First Do No Harm

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First Do No Harm episodes

January 11, 2023 Achieving audacious goals
Happy 100th episode!!!
We are talking about goal setting and what setting audacious goals look like.
(Hint: Its a lot of overcoming frustration and recommitting to the goal!)
In this episode I am going to talk about the 3 key elements I have learnt while learning to do this podcast are critical to achieving big goals set.
Keep the conversation going: What is your big audacious goal you are working towards? Share it with us in the stronger bond community
Register for our free connection training here
22 min
January 04, 2023 Confidence in training as an intermediate horse rider
Sarah’s been kicked out of the nest! (So to speak)
In episode 100 of the First Do No Harm Podcast, we are looking at Sarah's training experience for 2022.
Sarah's biggest win for the year was spreading her little wins as she navigated her training obstacles solo with the knowledge she has. Sarah shares how she worked the problem and built confidence in herself and her horse.Looking for a community to support you navigating training obstacles with a holistic approach? Join our the stronger bond community.
Grab the free connection training here
1 hr 20 min
December 28, 2022 Episode 3 with Celeste from Wild Magic LLC
Join us for part 2 of our chat with Celeste from wild magic llc. Celeste is the creator of the balance through movement method which is an whole horse development program. The 3 pillars of the program are, relationship to connection, center of balance and spinal integrity with a focus on nerve impingement release and prevention.
Join Celeste's masterclass here
Check her out and follow Celeste on facebook
Check out Celeste's website here
58 min
December 21, 2022 Episode 2 with Celeste Lazaris of wild magic llc
Join us for part 2 of our chat with Celeste from wild magic llc. Celeste is the creator of the balance through movement method which is an whole horse development program. The 3 pillars of the program are, relationship to connection, center of balance and spinal integrity with a focus on nerve impingement release and prevention.
Join Celeste's masterclass here
Check her out and follow Celeste on facebook
Check out Celeste's website here
37 min
December 14, 2022 Nerve impingements, catastrophic behaviours and mystery lameness with Celeste from wild magic llc part 1
Join us for part 1 of our chat with Celeste from wild magic llc. Celeste is the creator of the balance through movement method which is an whole horse development program. The 3 pillars of the program are, relationship to connection, center of balance and spinal integrity with a focus on nerve impingement release and prevention.
Join Celeste's masterclass here
Check her out and follow Celeste on facebook
Check out Celeste's website here
49 min
December 07, 2022 Reactive vs responsive behaviours from our horse
Some of the behaviours we see in our horse and want to "fix" our horses aren't always in control of. If our horse has a reactive behaviour to an environmental stimulus and is punished for it they learn nothing because they can't change that behaviour themselves anyway.
An important part of training is watching for our horses nervous system response to our ask. Are they holding tension or releasing tension? If they are holding tension and we continue to push they do inevitably reach the point of no longer being able to control their behaviour because they no longer have control over their nervous system and hormonal response. It is our job to see tension holding and use our emotional agility exercises to support their experience of the ask.

Share with us behaviours you are seeing in your horse that look like nervous system response that they don't have control over and responsive behaviours where they are using a body language to communicate something to you in our stronger bond community here
Want to develop less reactive and more responsive behaviours? Check out our free online connection training here
26 min
November 30, 2022 Horse brain science and attachment and relationship theory with Sarah Schlote and Dr Steve Peters
These 2 are actually my favourite dynamic duo bringing so much robust scientific education and knowledge to the training arena. Over the last year I have participated in their masterclass which just blew my brain multiple times over. They are joining us to share a little bit on that today as well as different aspects that complicate moving forward in ethical treatment of horses and scientific application of behaviour theory.
You can keep up with what Sarah and Steve are doing together at:
On their website https://equuscience.com
Join their masterclass for next year https://equuscience.com/master-class/
Jump on their upcoming neurobiology training https://equuscience.com/focus-courses/the-neurobiology-of-learning/
To follow along with Sarah's work
Visit Sarah's website https://sarahschlote.com/ for consultations or https://equusoma.com for equine assisted learning
Find her on facebook at EQUUSOMA: Horse-Human Trauma Recovery
and Sarah's youtube channel
To follow along with Steve's work
You can visit his website https://www.horsebrainscience.info/
or find him on facebook
1 hr 10 min
November 23, 2022 Episode 2 with Guy McLean
Guy McLean is a self-taught Australian Horseman who has entertained, inspired, and educated millions of audience members from all walks of life. After achieving top honors in his field at home, Guy decided it was time to take on the international stage. In June of 2010, Guy arrived in the US with four of his Australian bred horses to commence his first American tour.
Since 1999, Guy and his amazing equine team have been featured at many Australian events such as: Royal shows, Equitana Asia Pacific, numerous major Equestrian Festivals, International Rodeos and the Australia's famous "Man from Snowy River Festival." Another of Guy's talents is bush poetry, having twice been crowned Australian Bush Poet Champion. In 2002 and 2006 Guy received the great honor of being named an official 'Ambassador of the Outback.' In 2005, Guy was the inaugural winner of "Equitana's Way of the Horse" colt starting competition.
Grab Guy's long reining training here
You can find some other video trainings here
and check out what he is up to and where his next run of exhibitions will be over on his facebook page
Or visit his website here
52 min
November 16, 2022 Part 1 of conversations with Guy McLean
Guy McLean is a self-taught Australian Horseman who has entertained, inspired, and educated millions of audience members from all walks of life. After achieving top honors in his field at home, Guy decided it was time to take on the international stage. In June of 2010, Guy arrived in the US with four of his Australian bred horses to commence his first American tour.
Since 1999, Guy and his amazing equine team have been featured at many Australian events such as: Royal shows, Equitana Asia Pacific, numerous major Equestrian Festivals, International Rodeos and the Australia's famous "Man from Snowy River Festival." Another of Guy's talents is bush poetry, having twice been crowned Australian Bush Poet Champion. In 2002 and 2006 Guy received the great honor of being named an official 'Ambassador of the Outback.' In 2005, Guy was the inaugural winner of "Equitana's Way of the Horse" colt starting competition.
Grab Guy's long reining training here
You can find some other video trainings here
and check out what he is up to and where his next run of exhibitions will be over on his facebook page
Or visit his website here
41 min
November 09, 2022 The C Word
On a scale of 1 - 10 how confident are you with the canter? In this episode I'm going to share with you why we have these challenges with the canter and some ways we can overcome our nerves around cantering.
Keep the conversation going and share in the stronger bond community how you are going with the canter.
Want to read your horses body language and response to the ask better? Join our free connection training here
26 min

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#FDNHPodcast is an in depth discussion with equestrian trainers and professionals dedicated to making horse training happen for the horse not to the horse. We discuss how to reduce harm in our horses training environment and how to support our horses mental, emotional and physical well being so that we have horses that enjoy learning and ask to be ridden.