In this episode, Gina Torres and Lauren Tatro sit down with Amber Conte, Gina's best friend of over 10 years, licensed mental health counselor and founder of Life Reins, a nonprofit offering equine-facilitated psychotherapy for trauma survivors. What begins as a conversation about coffee preferences and morning rituals quickly opens into a deeply moving exploration of trauma recovery, community support, and the healing intelligence of horses.

Amber shares her own personal journey as a trauma survivor and the winding path that led her to create Life Reins — a nonprofit that began with zero funding, a lot of faith, and a community that showed up in ways she never expected. Through lost locations, unexpected obstacles, and partnership breakthroughs (shoutout to Advent Health!), her story becomes a testament to resilience, mindset, and the power of continuing to reach out even when the odds feel stacked.

Together, the trio dives into the profound ways animals mirror our emotional states, why equine therapy is uniquely transformative, and how more than a hundred clients have already experienced breakthroughs through this work. They also explore the importance of supportive relationships, the beauty of shared experiences, and the quiet ways community shapes both nonprofit success and personal growth.

This episode is equal parts heartfelt and hopeful — a reminder that life’s hardest moments often become blessings in disguise, and that healing expands when people, and horses, come together with intention.

This is your permission slip to slow down, check in, and embrace every phase — retrograde or not — as an opportunity to return to yourself.

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