10/31/2025
Over the past five years, I've hosted hundreds of sessions at my farm, Back Fields Farm LLC, in a small town in Maryland, where individuals have come to learn, not about horses, but about themselves, through the honest, nonverbal feedback of my equine partners.
This book is rooted in the lessons I've learned and stories I've collected over the past few years through my coaching work at The Horse and People Project, an initiative I established at my farm. The title Ask Like You Mean It, comes from something I found myself saying often during sessions, and it became a mantra of sorts.
In 2024, I began accepting public speaking engagements to share these lessons learned, knowing that not everyone can make it out to the farm, but that everyone can benefit from the wisdom of horses. The response has been overwhelmingly positive, and in the process, I found I thoroughly enjoy being a storyteller and public speaker.
That encouragement led me to write this book.
It's a collection of real-life stories: from parents who learned how to connect more meaningfully with their kids, to leaders who suddenly saw how their energy and body language were impacting their teams. Woven throughout are my own stories as well, by my experiences as a mother of five, a former corporate professional, and a lifelong student of both human and animal behavior. Whether you’re parenting a teenager or managing a team, the same themes apply: those of clarity, consistency, authenticity, and compassion.
