If we are ever going to get in to a power battle with our horses its going to be over trying to medicate them!! In todays podcast I'm sharing with you my history of dealing with a very difficult horse and how finding a better way is taking the pain and heartache out of medicating our ponies. If ever we need cooperation in a stress free way from our horse it is when they are sick!! And if ever we need to be supportive of our horses needs its is when they are sick!! The situation can go south quick so join us today and learn how to set yourself and your horse up for success when it comes to medicating and treating illness. 

Want to know more? Our holistic horse handling course covers all the foundations you need on the ground for thorough and effective horse husbandry and handling. Register on the waitlist now, ready for the next time we are open for enrolments. 

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Have you been told by your trainer or peers that your horse is testing or challenging you? Check out this episode for how we approach this concept and how we can navigate the challenges our horses set for us.

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Do your training sessions feel like they are fraught conflict and are more a battle for power and control than actual training? That's what we will be talking about in the next season on the podcast. Listen to this podcast for a little insight on how I work around the power battle, trying to take the conversation for power off the table so we can have a more connection based training approach.

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Get your pen and paper out and get ready to take some big actions. We are going to get in to some serious goal setting and planning as we head in to the end of term 1. Setting goals and reflecting are the best ways to not only be accountable for the action you've taken but also realistic. They help you hold tragectory or shift based on what you are enjoying and what is honestly feasable. Without clear goal setting we can end up spending seemingly forever on the same task because we haven't given ourselves a clear direction or we get caught up in the bog. 

Jump on over to the website, grab a cup of team and lets dream audaciously together. 

Equestrian Movement - Goal Planning Success 2022

So grateful for your continued supported over the last year and a half. We have loved your questions, stories and feedback. We are taking a 3 week break from the podcast to catch up with ourselves after a hectic start to the year!! Life happens, right!?! But don't worry we have some amazing guests booked for term 2 and will be back in action from April 21.

In the meantime, stronger bond workshop is happening again!!! April 12, 13 and 14!!!

Sign up to the link and join us live to ask questions, get support and move forward with your horse from a holistic and connection based style of training. 

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As a child getting bucked off happened every time I rode my horse. My mum bought me a book, "why does my horse...?" insert problem behaviour here and the question has plagued me ever since. 

In todays episode Sarah and I talk about my 20 year trip down the rabbit hole over this question and how the way we deal with this question continues to evolve in our holistic horse handling program. If you have ever ask "why does my horse...?" make sure you listen to this episode as we dig in to some of our foundational skills on creating happy, consenting, willing horses that enjoy learning and ask to be ridden. 

Love this episode and need to know more? Register for our holistic horse handling program here, opening again soon. 

There are so many things that come up for us when working with our horses that make us feel unsure, unsafe, doubt whether we are good enough, or if we ever can be good enough. In this episode we go through these conversations and more with Sarah and how she navigates her own personal battles with this as an amateur rider. 

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How well do you think your relationship is going with your horse? I recently got back in to playing pokemon go and it reminded me of some super simple foundational skills of building rapport and connection with our horses. Check out this episode for some basic exercises to build better relationships with your horse if it feels like there's a bit of a disconnect. 

What are you doing with your horse to keep the quality of relationship strong and fresh? Keep the conversation going over in our stronger bond community. Click here to join

How can we be empathic towards are horses without making behaviours worse? In this podcast I go a little in to how I trouble shoot whether I'm assigning an unrelatable human experience to the behaviour my horse is showing or is there foundation here for what they might be feeling that needs to be addressed and supported. Just saying we can't assign human experiences means we can't show empathy for how our horse might be processing their experience. So it's a balancing act. And this is how I balance.

Lets keep the conversation over in the stronger bond community. What behaviours may you be anthropomorphising?

Join us in this episode as we chat to one of our stable hands Madie. Madie has had a crash course at the barn ready to take on the her competition career we thought it best she got thrown in the deep end and learnt how to swim. With only a year of riding weekly and working with horses under her belt we learnt that she had some very helpful transferable skills for dealing with challenges at the barn and improving her balance and riding quickly.

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