What's your favourite sound? You know, the one that evokes happy memories or gives you a warm fuzzy feeling? I know what mine is! 🙂

Imagine this ... In the next 24 hours every human being will leave this planet. We won't be harmed in any way but ⁉️ we don't know where we're going ⁉️ we don't know if we'll end up with the same people ⁉️ we don't know if or when we're coming back to our homes. How would you spend your last hours on Earth?

Full disclosure - I saw @Brenda Rigney posting a version of this and thought it would be a fun thing to try here 😊 How it works … Post 2 things that are true about your experiences with horses and thing that’s a big fat lie 😊 Try to guess each other’s. I’ll go first in the comments 😊

I had a slight accident last week. Nothing serious, just an undignified fall resulting in some bruised ribs that totally slowed me down and left me feeling very sorry for myself. And there wasn't a horse in sight! The physical slow down opened more opportunities (time) to develop online projects I'm working on, but the feeling sorry for myself stopped me in my tracks. There I was, wishing I could clone myself so I could devote time to all the exciting things in the pipeline, yet when I couldn't do the physical, hands-on part of my job, I couldn't muster up the energy to focus on the online stuff. And I'm trying to figure out why! I firmly believe that KNOWING YOUR WHY is the foundation and pre-requisite for all forward movement. So I would really appreciate any help finding the WHY of my inertia. Answers on a postcard (in the comments) please 🙂

In a 30 minute session today, a young woman worked on 🐴 sequencing 🐴 Planning and organising 🐴 decision making 🐴 problem solving 🐴 attention to detail 🐴 working memory 🐴 task switching 🐴emotional awareness 🐴 self regulation 🐴 impulse control 🐴 confidence 🐴 communication 🐴 resilience 🐴 situational awareness 🐴 risk awareness 🐴 observational skills 🐴 non-verbal communication 🐴 timing and judgment 🐴 trust building 🐴 boundary awareness 🐴 congruence 🐴 autonomy and responsibility 🐴 fine and gross motor skills 🐴 spatial awareness 🐴 balance and posture…. and more! Anyone care to guess how all this happened in one relaxed 30 minute ground-based equine-assisted learning session?