In a couple of hours I’ll be boarding the 1.15am bus for a 2 1/2 hour trip to Dublin Airport. By 4am I will have found my 3 friends and we’ll be in the check in line for our flight to Madrid 😊 I’ve known these women since we were teenagers. We’ve navigated life together and once our children were looking after themselves we started these little getaways. Up until last year, we stayed in Ireland but we’ve since spread our wings. As we each turn 70, the birthday person is given a date and time to be at the airport - but doesn’t know the destination until we get to the gate. The birthday girl doesn’t pay for anything and we laugh ourselves silly for a few days. So I won’t be on Skool as much as usual until next week. Old friends are precious 😍 What’s your longest friendship?

It’s been a busy few weeks and we have plenty of updates! First, you can now earn a 40% affiliate when anyone you invite to the Horses Connect Skool community buys a course. Just press that INVITE button, enter your friend’s email, and Skool will walk you through how to set up your payment process. If the person you’ve invited buys one of the courses in the Classroom, you get a tidy 40% of the cost of that course for yourself – it’s a win-win! And there are more courses in the pipeline to suit all budgets. Meanwhile, over in our sister community, - SUSTAIN YOUR EA BUSINESS - things are hotting up! At the moment, it’s free to join but that’s changing on May 1st. If you’re already in, it will always be free. If you’re not, get in there quick and bring your friends. https://www.skool.com/sustain-your-ea-practice-3395/about Sustain your EA Business was created because over the past 10 years in this business we have seen too many amazing, gifted EA coaches become overwhelmed and beaten down by the weight of responsibility. Based on our own experience of how hard it can be sometimes; we designed THE REALISTIC PHASED GROWTH SYSTEM FOR INDEPENDENT EQUINE-ASSISTED PRACTITIONERS. A bit of a mouthful, but it does exactly what it says on the time! The last thing an overwhelmed person needs ius another thing to ‘DO’ so - to help ease everyone into using the system – we’re running a quick 3 Day Sprint. From Tuesday 21st – Thursday 23rd April, you’ll be given a very short task every day to encourage you to reconnect with what’s already working, and take one clear, doable step toward a business you can actually sustain and enjoy. We are passionate about collaboration, connection and communication within the EA world so everything we do comes from a genuine desire to make life easier for practitioners, their horses, their clients and this amazing work. So invite a friend into Horses Connect, join us in Sustain Your EA Business, and let’s grow stronger, steadier, and more supported together.

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! 🙂

Is anyone else old enough to remember the song that went ‘if you’re not with the one you love, love the one you’re with’ Not great relationship advice BUT that’s the theme of the free 3-day sprint we’re running in Sustain your EA business soon 😊 It’s for anyone a bit stuck or overwhelmed or lost. It starts with a look at the reality of your current situation and helps you identify how to make the most of it, without adding more stress or more 'stuff'! 😊 The Sustain your EA Business community is free to join until the end of April so get in quick 😊 https://www.skool.com/sustain-your-ea-practice-3395/about

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 😊