Wild Pear Counseling

04/01/2026

12/31/2025

We worry about our horses. We worry about them spending too much time inside, developing vices, getting stiff, getting bored.

But we rarely stop to notice that we have become "life sour."

Look at the human habitat:

We sleep in a brick box.
We commute in a metal box.
We sit for 8 hours staring at a glowing light box 🖥 if that's our job.

We are the ones living in captivity.
We are the ones who are domesticated, clipped, and rugged by society. We are fed a diet of artificial urgency, blue light, and processed stress... 📱

And we wonder why we feel anxious.
We wonder why we feel "nappy" on a Monday morning.

Then... we drive to the yard in our metal boxes 🚗...beep beep.

It is often the only time in 24 hours that we touch something real. Mud. Cold water. Rough hair. The smell of earth and hay....unless you work here.

We tell ourselves we go there to exercise the horse. But if we are honest about it. They are the ones exercising us.

They are re-wilding us, one grooming session at a time. They are the anchor that pulls us out of our heads and back into our bodies. They remind our nervous systems that we are not designed for spreadsheets—we are designed for connection.

When you feel that desperate, magnetic pull to go to the yard, even when it’s freezing, even when you are exhausted... That isn’t just a "hobby." That is your survival instinct fighting for air.

You aren’t just "checking on the horse." You are escaping the human zoo for an hour to remember what it feels like to be a living thing.

So if you just stood in the field today and breathed them in? You didn’t waste time. You just came up for air. 🫁🐴

11/18/2025

Festive lights look lovely until you’re the one tangled in them.

A lot of people move through December carrying two truths at once.
The brightness… and the strain.
The warmth… and the weight.
The magic… and the messiness.

You can feel grateful and still feel overwhelmed.
You can love your people and still need space.
You can enjoy the season and still find it tiring, loud, or emotionally complicated.

None of this makes you unseasonal or ungrateful.
It makes you human.

This time of year brings crowded schedules, family expectations, sensory overload, disrupted routines, memories you didn’t ask for, and a level of emotional demand the nervous system simply wasn’t built for.

For some, the lights feel like glimmer.
For others, they feel like pressure.
For many, they feel like both.

If you find yourself feeling tangled, slow your pace.
If you feel lost in the noise, choose pockets of quiet.
If your emotions sit close to the surface, treat them with softness, not judgement.

You don’t have to match the brightness around you.
You don’t have to perform cheerfulness.
You don’t have to push through when your body is asking for gentler conditions.

You are allowed to experience this season in a way that feels safe and sustainable for you.

12/24/2021

07/02/2021

I’m literally begging, please please don’t shoot off fireworks in our neighborhood!!

The stress and anxiety for the horses is dangerous, and if they panic the injuries can be fatal.

Check out any of the local (legal) firework displays, stick with poppers and sparklers, or find someplace else where it’s legal to shoot them off.



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06/21/2021

Connect with me, understand me, protect me.

06/16/2021

I was just saying this to a client today.

Thank you Allyson Dinneen, Therapist for saying it far more eloquently.

05/25/2021

The gate gardenias are finally blooming! I planted them to honor my Grandmother. How do you honor people no longer with us?

05/04/2021