First Do No Harm

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First Do No Harm episodes

November 02, 2022 Is your horse enthusiastically engaged in training?
Is your horse engaged and willing to learn or checked out? When we talk about engagement in the equestrian industry it is often in reference to the horses posture stacking, in particular the hindquarters. But once you understand why the body switches on for physical engagement you understand that we can't even begin to talk about physical engagement until we talk about mental engagement.
And mental engagement is hard!! How can we make learning fun and easy and movement feel good so that our horses are enthusiastic and willing partners in training? This is the conversation we are having on the podcast today.
Want to share how you get your horse motivated to train? Join the stronger bond community here and let us know
Want to get your horse more engaged and willing in learning? Check out our free connection training here
30 min
October 26, 2022 Episode 2 with Clare MacLeod from Clare MacLeod horse nutrition, health and fitness.
Join us for part 2 of our chat with Clare MacLeod.
You can find Clare on her website: https://equinenutritionist.com/
Join her membership: https://equinenutritionist.com/membership-benefits
Book a consultation: https://equinenutritionist.com/consultancy-services
Or just follow along on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClareMacLeodEquineNutritionist
42 min
October 19, 2022 Equine Nutrition with Clare McLeod part 1
Join us in this episode as we dig in to some big topics around equine health and nutrition with Clare from Clare McLeod Horse Nutrition, Health and Fitness.

You can find Clare on her website: https://equinenutritionist.com/
Join her membership: https://equinenutritionist.com/membership-benefits
Book a consultation: https://equinenutritionist.com/consultancy-services
Or just follow along on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClareMacLeodEquineNutritionist
33 min
October 12, 2022 Is "pushing your horse through it" working for you?
A horse that can't control its emotions can't control its behaviour!
A reason why we see dangerous behaviours as a result of unregulated emotions is because our horse has said no and we are taught to "push them through it" or "show them who's boss". Sometimes this works, but sometimes our horse lacks trust in our judgement if we have previously asked them to do something they aren't ready for or they think we aren't ready for what we are asking of them.

This is how we show up for our horse in a way that breaks their trust, faith and confidence in us. When we set them and ourselves unachievable tasks that either we or they or both cannot confidently navigate together. Which is part of the process!!! We are always going to be putting ourselves in a position where either us or the horse or both aren't prepared adequately. That is where growth happens but its how we respond when the wheels come off, how big that jump was from achievable to unachievable task was or if we've put ourselves or our horse in to a situation that was either too scary or too dangerous to navigate safely that our horse stops taking direction from us because they have lost confidence in us.
In this episode, let's chat about what it looks like for the horse to say no because we aren't ready.

Want to share with us what goal you are working towards? Post it in the stronger bond community
Feeling like there's a fracture in your horses confidence and trust in you? Register for our free connection training
29 min
October 05, 2022 Setting achievable goals
Our ability to set inspiring but achievable goals is an ongoing skill set requirement not just as equestrians but in all areas of our life.
In this episode, I'm going to share with you a project I've been working on, and how the lack of structure around goal setting and reflection has meant the time frame for achievement blew out to 7 years!!
Want to share with us what you are working on? Join us in the stronger bond community here
Check out our free connection training here
34 min
September 28, 2022 What is compassionate leadership?
Compassionate leadership is the second module of our holistic horse handling program and I honestly think its one of the biggest challenges in our horse human relationship. In this episode we are going to talk about what compassionate leadership is and how it is implemented in training.

Ready to join the holistic horse handling program? Jump on it here. This is the last time you will have access to it this year.
38 min
September 21, 2022 What is your body language communicating to your horse?
Digging further in to connection training and poly vagal theory we unpack the 2 biggest things my horses have taught me about horse riding over the past 26 years.

Want our free connection training? Grab it here: https://www.equestrianmovement.com/connection
Want to join us in our training for tools to regulate the nervous system? Email Sarah at [email protected] to join the waitlist
36 min
September 15, 2022 What is connection training?
You hear us yap on all the time about connection but what does it look like in training? Want our free connection training? Jump on the link

https://www.equestrianmovement.com/connection
33 min
September 07, 2022 Acceptance of contact vs submission to the bit
In this training we talk about acceptance of bit pressure vs submission to the bit. These terms are used interchangably in the equestrian industry but couldn't be more polar opposite in the outcome achievement. Have a listen to this training to understand why and check out the youtube training to see how we develop acceptance of contact.

Acceptance of contact training on youtube
Go through our free connection training
Want to join the wait list for confident trail blazer or equestrian athlete? Email Sarah at [email protected]
33 min
August 31, 2022 Emotional horsemanship with Lockie Phillips
Science, Empathy & Feel. All together complimenting each other. Drawing on the immense wealth of research and logic in these three modalities my horses, my clients and I are sculpting a "Middle Path" of horse training which avoids extreme binaries.

You know what binaries are: R+ versus R-. Classical versus Western. Etc. We avoid that and opt for a middle path that is inclusive of all. Creating unique training techniques that are simple to follow and kind to the horse. If you wish to use food reward, you can. If you don't, you don't have to. What we don't use is dominance or escalating pressure.

The goal? A performance relationship with your horse that is effortless, inspiring and enjoyable. Emotional horsemanship serves private horse owners who wish to have life long bonds with their horses, versatile and adaptable equine athletes who enjoy tackling a variety of tasks. Recently, a lot of professionals have engaged in Emotional Horsemanship as they are curious about it and/or needed private support behind the scenes of their own equine professional activities.

The pre-requisite? To be deeply caring and open minded.
Check out Lockie's patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EmotionalHorsemanship
Find out more about Lockie on his website: https://www.emotionalhorsemanship.com/
Follow Lockie on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.horsemanship/
Or find Lockie on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emotional.horsemanship
1 hr 9 min

About First Do No Harm

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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.