A little while back, I got to chatting with Lee McLean. At the time, I’d just released a conversation about the things I turn to when the world feels hard or tense, and we were discussing how the lessons we learn with horses often translate into everyday life. I found the conversation so engaging that I asked her to come on the podcast so we could share our thoughts with all of you.

For those who don’t know Lee, she’s a passionate horsewoman who “talks, thinks, and dreams horses non-stop.” Many of you may know her through her business and writings, much of which she shares on her Facebook page, Keystone Equine.

During our time together, we talk about:

• The lessons we’ve learned from our horses and how they support us in navigating daily life
• The nature of self-care (and our struggles with it)
• How we handle criticism
• Staying sane in the online world

It was such a pleasure to spend time with Lee- I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I did.

You can find Lee on her Facebook page here.

xx Jane 

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Jane Pike is a coach & horsewoman from the South Island of New Zealand. Her work focuses on practices and understandings that increase vitality for both humans and horses, incorporating nervous system awareness to both mindset and movement.

The methods she teaches explore physical and emotional patterns at their most foundational level- the brain and the nervous system- with the aim of creating adaptability and responsiveness, both in and out of the saddle.

Jane has featured and written for various magazines around the world and is a sought after international clinician and trainer through her business Confident Rider and her membership program, JoyRide.

Visit the link below to learn all about the JoyRide membership program, to help you think, feel, move & ride differently:

https://confidentrider.online/joyride/

For other resources:

Website: www.confidentrider.online

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheConfidentRider/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/confident_rider/

 

 

A few days back, I wrote a list of things that I had mused on, read, or noted down to consider when the world feels hard or tense.

I shared it first on Facebook, and then when the time came for our live Q&A in my membership program, JoyRide, I decided to share it there as well. 

Today's episode is a repeat of that conversation. It's neither conclusive nor definitive, but I think gives us some ideas that we can hold close to inform our action and behavior as we're moving through the world.

I hope it's useful in some way, thanks for listening!

xx Jane

Click here to learn all about my JoyRide membership, to help you think, feel, move & ride differently:

https://confidentrider.online/joyride/

For other resources:

Website: https://confidentrider.online/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheConfidentRider/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/confident_rider/

Oh, there are so many things that I have learned from being in coach with a focus on the nervous system.   In this episode, I pick five things that spring to mind as 'standouts'; things you may not have considered or fully understood previously when it comes to being in the world, working with horses and your nervous system health.   We talk about:   1. Why there is nothing wrong with being in fight flight. What we are ultimately seeking is "appropriate responsiveness", a nervous system that is accurately responding to the reality of the moment. 2. Why calm is not the goal   3. Why we need to take care not to use meditation, breath and mindfulness practices as another substitute for control. 4. The necessity of adaptability within the sympathetic system and why you want to be able to access the full spectrum of fight flight.     5. How our dominant western culture doesn't support a healthy nervous system state and what it is you need to thrive.     I hope you find it useful!    xx Jane  

Click here to learn all about my JoyRide membership, to help you think, feel, move & ride differently:

https://confidentrider.online/joyride/

For other resources:

Website: https://confidentrider.online/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheConfidentRider/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/confident_rider/

Lovely friend, this is the final session in our Christmas Conversations series. 

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has joined us for the live sessions, and to my incredible guests who given so much love and energy to our time together. I am so grateful to you all.

Today, I am joined by an incredible group of women: Tania Kindersley, Kathy Price and Stevie Delahunt.

I'm sure you will enjoy this conversation as much as any other, and I can't wait to hear about your thoughts and musings. 

If you want to get in touch with any one of them, you can do so in the following places:

Tania Kindersley:

Facebook via The Red Mare

Place of Peace on Substack

Tania Kindersley on Substack 

Kathy Price:

Here on her website 

On her Facebook page here

Stevie Delahunt:

Here on Facebook

Here on Instagram @adventuristbarbie

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Click below to learn all about my JoyRide membership, to help you think, feel, move & ride differently:

https://confidentrider.online/joyride/

For other resources:

Website: https://confidentrider.online/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheConfidentRider/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/confident_rider/

Fabulous souls, we are back with our second to last Christmas Conversation and it's another (christmas) cracker (I couldn't help adding that in there).

I'm so blessed to be joined by the wonderful trio that is Kimberly Carter, Brigid Piccaro & Terry Kuebler. In all truth, I don't know how to reduce the vast expanse of ground we covered over the course of our time together, so I will leave you to listen to it instead!

I hope you enjoy it, happy listening!

xx Jane

If you want to get in touch with anyone you heard today, here are the places to find them...

Kimberly Carter: https://stableroots.substack.com/

Terry Kuebler: https://www.terrykuebler.com/

Brigid Piccaro: [email protected]

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Click below to learn all about my JoyRide membership, to help you think, feel, move & ride differently:

https://confidentrider.online/joyride/

For other resources:

Website: https://confidentrider.online/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheConfidentRider/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/confident_rider/

 

Fabulous souls, welcome back to the fourth session in our Christmas Conversations series. I have been having so much fun with these, I don't want them to end!

Today I am joined by Kate Sandel, Elsa Sinclair & Chantel Prat for what was a wonderful conversation- I would love to hear your thoughts also!

Happy Listening!

xx Jane

You can find...

Kate Sandel here at Soft & Sound

Elsa Sinclair here at Taming Wild

Chantel Prat here on her website

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Click below to learn all about my JoyRide membership, to help you think, feel, move & ride differently:

https://confidentrider.online/joyride/

For other resources:

Website: https://confidentrider.online/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheConfidentRider/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/confident_rider/

Welcome back to the third conversation in our Christmas Conversations series.

Today, I am joined by the wonderful Christine Dickson, Joell Dunlap & Robyn Schiller. We are answering the questions:

What have you held close this year?

What has anchored you?

What are you being called towards?

What would you like to share?

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did, happy listening!

xx Jane

You can find...

Christine on her website here or email [email protected]

Joell on her website here or email [email protected]

Robyn on her website here or email [email protected]

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Click below to learn all about my JoyRide membership, to help you think, feel, move & ride differently:

https://confidentrider.online/joyride/

For other resources:

Website: https://confidentrider.online/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheConfidentRider/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/confident_rider/

Welcome to the second episode of our Christmas Conversations series- I'm so glad that you are here!

Today I'm joined by the incredible Denise Elizabeth Byron, Gareth Mare and Tayla Mari, once again exploring the questions of...

What have you held close this year?

What has anchored you?

What are you being called towards?

What would you like to share?

I so appreciated everything that was shared and am thrilled to be able to share it with you also.

Happy listening!

xx Jane

You can find:

Gareth Mare & Talya Mari here

Denise Elizabeth Byron here

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Click below to learn all about my JoyRide membership, to help you think, feel, move & ride differently:

https://confidentrider.online/joyride/

For other resources:

Website: https://confidentrider.online/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheConfidentRider/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/confident_rider/

For the month of December, I've gathered together some of my favourite people for a Christmas Conversations Series including my three incredible friends who joined me today- Karen Rohlf, Kathleen Beckham and Barbra Schulte.

Together, we answered the following questions:

What have you held close this year?

What has anchored you?

What are you being called towards?

What would you like to share?

Hand on heart, I think this is one of my favourite conversations I've been part of- I really hope you enjoy it!

Happy listening!

xx Jane

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Click below to learn all about my JoyRide membership, to help you think, feel, move & ride differently:

https://confidentrider.online/joyride/

For other resources:

Website: https://confidentrider.online/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheConfidentRider/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/confident_rider/

When I was considering what overwhelm feels like as an experience in the body, the image that came to mind was one of foggy, misty cliffs; a landscape where we are aware of what lies in front of us but where the weather patterns at play are preventing us from getting a clear sense of the path that we should follow and the direction we should head.

In other words, the experience of overwhelm is immobilising and removes us from the ability to act. 

In this episode, we discuss the atmospheric experience of overwhelm including:

• The indecisiveness of overwhelm, and how this creates a negative loop that compounds on itself
• Nervous system considerations when navigating overwhelm and how listening to your body is not always the best way forward
• Reclaiming agency and voice, and creating space between you and the experience of overwhelm

I hope you find it useful!

If you are interested in joining me in JoyRide for the course navigating overwhelm, you can learn more or sign up here.

Thanks for listening,

xx Jane

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Click below to learn all about my JoyRide membership, to help you think, feel, move & ride differently:

https://confidentrider.online/joyride/

For other resources:

Website: https://confidentrider.online/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheConfidentRider/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/confident_rider/