In this episode of the Horse Medicine Leadership Podcast, Brittany Ashworth is joined by Dr. Tracy Rainwaters, equine chiropractor, animal communication practitioner, shaman, and long-time advocate for horses.

Together, they explore Tracy's evolution in the equine industry, from where she began to how she supports horses and humans today. They talk about holding boundaries for yourself and your horse, how to ask questions in ways that invite curiosity instead of resistance, and how to bring the horse's perspective into challenging conversations.

This episode is a reflection on advocacy, communication, resilience, and the often messy process of growth, both for humans and horses. It's an honest conversation about learning from mistakes, honouring individual needs, and building deeper, healthier partnerships with the horses in our lives.

Connect With Dr. Tracy Rainwaters

Tracy Rainwaters:

Website: ⁠www.tracyrainwaters.com

Instagram ⁠@dr.rainwaters

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Horse Medicine Leadership Academy:

Website: www.horsemedicineleadership.com

Instagram @horsemedicineleadership

On our latest podcast episode we are joined by Dr. Maia Love, who is on our faculty of horse medicine leadership to talk about neuroscience and horses.

How does the knowledge and wisdom of neuroscience support our practice with horses?

How do we speak the language of neuroscience to bridge the communication of why horses?

What is valuable about understanding neuroscience that empowers our work with our horse partners?

We speak about this and more in relationship to what neuroscience is in a way we can understand and how that intersects with our practice with horses.

To learn more about our neuroscience program and book: www.horsemedicineleadership.com

To learn more about Dr. Maia Love https://www.instagram.com/drmaialove.

On our latest podcase episode we are navigating a conversation of what it means to hold consent based horse care with our horse partners.

Join our founder Hillary and faculty members Brittany and Breanne, as we share our intepretations and experiences of how to hold horse care in a consent based manner with our horse partners.

On this episode we also share about our upcoming sacred stewardship retreat that is a horse care based retreat, you can learn more about that here: https://www.horsemedicineleadership.com/sacred-stewardship.

If you want to follow and learn more about our founder and faculty you can do so in the links below.

Brittany Ashworth:

Website: www.sacredechos.com

Instagram @sacredechos

Breanne Kerr:

Website: ⁠www.wildwynd.com⁠

Instagram ⁠@⁠⁠wildwyndequine⁠

Hillary Schneider

Website: ⁠www.hillaryschneider.com

Instagram ⁠@⁠⁠hillaryepona

In this episode, Brittany Ashworth sits down with trauma-informed horse trainer Poppy Peach to explore the complex world of trauma in horses. Inspired by a thought-provoking Instagram post, "What if you could make friends with your horse's trauma?" this conversation dives deep into understanding trauma responses not as flaws, but as protective gifts horses carry with them.

Poppy shares her unique perspective on how common trauma responses (Flight, Fight, Freeze/Shutdown, Fawn/Appeasement, and Hypervigilance) can be reframed as gifts that once served a vital purpose, and how creating safe, supportive environments allows horses to no longer feel the need to wield them.

Together, Brittany and Poppy discuss how these gifts show up in horses, the parallels with human trauma, and practical ways to support horses on their healing journey. Listeners will gain insights into creating compassionate, trauma-informed relationships and learn the importance of patience, gentleness, and holistic care.

About Poppy Peach

Poppy Peach is a Trauma-Informed Horsemanship Coach, who also integrates Animal Communication and Reiki into her work with horses.

In her coaching, she utilizes environmental management, attunement, nervous system support and somatically informed trauma resolution work to help horses to live a thriving, emotionally fulfilling life.

She wants to empower horse-human partnerships to have a joyful, authentic and emotionally safe relationship together.

She is forever inspired by horses, and looks to them as friends and mentors, and sees them as being incredibly skilled in knowing what they need for their own healing, and is led by them in that process.

Poppy shares her life with a herd of three horses called Willow, Annie, and River.

We are excited to be back for another season of our podcast, our first episode of season 5 we re sharing the journey of navigating transitions with some of our beloved horse partners in our herd.

We are joined by Brittany Ashworth of Sacred Echos, who is also on our faculty, who shares her perpsective as an animal communicator and someone that has been a part of the transitions in our herd as we speak to all the layers that we have to sit in as we go through transitions.

Walking through the journey with our horses can be challenging, facing their loss can be hard for us to sit in. We talk about how we have held this space with our horses, and what can feel supportive for both horse and human as we navigate this journey.

Hopefully listening to this pocast will be helpful if you are in this space, we also created course that supporst this as well if you are looking for a deepening of support.

https://www.horsemedicineleadership.com/supporting-sacred-transition is where you can find out more.

If you are curious to learn more about Brittany and her work you can do so through her website.

https://www.sacredechos.com

Join us in this episode as Brittany Ashworth introduces Shawna Van Nuys of @shawnavannuys, an alumna of the Horse Medicine Leadership Academy, to the community.

Shawna is passionate about helping women remember what's already within- rediscovering the wisdom, power, and magic they've always had but may have forgotten. She creates a grounded nurturing space and offers Equine-Guided Coaching, EFT Tapping, Numerology, and other intuitive tools supporting reconnection with inner guidance. Her work bridges the gap between what's present & tangible and what's boldly possible, empowering women to release old patterns, reclaim their confidence and deepen the relationship with themselves.

In this episode, Shawna shares the story of how she came to be a facilitator of this work, along with her personal journey and the steps she's taken to support others in the way that she does. She talks about her lifelong love of horses and how her various trainings have shaped the way she connects with them now.

To close the episode, Shawna guides us through a gentle EFT Tapping practice for Self-Care.

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Shawna Van Nuys

Website: www.shawnavannuys.com

FB: www.facebook.com/shawna.nuys/

IG: www.instagram.com/shawnavannuys/

Youtube: www.youtube.com/@shawnavannuys

Horse Medicine Leadership Academy:

Website: www.horsemedicineleadership.com

Instagram @horsemedicineleadership

In this heartfelt episode, Brittany sits down with Heather Flynn, an alumna and graduate student of the Horse Medicine Leadership Academy, who facilitates transformative work with her herd in Huger, South Carolina, just outside Charleston.

Heather takes us on a journey through her life — from her early childhood longing and deep connection with horses, to rediscovering that connection later in life through a therapy barn, and ultimately becoming a steward of her own herd. Today, she co-facilitates healing experiences alongside these powerful animals.

We explore Heather's passion for supporting women as they move toward their own purpose, her insights on relationship recovery (and what that truly means), and the sense of readiness required to walk this healing path with horses.

Together, we dive into a rich, soulful conversation about what it means to be human — navigating the highs, the lows, and everything in between. The road may be bumpy, but as Heather shares, it can lead to profoundly beautiful places.

Connect With Us:

Heather Flynn:

Website: www.restorativesoulsequinecoaching.com

Instagram ⁠@restorative_souls

Horse Medicine Leadership Academy:

Website: www.horsemedicineleadership.com

Instagram @horsemedicineleadership

On out latest podcast we are joined by Chloe Elgar from Chaneled by Chloe, to share about her path and journey with horse medicine and her three spirit ranch just outside of Austin, Texas.

The call and path to horses is one that speaks deeply to us, and how we arrive at our destination is a journey. Chloe shares her past with horses and how it lead to her manifestation of her own ranch and the journey of stepping into horse medicine with her herd.

This is a beautiful conversation of trusting the journey, the fullness of it and how to find our devotation in our path with horses.

Chloe Elgar lives just outside of Austin, Texas on her ranch where she offers Horse Medicine experiences with her herd of 4 horses. Since she was young she has been talking to animals and spent her twenties working as a professional psychic and medium. Her dream was always to live on land and share her gifts; an intimate love of horses and nature. Connecting with Chloe will inspire you to connect with your inner wild. Her work will invite you to step into the unknown and access a space of meeting your unique magic, gifts, and potential. www.channeledbychloe.com @channeledbychloe @threespiritranch

Hoof care can feel overwhelming for many of us—how do we choose the right farrier for our horses needed, support them during the appointment (especially when they struggle), and work together as a team to ensure we are working towards more cooperative care?

In this episode of the Horse Medicine Leadership Podcast, host Brittany Ashworth sits down with Brianna Ferguson of Evergreen Equine Wellness to explore the world of consent-based hoof care.

Brianna, an equine bodyworker and hoof care provider, shares insights on how to build trust with your horse, advocate for their well-being, work collaboratively with your trimmer or farrier, and so much more. Brianna is a wealth of knowledge! We discuss common hoof issues, key qualities to look for in a practitioner, and practical ways to support your horse's hooves between visits. Whether you have a horse that struggles with trims and farrier visits, or are just looking for ideas to give more choice to your horse during these appointments this episode is packed with valuable knowledge to help you and your horse thrive!

As an Equine Bodyworker and Hoof Care Provider, Brianna is passionate about guiding horse owners to develop deeper relationships, restore wellness, & seek holistic transformation through consent-based support modalities. Her work has been guided by her herd of four horses who now journey with her in spirit. As a forever student of the horse, her practice is ever-evolving as she learns more about supporting horses and their humans through their holistic health journey.

Connect With Us

Brianna Ferguson:

Website: ⁠www.evergreenequinewellness.ca⁠

Instagram ⁠@evergreenequinewellness

Horse Medicine Leadership Academy:

Website: www.horsemedicineleadership.com

Instagram @horsemedicineleadership

We are thrilled to bring you this episode featuring one of our graduate students and alumni members, Margarita Romano, the Equine Guided Strategist at LeapZone.

Margarita Romano is a certified equine-facilitated coach helping heart-centred entrepreneurs and couple-preneurs connect the dots to lead spectacular lives driven by heart and soul. She is the best-selling author of Sitting on the Fence – How to Love Without Limits and is determined to help people increase their units of happiness.

In this episode, Margarita shares her powerful journey—from receiving a life-changing vision atop a volcano in Bali, to graduating from the Horse Medicine Leadership Academy, moving from a big city to a small town, and forging a profound partnership with her herd of horses.

She shares how she not only gained insights on her purpose but also experienced her horses manifesting their own dreams alongside her. Since graduating from HMLA in 2016, Margarita's practice has continued to evolve, creating new and exciting ways for individuals to receive support from her and her herd. She also explores how her horses want to engage in the healing process in unique ways, offering them opportunities to support client's journeys through a variety of modalities.

This episode is filled with heartfelt stories—some so moving and unexpected that you can't help but feel the deep alignment at play. Tune in for an insightful look into Margarita's path, her transformational work, and the incredible connection she shares with her horses.

You can listen to the episode on all the major platforms or through the link in our bio.

Connect With Us:

Margarita Romano:

Facebook @margarita.romano.33 Facebook: Caches Corner

Linkedin @margarita-romano-a40445209

Instagram @leapzone.strategies

Website: www.leapzonestrategies.com/horsepower

Book: Sitting on the Fence – How to Love Without Limits

Horse Medicine Leadership Academy:

www.horsemedicineleadership.com