Walk Intuit

Walk Intuit https://walkintuit.betterworld.org Walk Intiut was founded by Jessica Mathon and Jennifer Schilling. You are the experts of your own life, needs, and path.

We are a Nonprofit healing center providing Equine Assisted Psychotherapy, EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, Play Therapy, Sand Tray, Trauma Informed Therapy, and Education. The Walk Intuit team consists of highly trained therapists, equine specialists, and healers who are dedicated to helping others find their way on the journey towards becoming aligned with their authentic self. We specialize in equin

e assisted psychotherapy and equine assisted healing, helping those affected by trauma, assisting people on their spiritual path towards their authentic self, addiction and eating disorders, facilitating deeper healing through meditation, mindfulness, and spiritual work in nature. Walk Intuit provides; equine assisted psychotherapy, equine healing groups, meditation and mindfulness practice, expressive therapies, healing circles, retreats, supervision, training, and personal and professional growth. We believe that each person should be valued as an individual. Our professionals will assist you finding your way back to your path and increasing your overall sense of peace and wellbeing.

Join us at our next Discovery Day! 🐴This month, 1,037 visitors passed through Centennial Farm, and Walk Intuit was there...
05/10/2026

Join us at our next Discovery Day! 🐴

This month, 1,037 visitors passed through Centennial Farm, and Walk Intuit was there to share the healing power of equine-assisted therapy.

Around 100 community members experienced hands-on interactions with our horses, while many more connected with our team to learn how equine-assisted therapy supports emotional regulation, mindfulness, and trauma healing.

Walk Intuit's trauma-informed clinicians offer live demonstrations showing the transformative human-horse relationship in action. Families, homeschool groups, educators, and curious visitors of all ages are welcome to discover how our equine-assisted mental health programs integrate mindfulness, creativity, and relational care.

Next Discovery Day:
📍 Where: Centennial Farm – OC Fair & Event Center, Costa Mesa, CA
🕘 When: Monday, May 18th, 9 a.m.–12 p.m.
💰 Cost: Free admission and parking
🔗 Learn more: https://walkintuit.org/events/discovery-day-may-18-2026-oc-fair

Happy Mother's Day to every kind of mother, mentor, and nurturer. The ones who show up every day in all the ordinary way...
05/10/2026

Happy Mother's Day to every kind of mother, mentor, and nurturer.

The ones who show up every day in all the ordinary ways.
The ones who are healing so they can give the next generation something different.
The ones who are mothering without a map because they didn't receive one.
The ones doing it alone, or mostly alone.
The ones carrying loss alongside love.

Motherhood and healing aren't separate things, often, they're the same path.

We honor you today. 🌸

📣 Volunteer Orientation is Tomorrow!If you’ve been thinking about getting involved with Walk Intuit, this is your moment...
05/09/2026

📣 Volunteer Orientation is Tomorrow!

If you’ve been thinking about getting involved with Walk Intuit, this is your moment.

Our volunteers and trainees are the backbone to our scholarship and sliding scale mental health programming…meaning we can’t do this work without you! Our mission is to provide trauma-informed somatic and equine-assisted mental health services at affordable rates to support our community. Mental health is an epidemic, and we know that healing doesn’t happen alone…that’s why we built Walk Intuit, so one has to walk alone.🐴🌿

👉 Ready to join our herd? Head to walkintuit.org and fill out our volunteer application to get started!

See you at the ranch! ☀️

Thinking about summer? 🐴☀️Our Kids Horsemanship Camp is coming to the OC Fairgrounds Equestrian Center this July and Aug...
05/07/2026

Thinking about summer? 🐴☀️

Our Kids Horsemanship Camp is coming to the OC Fairgrounds Equestrian Center this July and August, and spots are filling.

Here's what we love most about it: it's not just camp. Your child gets horsemanship instruction *and* the presence of our associate therapists and trainees. That means real equine skills, confidence-building, and a team that understands child development!

Sessions run Mon–Thurs, 9am–12:30pm:
🗓️ Ages 7–10 · July 20–23
🗓️ Ages 11–15 · July 27–30
🗓️ Ages 7–10 · Aug 3–6
💛 $475/session · Limited spots

If you wanted to gift a mother something meaningful today, registration for your child (or grandchild, or niece) is a pretty good place to start!

Click below to learn more and register now, see you at the Ranch! 🌸

https://walkintuit.org/horsemanship-camp

Curious about what we actually do here? Come see for yourself. 🐴This Friday, May 8th, from 5–7pm, we're hosting an Open ...
05/06/2026

Curious about what we actually do here? Come see for yourself. 🐴

This Friday, May 8th, from 5–7pm, we're hosting an Open House at our OC Fairgrounds space, and we'd love to see you there!

No agenda. No pressure. Just:
→ A tour of our space
→ A chance to meet our team
→ A look at the programs we offer (including equine-assisted therapy, somatic work, and summer camp)
→ And...honestly...a really good excuse to be around horses on a Friday evening!

If you've ever wondered whether therapy here might be for you, your child, or someone you love, this is the softest possible entry point.

🗓️ Friday, May 8 · 5:00–7:00 PM
📍 Walk Intuit @ OC Fairgrounds
🎟️ Free · Register by calling 213-286-1031 or emailing info@walkintuit.com

Click For Details: https://walkintuit.org/events/our-space-your-community-may-2026

05/06/2026

Mental health isn’t just the absence of a crisis. It’s the ongoing work of learning to feel safe in your own body.

Of finding language for things that have lived inside you without words, expression, or acknowledgement.

Of sitting with a horse and noticing, maybe for the first time, that you just exhaled.

What does “mental health” mean to you right now, in this season of your life? Let us know in the comments!

Remember: You never walk alone 🩵

We added a SECOND date for Horses & Hearts Connection this May! 🤩 Join us for Horses & Hearts Connection: A morning spen...
05/05/2026

We added a SECOND date for Horses & Hearts Connection this May! 🤩

Join us for Horses & Hearts Connection: A morning spent in the company of horses, community, and the quiet magic that happens when humans and animals meet.

📅 Saturday, May 16th
⏰ 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
📍 Walk Intuit | OC Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa

Open to all ages. Tickets are $25 per person.

Whether you're new to horses or they've always felt like home, this is a beautiful way to spend a Saturday morning. Come as you are. Leave feeling more like yourself.

Sign Up Now: https://walkintuit.org/events/horses-hearts-connection-may-16-2026

05/02/2026

She didn’t plan this moment.

She was just standing there, holding her daughter’s hand, looking at a horse.

But this is the work: The willingness to be somewhere fully instead of halfway.

Horses have this way of finding the truth. They don’t care how busy you are, how much you’re holding, how long your to-do list is…They feel your nervous system before you’ve said a word.

And so do your kids.

This Mother’s Day, we’re thinking about the kind of mothering that doesn’t make the highlight reel: the regulated breath before you respond, hand that stays steady when everything falls apart, the presence that says I’m not going anywhere without ever speaking.

That’s the gift that actually gets passed down.

We get to witness it out here every day. 🐴
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💬 Tell us about a woman who showed you what it meant to feel safe. A mom, a grandmother, a mentor…Drop her name below, she deserves to be seen. 🩷

🔗 Learn more about what we do at Walk Intuit at walkIntuit.org

05/02/2026

This photo gets us every time. 🥹

Camp registration is open and spots are filling! If your kiddo has ever shown any interest in horses, this is the summer.

Walk Intuit's Kids Horsemanship Camp · OC Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa

Three sessions in July & August · ages 7–15 · $475/week

Register now: https://walkintuit.org/horsemanship-camp

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The research on grief is changing everything we thought we knew.Continuing Bonds Theory and Induced After-Death Communic...
05/01/2026

The research on grief is changing everything we thought we knew.

Continuing Bonds Theory and Induced After-Death Communication (IADC) research both point to the same finding: people don't heal grief by severing their connection to who they've lost. They heal by transforming it, by finding ways to sense, remember, and relate to their loved one in a new form.

Walk Intuit's upcoming 6-week grief group is built entirely around this framework. Led by Maranda MacDonald, a therapist trainee with training in both philosophy and mediumship, each session moves from grounding into experiential practice and closes with reflection, giving you tools you'll carry long after the group ends.

This is grief work that doesn't ask you to say goodbye.
It asks you to stay in relationship, differently.

📆 Sundays 4–6pm | OC Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa
💵 Most insurance accepted | Self-pay available
📩 info@walkintuit.com | 📞 213-286-1031

Healing doesn't happen in isolation. It happens in relationship. 💙 One of the hardest paradoxes: when you're struggling ...
05/01/2026

Healing doesn't happen in isolation. It happens in relationship. 💙

One of the hardest paradoxes: when you're struggling to show up for yourself, you might still need to show up for others. Not because you "should," but because connection is how we heal.

But let's be clear about what that actually means...

Showing up for your people when you're struggling doesn't mean:
➡️ Pretending you're okay when you're not.
➡️ Offering support you don't have capacity to give.
➡️ Bypassing your own edges to caretake theirs.
➡️ Making yourself smaller so they feel more comfortable

Rather, it means:
🔃 Telling the truth: "I'm not okay right now, but I'm here."
🔃 Being honest: Incongruence builds resentment. No one wants hollow support.
🔃 Honoring your edges: Learn where you don't have to give, but where you can be with.
🔃 Not making your boundaries about them: You're responsible for your edges. They're responsible for theirs.
🔃 Using clear "I" statements: "I am in pain too...can we be in pain together?" or "I need space, but I can bring you a blanket."

Healing happens in the being with. Not the fixing. Not the caretaking. The being with.

From a trauma-informed lens, our nervous systems are designed to co-regulate. We learn who we are in the mirror of another. What feels impossible alone becomes possible together, not because someone saves us, but because we're seen, we're shown we matter, and we learn: we are with staying with. 🥹

This is what relational healing actually looks like: honest, boundaried, imperfect presence.

Not martyrdom. Not self-abandonment. Just living beings showing up as they are and trusting the relationship can hold it.

Healing happens in relationship. Not because we're "fixed" by someone else, but because in the presence of another who sees us and stays, we remember we're not alone. And that changes everything. 💙

Address

27128 Paseo Espada Ste. 1522
San Juan Capistrano, CA
92675

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 7pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 7pm
Friday 9am - 7pm
Saturday 7am - 4pm
Sunday 8am - 7pm

Telephone

+14807730732

Website

https://www.ocnonprofitcentral.org/organizations/walk-intuit, http://walkintuit.betterworld

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