavy, physical, unromantic work.
Days it feels like pressure instead of peace.
Days it feels like pushing yourself through thick mud — inside and out.

None of that makes you ungrateful.
It doesn’t mean you chose wrong.
It means winter carries weight.

The comfort horses offer isn’t constant serenity.
It lives in the act of turning up when it’s hard.
In the small, quiet moments that exist alongside exhaustion, not after it disappears.

If winter has you doubting yourself, you’re not falling short 🌧️
You’re just navigating a season where endurance matters more than joy.

And seasons do change 🌼🌸🌻

18/01/2026

Veterinary nurse Minnie, checking all is well with Mojos leg today 🤣🤣

I must give a shout out to KR Equine Veterinary Services Ltd for the amazing care and attention on Friday, thank you

Especially since Gemma was originally only coming to see one horse 🙈🐎🐎🐎

And Jane from the office for standing outside in the pouring rain, to hand me the bottle of needed medicine past their closing time ❤️

You are stars!

16/01/2026

I don't often post these things, I like to stay on the positive side 😊, however, realism is good too, plus I need to see the humour tonight soooo

It's a buy 1 get 2 free special...🐴🐎🐴

Living my dream starting my horse business..✨️✨️🐎🐴

Well, today the "dream" looks a lot like a very expensive episode of Grey’s Anatomy, starring a cast of 600kg toddlers 🐴who have apparently entered a blood pact to bankrupt me by Tuesday 😩😵

Half of the herd has decided that being part of an "Equine Facilitation Team" is too much work🧐 and they’d rather explore careers as "Professional Invalids."👀

The Breathers: Noel and Dunnie have suddenly developed the dramatic, heaving sighs of Victorian poets. If they aren’t gasping for air, they’re looking at me like I'm personally responsible for allergens 🙈😮‍💨

The Interior Decorator: Mojo decided his leg looked better with a DIY sunroof💥. He’s now sporting a bandage the size of a throw pillow and a look of smug satisfaction.🩸

The poor vet was only coming to see the leg injury 😬😬 I can't decide if it's hive mindset or they saw the vet pull in and decided 'ohhh Mojo is getting attention, quick stop breathing normally!!'🫤🌬

I have not long returned from a 2-hour round trip🚗 into the abyss in order to collect the neccesary medication. Navigating winding backroads I’ve never seen before, in a horizontal rainstorm 💧☔️ so heavy I would have been better in a boat.

I am now the proud owner of a pharmacy’s worth of drugs 💊💊which I'll have to convince three suspicious animals to consume said drugs over the next week using various methods of bribery

The Glamorous Reality of Horse Ownership:

Emotional State: Checking their nostrils for "the whistle" every five minutes like a crazy person

Financial State: My bank account is currently screaming in a pitch only dogs can hear💸💸💸

Aesthetic: Smelling of antiseptic, soggy wool, and failed expectations 😱😱

Behind every "magical moment of healing" in our sessions is an owner in the dark, in the rain ☔️ covered in mud, wondering if the horses are actually the ones teaching me about "resilience" or if they’re just winding me up🐎🐴😩

Send coffee☕️. Or wine🍷. Or a lottery ticket 🎟

Happy Friday!!!

On a more serious note, all are getting the treatment they need, I'll be checking cameras like a mad woman and apologies all sessions are off for the weekend

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10b Ivyhill Road
Lisburn
BT283SL

Telephone

+447730584552

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