The Horseman's Mindset

We kick off this episode with a guest, Kim Johnson.  Kim has started a local Fellowship of Christian Athletes Equestrian chapter and is hosting events out of my home barn the old Equus Curito Equine …

Do you have a plan on how to warm your horse up for an event?  Or do you just kind of "wing it" every time?  Maybe you have been trying one warm up plan and it hasn't been working and you didn't even…

Do you have a horse that runs up and down hills on the trail?  Or worse, bucks while doing a hill?  YIKES!!!  This can be a tricky problem to solve because there are lots of possibly reasons as to wh…

Do you ever feel overwhelmed with the amount of information that is out there?  How do you know if a technique will work for you?  In this episode Ashley explains her method of testing out new inform…

Update on recent happenings and I walk you through a groundwork session on a training horse and how I reframed my own expectations of what that session would be and how I would fix a connection probl…

Do you ever stop to consider what it is you have been consuming mentally?  You may be unwilling to put yourself in a place right now of self-reflection.  And that is ok.  Life is seasonal.  Sometimes…

Fear can feel like an impossible barrier to your goals with your horse.  It is your brain's job to keep you safe so it compiles all of the the information gained from the past to draw conclusions of …

The freeze response is an often overlooked side of horse behavior.  Horses that have learned to go into freeze get labeled "unpredictable", "counterfeit", "dishonest" etc... when actually it is an in…

What is it that makes some people learn so much faster than others?  Is it natural ability, skill, intelligence?  All of those things can play a role but what really levels the playing field may surp…

"We are not in charge of our horses timeline: they are. And whenever possible, if our horse is really struggling with a concept, I think it's critical that we spend the time on it until we're able to…

This episode is about Regaining our momentum when it has been lost.  If you have owned a horse for long enough you have experienced a loss of momentum or a roadblock, of sorts, placed in the way of y…

Do you find it hard to mentally move past bad experiences with your horse?  Do you end up in a spiral of self deprecating thoughts and guilt?  ME TOO!  In this episode I will share with you how to sh…