As hypnotherapy for riders gains ever more interest, here's my take on what hypnotherapy really is (it's not what you think) and what it's absolutely not (again not what you think). I'll debunk some myths that have been around since the Middle Ages and still linger in the 21st century. And just how could hypnotherapy help you?

Thinking, thinking about thinking and overthinking - does that describe you?! If so, it's a habit you can kick, find out how on this episode.

What's flat-pack furniture from IKEA got to do with relaxing and decompressing? Have a listen and I'll tell you all about the IKEA effect! Yes, it's a real thing!

Do you have a busy headspace? Are you rushing from one thing to another inside your head jumping from one task to another, overthinking, catastrophising? 

Inside our head problems are to do with the fact that we don't ground ourselves, we're too much in our internal world. We need earthing as much as an electric fence, otherwise we don't work!

Some people are gifted with a strong mindset and they seem less swayed by the events around them. What are they doing inside their head? They probably couldn't tell you, it's automatic for them; but we can unpack their thinking and use it for ourselves. 

The unconscious or subconscious mind is the mind of emotions, habits, patterns and memories, it is about 95-97% of the mind. Get your unconscious on board and you'll whizz through challenges! 

But the unconscious is not logical and is not the mind of will-power or analysis or rational thinking. So how on earth do we get it to work for us? 

Do you have competing thoughts that stop your enjoyment of competition? Why do we continue to compete? What does competing do for the mind? How can we compete AND enjoy it?!

Do horses really sense human emotions? And if so, are they impacted by them? Can humans detect horse emotions? There's lots of anecdotal evidence, but what does the peer-reviewed research say?

NLP - neurolinguistic programming - many people use it and have had training or coaching in it, yet if you ask someone what NLP is, they struggle to define it or describe it! In this episode, I explain why NLP is great for anyone, but especially equestrians interested in mindset what it is and what it is not!