Welcome to Season 7 of Inspire Me Forward

Positive Foundations for when Life throws a Time Shift
 
There are times in our lives when our relationship with time changes. Sometimes it is a slow burn, sometimes a U-turn. Your perspective of time might evolve into a space where you value it more, perhaps it speeds up, or maybe it slows down. However you are affected, life does throw time shifts, and in those moments, we are called to look for positive foundations. Resources that help us hold our bearings and tend to our resiliency. Helping us stay grounded and not float away altogether. 
 
This season, we will speak with folks who have experienced those time shifts and stayed upright through the dynamic force, the change, and the landing. We will discuss what kept them standing. What did they hold onto so they could settle into that new time perspective with a gentle heart and feet firmly on the ground?
 
In this episode (the first of Season 7 ~ our 46th conversation), we speak with 

Anita La Selva of The Unbridled Theatre Collective.

What a rich, raw, and beautifully real conversation we had. Time flowed like waves on the shore; there were moments of deep emotion and authentic life. I will leave you, dear listener, to sit with us for a while and find your own wisdom within this episode. Thank you, Anita, for sharing your time and journey with us. 

Here is Anita’s story that she spoke of, which was printed in Equine Leadership: A Collection of Short Stories Sharing the Wisdom of the Horse

https://www.equineleadership.ca/volume10als.html 

Anita’s play (that she speaks of here), 12 Litres 8800 Steps begins May 1st and runs to May 17th at the Factory Theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

You can find out more and get tickets here.

I quoted an article that shared some points on time, entitled How Time Works. You can find it here. 

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Stay well, stay connected, stay inspired

Lynda J Watson

Inspire Me Equine

A Collaboration of Equine Leadership and Inspire Me Forward

Our next episode of Inspire Me Equine (Season 6 of Inspire Me Forward) is rich and full of wisdom from our guest as well as the horses. Thank you, Kate Neligan from the Central Coast area of California, USA for joining me in this sacred space. It was such an inspiring and profound conversation. One might say it was: timeless. I will let you, dear listener, find the wisdom that was meant for you.

Kate was one of our illustrious authors in our 8th Edition of Equine Leadership

Here story: 

THE AWE OF HORSES

Catalyzing the Great Awakening 

My favourite quote is her opening paragraph:

“Horses remind us of who we can be. They require presence, evoke awe, celebrate authenticity, and help us to awaken to our true nature. Just being and breathing with them can help us to reset the nervous system and to feel unconditionally loved and accepted.”

A bit of info on Kate:

Kate Neligan is an Equine-Partnered Life/Business Coach who supports her clients' intuition, emotional intelligence, and empowered leadership both virtually and in-person with horses and goats. Kate left her VP of Marketing career at a movie studio to pursue her calling for the transformation that happens within the human-animal bond. She brings her Master's degree in Spiritual Psychology and numerous trainings in various healing modalities to her 15 years as a coach. Kate is passionate about helping women to thrive and is a best-selling author with stories in the books The Power of Being a Woman and Women Will Save the World. She is also an Animal Communicator & Healer and is published in the books Animals and Nature by Common Sentience. Kate is a motivational speaker with a TEDx talk on perfectionism. The Awakening With Equines certification program and horse wisdom card deck she created is for new or next-level equine-partnered coaches who are trailblazing new paths with humans and horses. 

Thank you, Kate for sharing your stories, time, wisdom, and knowledge with us. With the utmost of gratitude.

Here are some of Kate’s links:

Website: www.kateneligan.com

AWE card deck: https://www.kateneligan.com/carddeck

 IG: @KateNeliganEquineCoach

FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/awakeningwithequines 

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Equine Leadership Volume 11 Previews https://www.equineleadership.ca/elvolume11.html 

Equine Leadership: A Collection of Short Stories is available online. Our last volume is now available on Amazon. Next Volume: early 2026

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Inspire Me Equine

A Collaboration of Equine Leadership and Inspire Me Forward

Our next episode of Inspire Me Equine (Season 6 of Inspire Me Forward) Is rich and full of wisdom from our guest as well as the horses. Thank you, Kathy Moffat of Rideau Breeze Stables and Wellness Center in Merrickville, Ontario, Canada, for joining me in this sacred space. We spoke of so much and I will let you, dear listener, find the wisdom that was meant for you. 

Kathy authored for Equine Leadership in our 9th volume.

The following is a link to that story:

Four Horses Two Women, A Story of Connection

https://www.equineleadership.ca/9theditionkm.html 

Thank you, Kathie for sharing your time, wisdom, and your herd with us. With the utmost of gratitude.

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Kathy and all she does with her herd can be found at:

https://rideaubreezestablesandwellnesscentre.com/ 

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Equine Leadership: A Collection of Short Stories is available online and our last volume is now available on Amazon (as will the next one). https://www.equineleadership.ca/elpublication.html 

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Inspire Me Equine

A Collaboration of Equine Leadership and Inspire Me Forward 

Our next episode of Inspire Me Equine (Season 6 of Inspire Me Forward) is rich and full of wisdom from our guest as well as the horses. Thank you, Miichaela Slade from Somerset, UK, for joining me in this sacred space. It was such an inspiring and profound conversation. One might say it was: timeless. I will let you, dear listener, find the wisdom that was meant for you.

Michaela was one of our illustrious authors in our 10th Anniversary Edition of Equine Leadership 

The Felt Sense of Connection with Horses

Quote: 

“I’m young and life feels upside down and inside out.  It seems like it has always felt this way, which endures the question, what is the point? Everything hurts! What is it all about?’

 …. This. This is what it’s all about. Here. Now. The timeless continuum of Now is shared with this beautiful being of presence and stillness. I’m here: in my legs, arms, hands, feet, breath, heart, and soul. A sense of rhythm enters my being like a slow, deep pulse that emanates from the earth. My lungs move slowly and deeply, aligning with this rhythm. I feel him next to me, sharing space with me and my presence; guiding me into his rhythm, the rhythm of nature.”

https://www.equineleadership.ca/volume10ms.html 

Thank you, Michaela for sharing your stories, time, wisdom, and knowledge with us. With the utmost of gratitude.

Here is Michaela’s link to her website:

www.theheardtherapy.com 

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Website: www.equineleadership.ca    

Equine Leadership Volume 11 Previews https://www.equineleadership.ca/elvolume11.html 

Equine Leadership: A Collection of Short Stories is available online and our last volume is now available on Amazon (as will the next one). https://www.equineleadership.ca/elpublication.html 

If you have enjoyed this or other episodes of Inspire Me Forward, please consider a donation to assist with the cost of creating these inspiring conversations.  https://www.equineleadership.ca/donateel.html 

Our next episode of Inspire Me Equine (Season 6 of Inspire Me Forward) is rich and full of wisdom from our guest, as well as the horses. Thank you, Stephanie Sawtelle from Edinboro, Pennsylvania, USA, for joining me in this sacred space. It was such an inspiring and profound conversation. One might say it was timeless. I will let you, dear listener, find the wisdom that was meant for you.

Stephanie was one of our illustrious authors in our 10th Anniversary Edition of Equine Leadership

How Time Works

As Learned Through a Lifetime with my Horse

“Time is not one thing; it does not work in only one direction or at one pace, but it is undeniably one of the great structures by which we can define, experience, and create our existence, including our connection with each other.”

https://www.equineleadership.ca/volume10ss.html  

Thank you, Stephanie, for sharing your stories, time, wisdom, and knowledge with us. With the utmost of gratitude.

Here are Stephanie’s links:

www.StephanieSawtelle.com 

www.facebook.com/share/19wkykoAbZ/

www.instagram.com/stillpoint_farmasea?igsh=MXhkbXk4djdmbHdqZA==

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Website: www.equineleadership.ca    

Equine Leadership Volume 11 Previews https://www.equineleadership.ca/elvolume11.html 

Equine Leadership: A Collection of Short Stories is available online, and our last volume is now available on Amazon (as will the next one). https://www.equineleadership.ca/elpublication.html 

If you have enjoyed this or other episodes of Inspire Me Forward, please consider a donation to assist with the cost of creating these inspiring conversations. 

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Inspire Me Equine

A Collaboration of Equine Leadership and Inspire Me Forward

Our next episode of Inspire Me Equine (Season 6 of Inspire Me Forward) is rich and full of wisdom from our guest, as well as the horses. Thank you, Kerri Lake from Half Moon Bay, California, for joining me in this sacred space. It was such an inspiring and profound conversation. I will let you, dear listener, find the wisdom that was meant for you.

Kerri has been an alumni author with Equine Leadership since its 6th volume (we are on 11 now)

The following are links to her pieces and the words from each story that we wove through our conversation. 

6th volume – A Culture of the Heart, Include Yourself in the Harmony of Connection

Embodied Harmony

https://www.equineleadership.ca/6theditionkl.html 

7th volume – Non-Linear Communication, Horses Remind Us of our Innate Relationship with Life

Emotional Weather

https://www.equineleadership.ca/7theditionkl.html 

Upcoming 11th volume – Relational Intelligence, Horses are Masters of Embodied Intellect

Embodied Intellect

https://www.equineleadership.ca/elvolume11.html 

Thank you, Kerri for sharing your stories, time, wisdom, and knowledge with us. With the utmost of gratitude.

More on Kerri and her amazing work can be found here:  

www.generateharmony.com/blog

www.compassconversations.com

www.intuitivelearningfoundation.org

www.substack.com/@kerrilake

www.facebook.com/kerrilake1

http://www.courses.kerrilake.com 

www.amazon.com/author/kerrilake

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Website: www.equineleadership.ca    

Equine Leadership Volume 11 Previews https://www.equineleadership.ca/elvolume11.html 

Equine Leadership: A Collection of Short Stories is available online and our last volume is now available on Amazon (as will the next one). https://www.equineleadership.ca/elpublication.html 

Dara McAnulty, author of Diary of a Young Naturalist

I shared a quote of Dara’s in our conversation: “I’m still pretty certain we can fix this crisis, but if we solve it because of fear and we go back to our original ways, the problems that we thought we dealt with reappear, and we’re back in the same boat in about a hundred years, basically. But if we solve the problems because of wonder, because of joy, because we care, that’s a lot more permanent.” 

https://emergencemagazine.org/conversation/finding-joy-in-the-unknown/ 

Inspire Me Equine

A Collaboration of Equine Leadership and Inspire Me Forward

Our next episode of Inspire Me Equine (Season 6 of Inspire Me Forward) is rich and full of wisdom from our guest as well as the horses. Thank you, Georgie McBurney from Dorchester, UK for joining me in this sacred space. We spoke of so much and I will let you, dear listener, find the wisdom that was meant for you.

Georgie has been an alumni author with Equine Leadership since its third volume (we are on 11 now)

The following are links to her pieces and the quotes we shared:

3rd volume – Equine ReWilding (co-authored)  

Quote: When we are with equines, particularly outside in nature, we are reminded of our own connectivity to our external and inner worlds. This allows our wild self to come to the fore. Sometimes to strengthen our connection, we need to unlearn what we have learnt, to discover what we already know - we call this Equine ReWilding.  

https://www.equineleadership.ca/thirdeditiongmla.html 

5th volume -  Freeing the Inner Child  

Quote: In essence the horse links us back to our ancient ancestor’s way of well being, a way of being in connection with ourselves, each other and with our planet. 

https://www.equineleadership.ca/fiftheditiongm.html 

10th  volume - The Three Grey Ponies, A Story Written in the Stars  

Quote: Each pony has encouraged healing, which has allowed me to know myself fully. An inward journey discovering chaos and order, neither bad nor good, but like sides of the same coin.

https://www.equineleadership.ca/volume10gm.html 

Thank you, Georgie for sharing your time, wisdom, and knowledge with us. With the utmost of gratitude.

Here is Georgie’s website, work we spoke of, and contact info:

https://georginamcburney.com/  (contact info available here)

https://forestedgetherapy.co.uk/  (a collaborative therapy Georgie is a part of)

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Inspire Me Equine

A Collaboration of Equine Leadership and Inspire Me Forward

Our fourth episode of Inspire Me Equine (Season 6 of Inspire Me Forward) Is rich and full of wisdom from our guest as well as the horses. Thank you, Greta Matos from Patagonia, Chile for joining me in this sacred space. We spoke of so much and I will let you, dear listener, find the wisdom that was meant for you.

Greta is an alumni author with Equine Leadership. The following are links to stories she has shared with us over the years. 

As Nature Intended

https://www.equineleadership.ca/7theditiongm.html

The Whisper of Reverence

https://www.equineleadership.ca/8theditiongm.html

Reawakening Our Peaceful Nature

https://www.equineleadership.ca/9theditiongm.html 

Here is a bit more about Greta and links to her essence that she shares: 

Greta is deeply committed to a life of intentional relationship with Earth, Horse and Soul. With her family and herd, she composes a life in the heart of Patagonia, where she is devoted to soulful relationships with human and non-human kin. Her life practice nurtures spaces where the wild essence of the horse, human and earth can encounter their shared language. Collaborating with horse herds at liberty, she works with folks longing to deepen their natural capacity to flow and evolve authentically with all that exists within the unknown. She is a writer, a mother, a soul friend and a dedicated spirit. 

Quila Quina - https://quilaquina.com/my-work

Instragram - @curakuda / @wanderwithgreta

Contact - [email protected]

Thank you, Greta for sharing your time, wisdom, and knowledge with us. With the utmost of gratitude.

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Inspire Me Equine

A Collaboration of Equine Leadership and Inspire Me Forward

Our third episode of Inspire Me Equine (Season 6 of Inspire Me Forward) is rich and full of wisdom from our guest as well as her herd. Thank you, Kelly Jones of Unbridled Connection in Colorado, USA for joining me in this sacred space. We spoke of so much and I will let you, dear listener, find the wisdom that was meant for you.

Kelly is an alumni author with Equine Leadership. The following are links to stories she has shared with us over the years. 

Equine Leadership Publications

6th Volume 

Allowing and Healing with Horses 

https://www.equineleadership.ca/6theditionkj.html 

9th Volume

Simplification and Love

https://www.equineleadership.ca/9theditionkmj.html 

10th Volume

From Doing and Being

https://www.equineleadership.ca/volume10kj.html 

 Here are some links to learn more about or contact Kelly:

Web Sites:

https://www.unbridledconnection.com/
https://www.equisomatic.com/home 

Links: 

Somatic Experiencing International, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner

https://directory.traumahealing.org/practitioner/kelly-jones/

Peer Support Professional
https://cmwn.org/

Natural Lifemanship Institute
 https://naturallifemanship.com/
 
   
Kelly’s Book:

Unbridled Connection: Soul Discovery Through Nature & Horses
 https://bookstore.weeva.com/products/unbridled-connection-soul-discovery-through-nature-horses

Thank you, Kelly, for sharing your time, wisdom, and knowledge with us. With the utmost of gratitude.

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Inspire Me Equine

A Collaboration of Equine Leadership and Inspire Me Forward

Our second episode of Inspire Me Equine (Season 6 of Inspire Me Forward) Is rich and full of wisdom from our guest as well as the horses. Thank you, Debbie La-Haye of Horses Helping People in Buckinghamshire, UK, for joining me in this sacred space. We spoke of so much, and I will let you, dear listener, find the wisdom that was meant for you.

Debbie is an alumni author with Equine Leadership. The following are links to stories she has shared with us over the years. 

THE ULTIMATE IN ‘LESS is MORE’

How hanging out with the herd can change our lives

https://www.equineleadership.ca/fiftheditiondlh.html 

Treasure Hunt

https://www.equineleadership.ca/9theditiondlh.html

The Herd – our welcome feature in our 10th Anniversary volume

https://www.equineleadership.ca/volume10featuredlh.html 

 Debbie spoke of her profound time in the Lake District with the Fell herds. Here is a link to that group.

Learning Wild courses
 https://learningwilduk.wixsite.com/learningwild

Fell Pony Heritage Trust - https://www.fpht.co.uk/

Debbie can be contacted via her website: https://horseshelpingpeople.co.uk/ 

Thank you, Debbie for sharing your time, wisdom, and knowledge with us. With the utmost of gratitude.

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