Lead The Way Equine Learning

09/05/2025

Just lead an incredible individual leadership coaching session with a horse, and I’m still in awe of the experience. 🐴✨ Horses are powerful mirrors—they respond to our energy, emotions, and intentions in real-time. Working with them teaches us to lead with clarity, presence, and authenticity. There’s no faking it with a horse; they reflect who we are, not just what we say. Equine-assisted coaching helps build trust, emotional intelligence, and non-verbal communication skills—key qualities of effective leadership. It’s a unique and powerful way to grow both personally and professionally. Highly recommend experiencing the wisdom of horses firsthand!

08/08/2025

🚨Ready to grow your leadership confidence in any situation ?🐴✨Step out of your comfort zone and into a horse arena. Equine-assisted leadership coaching isn’t just powerful—it’s transformational, at any age…for any discipline. No lecture. No slides. No fluff. Just you, the horse, and your own experience. Are you ready to take the next step? Lead The Way Equine Learning is here to assist you in your leadership journey.

07/03/2025

BIG THOUGHT THURSDAY 😄
Life’s messy and weird—and often way too ridiculous to take seriously. Laughing (or even just smiling), during tough moments, isn’t denial—it’s power. It lowers stress, shifts perspective, and builds resilience. Timely humor connects us, calms us, and gives us control when things feel out of control. Laughing at ourselves can even be freeing—it shows confidence and a healthy grip on reality. Laughing helps us drop the ego, embrace the cringe, find the grounding in the flaws of life, and discover a congruence between the inner and outer spaces of ourselves.

07/03/2025

Leadership development doesn’t just happen in a classroom — at LEAD THE WAY EQUINE LEARNING it happens in a horse arena.

During a session, you'll enter the world of the horse and discover what horses already know. For horses, real leadership is about where attention is placed, setting direction, setting a pace, and aligning the inner and outer presentation to be congruent. For horses and humans, this leads to trust and connection.

Horses don’t acknowledge titles — but they do understand roles. Their main focus is health, harmony, and unity of the herd. They respond to safety, trust, and authenticity.

We humans can learn from horses, because we're seeking the same things in our personal lives and in our work environment...health, harmony, unity, safety, trust, and authenticity.

If you’re ready to grow as a leader, from the inside out, come experience what it means to lead with purpose… and let a horse show you the way.

Our horses can help you lead differently...and lead better...even during times of huge challenges, uncertainty, or crisis.

06/26/2025

BIG THOUGHT THURSDAY💥�Do you quickly jump in to “fix” things for other people? If you do, ask yourself “Why?” five times, and you’ll find the answer. When you constantly take over, you rob people of some very valuable lessons, specifically, the chance to learn, lead, and grow. Stop doing it for them—what they need is for you to support them while they do their role. Growth happens in the stretch. Voice develops in the opportunity. If you don’t give them a chance to struggle to find their way to “the win”, they’ll never be able to build their skills or confidence. Step back. It’s time to let others rise. Listen to their input. Work as a team. Share the leadership.

06/20/2025

Look what Brayleigh and I did today....I'm working on developing my "voice" with the horses, and then photographing our time together as documentation of what the horses are making me aware of. I'm actually starting with "thoughts," "eyes," and "feet position." I'm practicing with not using my voice, except for lovin' words and praise. Call me crazy, but it's working! What's working? CONNECTION!

06/12/2025

BIG THOUGHT THURSDAY: Is it time to ditch thoughts of irrational dire outcomes? What if, instead, we were to live each day in such a way that we are rationally confident about positive, beneficial, helpful outcomes? Swap fear for focus. Choose convening instead of isolation. Decide instead of freeze. Trade panic for purpose. Live like the odds are in your favor—because they just might be.

06/08/2025

THE SCARCITY OF HARMONY
In today’s fast-paced world, true harmony—in relationships, workplaces, and within ourselves—is increasingly rare. The scarcity of harmony leads to misalignment, stress, and ineffective leadership. The secret to harmony is congruence.

Both harmony and congruence play crucial roles in effective leadership.
Harmony in leadership can be seen as the result of congruence, where there is a sense of agreement, unity, and positive collaboration among team members. It refers to the smooth functioning of a team or organization where differing perspectives and contributions are valued and integrated effectively.

Congruence in leadership refers to the alignment between a leader’s values, beliefs, and actions. It is about “walking the talk” and embodying the company’s mission and values in their everyday behavior. Congruence is the alignment of your inner and outer expression, which have the best interests of your team in mind.

BENEFITS OF CONGRUENCE
Builds Trust and Credibility: When a leader’s decisions and energy align with their values and words, they build trust and credibility with their team. This consistency creates a foundation of trust, respect, and influence.
Promotes a Culture of Integrity: Congruent leaders foster and model a culture of honesty and accountability within the organization. Read more…www.leadthewayequinelearning.com/the-scarcity-of-harmony

05/13/2025

HERE’S HOW TO GET A SMILE BACK ON YOUR FACE...

When leadership is shared, the weight becomes lighter, the wins feel sweeter, and the laughter comes more easily. 🌟

There’s real joy in watching a team move in sync — each person empowered, each voice valued. 💬✨

Shared leadership isn’t just smart — it’s soul-filling.

Smiles come naturally when the team’s in harmony. 😊🤝

Read more about the benefits of smiling...https://leadthewayequinelearning.com/2025/05/13/heres-how-to-get-a-smile-back-on-your-face/

The TeachingHorse Diamond Model of Shared Leadership is the framework to use to get team congruence consistently.

Check it out at www.leadthewayequinelearning.com/model/

05/11/2025

Connection. Priceless.

05/10/2025