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05/22/2025

I never in a million years would have imagined I'd be writing this post so soon. It should have been in 10, 15, maybe even 20 years.

Geronimo was.... my soul mirror. The first horse I had as an adult. The horse who taught be that its always okay to start over. To begin again.

Right now words cant even begin to describe all that he was and did. The lives he touched. The lessons he taught. What he meant to me.

But yesterday, his body couldn't keep fighting. His spirit wanted to stay, but he was in a body that gave up. I went to get an apple and turn on the water and as I went to go out the gate all of my energy left mg body and it was all I could do to sink to the ground instead of falling. And I knew.

I had to make a decision that I didn't imagine I would have to make. Im so grateful for those around me who helped figure out logistics, especially my dad.

I still cant believe hes gone.

Run wild. Find Shadow, Snip, G***k, and all the others ones who went before. I miss you so much my wild child.

01/13/2025

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12/31/2024

Sometimes you just need cuddles with your boy.

12/16/2024

The poem that little girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice could have been written about this girl.

With LOTS of spice.

But also oh so much sugar.

09/24/2024

Today I taught my clients how to do the bladder meridian release on the horses.

My goal is ALWAYS horses helping humans and humans helping horses.

The horse is not a tool to be used.

Today's lessons and insights included:

Boundaries.

Learning how to be vulnerable.

Letting our guard down.

Being safe with physical touch.

Belle had some great releases and allowed herself to feel safe with a couple of the girls.

Eve released some and relaxed.

Geronimo asked for his turn and helped a woman process some deep things.

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09/01/2024

Watching this mare evolve, being a part of her evolution has been... such a blessing.

An adventure.

A long list of lessons.

I have changed her name several times.

Mostly because she keeps changing.

From the mare who was shutdown and wildly disassociated.

To the mare who was angry and hurting.

To the mare who was healing.

To the mare today who still is a work in progress but is so loving.

I call her Mama most of the time, but her name for the last several months has been Eve.

Eve for evolution.

May we all continue our own evolution.

07/23/2024

These two were the ones that showed up for a session today with my clients from the recovery center.

They don't often show up together for other people, so it was fun to see what transpired.

The exercise today was about teamwork, communication, coordination, etc.

The mission? Create three different obstacles that represented the first 3 steps and then get the horse through them with touching or bribing them.

They had gotten Bandit through the 2nd step.

One client, we will call her D, was talking.

She is one who shares beautiful things straight from her heart. When she shares her writings everyone stops and listens.

As she was talking Bandit looked at her straight on and started walking right to her. She stopped and said in a halting voice, "you're going to make me cry."

And then she started crying.

She repeated, "you're going to make me cry."

I asked her why, and she replied, "I don't know."

I told her, "I think you do."

We stood there for a couple of minutes witnessing this moment. None of the rest of us were quite sure what it was, but I just basked in the beauty that is horses and what they can do.

She shared how amazing that was, and how she'd heard me talk about that feeling, and she believed me, but experiencing it herself was something else.

I asked her if she wanted to share what it was that she had felt and what made her cry.

She explained that she tries to always speak from the heart, but often doesn't know if anyone else is feeling it in their heart, if anyone is truly getting what she is saying.

"And when he just started walking straight at me when I was talking, it was like I had somehow reached out and was pulling him in. I didn't make him come to me, but it was like he was drawn to me. And to just feel that someone else was really FEELING my heart and what I was sharing..."

And that is exactly what horses do. And what we should be doing and being in life.

Just sharing straight from our heart and souls.

Not to try and achieve anything.

Not to try and convince anyone of anything.

But just because we feel we need to.

That is what the world needs.

And what we need and want will automatically be drawn to us.

07/20/2024

As with people, working with a horse with trauma is a process.

You don't just magically heal trauma in one day.

You can make progress, absolutely.

But the true healing and shifting and new way of being....

It takes time.

Time to feel comfortable and safe around other people.

In your body.

Allowing touch.

Allowing connection.

There are moments where, with both horses and humans, it is frustrating and disheartening.

But then there are moments where you see a mare soften and relax a little, eyes closing, head lowering, releasing a sigh...

And you keep on keeping on.

07/19/2024

Sometimes my heart whispers to the horse "what do you need from me? What do you need me to be?"

And the horse whispers back "I need you to just be. Just be you."

And my mind settles.

My heart smiles.

My soul rejoices.

And i just be.

I just be me.

04/19/2024

Horses will never cease to amaze me.

I love this boy.

Yesterday I was....empty. Completely and utterly empty. Nothing left to give anyone.

Just utter exhaustion.

I'd already sent a scathing text message to a friend.

I'd cried.

And I needed to ground myself.

I walked in the gate to where the horses were.

And he looked at me and gave me the special little nicker he only gives me.

I touched his face and went and laid down under a tree.

He turned to look at me and 30 seconds later walked over to me.

And there he stood.

For the next hour.

He taught me a little lesson.

He does this thing when I'm on the ground with his front legs.

And I've never been able to figure it out.

Until yesterday.

I told him, "I don't get it! What are you doing?"

And suddenly I realized this little message. "You still let people walk all over you."

Not as much as I used to.

Not totally, but in little ways.

Not setting boundaries for myself.

Not taking care of myself.

Allowing certain things because I'm scared of taking up space or asking for what I need, or whatever it is.

So, I let him know that he can't keep pushing into my space with his leg like that.

And he didn't do it again.

He just stood there holding space for me while I laid on the ground and processed all the feels.

For an hour.

It was magical.

And I've missed sharing the lessons I've learned...

More to come.

11/29/2023

Part of being a good leader is learning how to recognize what your herd needs.

Going out with all the horses I feel into what each individual horse needs in the moment.

Sometimes they all need the same thing, but most of the time they have different needs.

For example, Bandit generally needs a little bit of space and quiet to come up to me and quietly stand with me while I pet him.

Sadie sometimes needs firm boundaries set to help her feel like she doesn't have to be in charge all the time.

Geronimo often just needs to be close to me and stand for a little bit.

Part of my job as the leader of the herd is to be able to use different roles of leadership to help them feel their best.

It is no different than with leading people.

Sometimes we need to be more of an assertive/dominant leader. Sometimes more of the nurturing leader. Etc. It depends on the circumstances and the individuals.

11/27/2023

Life has been so crazy lately.

Last week I went out a few times and just sat with the herd.

And was rewarded by everyone at one point or another laying down while I was out there.

I was reminded that not only do I need my horses and they are good for me, but they need me and I am good for them.

We've had so many changes this year.

And the changes keep coming.

I've had things I've been saying for years I'm going to do and the universe seems to be lining everything up for me right now to just DO IT.

To do it and stop withholding so much from the world.

Stop withholding this herd from the world.

Stop withholding myself from the world.

There's so much to think and feel and say.

Sometimes the horses will get these bursts of energy and they are all running around and playing and being chaos, and sometimes they are laying like this conserving energy.

Perhaps a reminder to me to cause and be my own chaos sometimes, and not just the calm in the midst of the chaos.

For several months I feel like I was in the midst of the chaos and feeling all of the things while trying to be a calm place in the storm.

And now I feel like it is my time to shake things up a little bit and start moving energy purposefully and intentionally.

More to come.

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