Many of us spend our lives chasing goals, adopting habits, and ‘optimising’ who we think we should be. But what if the clarity you're looking for is already there, just buried under the noise? We’ve just opened a new free course in the CLASSROOM 🙂 WHO ARE YOU? is a grounded exploration designed to help you identify and deal with your personal 'horsesh1t' and reconnect with your natural self. No performance. No 'right answers.' Just 20 minutes of quiet reflection. When was the last time you experienced being 100% aligned with your values, vision, talents, and strengths Let me know in the comments. I’m looking forward to hearing what you notice.

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?

I’m a big fan of AI for help with admin-type tasks but it’s never going to come close to what a horse can provide 😊 AI processes information. 🐴 A horse feels information. An AI can help you think differently. 🐴 A horse helps you be different AI responds to what you say. 🐴 A horse responds to who you are. One is trained on data. The other is tuned to truth. And here’s the kicker… AI can simulate connection. You can’t fake that with a horse - Not for a second. The real magic isn’t choosing one over the other… It’s knowing when you need information …and when you need real presence. QUESTION Right now… do you need more information or more connection?

My take on 'perfect' is that it's a myth fed to us by outside influences with an agenda to keep us looking outside ourselves for answers. Of course perfection exists - but is temporary. That perfect thing - 👉 The bed you carefully prepared for your horse 👉 The meal you poured love into. 👉 The going out look you spent hours getting just right is no longer perfect as soon as it fulfils its purpose. Advertising would love us to believe that we can reach perfection if only we we look, smell, dress or behave in a certain way. The antidote for this relentless pressure from businesses invested in promoting insecurity is to spend time with animals and/or in nature. That's where we are fully accepted for who we are. That's where the pressure to be, do or have anything doesn't exist! And that's where we get a sense of authentic perfection 💓

I definitely fall naturally and firmly into the Introvert category, but I have been known to unleash my inner Extrovert when necessary. I’m also right-brained - but can access left brain characteristics. And I doubt I’m alone 😊 Some equine training methods categorise horses as right or left brained, and as introverts or extroverts. What’s been your experience? Have you noticed introvert or extrovert behaviour in your horses? Can you see left or right brain thinking? Or, like us, are they all wonderfully unique combinations of nature, nurture and experiences?