Been listening to your podcasts while flying here and there, love the way the universe works they always give you what you need, So many of the podcasts hit home and was exactly what i needed to hear.

Finding balance while you’re with horses is essential for consistency, relationship and success. Too much intention and it creates pressure. No plan and we flounder and don’t move forward. So how do we have goals and not be over focussed, and how do we set goals and still keep the relationship front of mind. It’s all about perception. If you believe training is hard, pressure, work not fun, then you are more likely to struggle to get on with it. If you’re driven, a goal oriented mindset, love pushing thru then you’re likely to be over focussed and turn training into a job and over do things. Your perception is yours and that’s ok, but we need to look at our patterns to work out what needs to change in order to find balance. Horsemanship is about us more than horses and to be our best we have to look at ourselves way before we start blaming the horses. Easy for some. Others have a pattern of moving a horse on, only to encounter the same issue in the next horse. Horse humble us, or at least they should. It’s our job to self assess and better ourselves for the sake of our journey. Take a moment today to think about patterns and how you much we get stuck in them. It’ll change a little something that your horse will appreciate.

I feel….. I am….. My issue….. All statements that we randomly say without thinking about the effect those works have on is. When we label ourselves we are concreting those emotions. Setting them in stone with no room for change. Language is everything. In our horsemanship, but also in every day life. Be careful what you wish for…..be careful what you say. Take notice of the following statements and notice the difference in them, how each of them feel, even though they are very similar statements. ‘ I am so tired of everything. Life is hard.’ ‘ I’m am feeling tired right now. Life can be hard sometimes.’ One is final, one is temporary. This allows us to feel like we can do something to improve things, rather than feel defeated. Hear yourself. It’s the first step in self care.

Community and the feeling of having someone that has your back is the heart and soul of horsemanship. This journey is hard enough, but without support it’s almost unbearable. Having the right people helps so much. What your favourite thing to do with friends and horses?

Hi Eliza question, with my new horse Artimas he likes to kick out with both back feet at one of my horses especially at dinner time which courses a bit of a problem, is there a way that i can influence him so the kicking out is not the most desirable behaviour ??