In this episode 1 Naomi Rossthorn, psychologist at Harnessing Wellness Psychology, who has worked with horses in therapy since 2010, briefly overviews why you might want to become an Equine Assisted Therapist. She briefly talks about some of her own experiences and this is all part of a series called Hoofprints for setting Up an Equine Assisted Therapy Clinic.

All horses become the stars is a children’s book about grief and loss. At tail told of a beloved horse called trigger who becomes a star on the journey of how he’s heard cope with their loss. The book is written with children in mind and off as a way to discuss grief and healing after losing someone we love.

Trigger the Anxious Horse is a children’s book about worry. Trigger is a big strong horse that worries a lot. He worries about tigers eating him and the wind in the trees. Luckily, Trigger has Happy to talk to and work out some ideas to settle his anxiety.

Happy the Very Sad Pony is a children’s book. Happy the pony, doesn’t understand why he feels like he will never feel happy again. His herd help him to feel better and work out ways to navigate his depression to finally feel happy again. He decides that sometimes you don’t feel yourself but it won’t be forever and your herd can help you.

Short discussion between Harnessing Wellness psychologist Naomi Rossthorn and Dr Lizzy, equine Vet, about the stress signs in horses and ponies working in equine assisted therapy sessions.

Brain health: Currently many people are finding being in ‘lockdown’ to reduce the spread of COVID-19 stressful. This podcast talks about stress and some different strategies to manage stress.

Brain Health: This episode talks about noticing negative thoughts, the importance of identifying negative and positive thoughts and how we can challenge negative thinking by using gratitude and focusing on the now rather than the should.

This interview with Dee, an athlete who recently competed in the Australia Ninja Warrior talks about mindset and staying focused. She discusses what supports her to stay focused in setting and achieving her mental and physical goals. She also discuss’s how she is going to cope with the COVID-19 lockdown and continuing her training. If you’re looking for inspiration listen to this. Take care.

In this episode Naomi and Clare, who are old friends, discuss the highs and lows and some stressors that have emerged following the last few months of social isolation and lockdown due to COVID-19. They discussed some of the stressor and adaptive behaviours needed to change from normal to being in social isolation and now slowly returning to a new normal life.

In this episode, Naomi and Clare discuss humour, self-care and some of the highs of lows of being in isolation due to covid-19