Can I tell you something funny? Years ago, before I had children, I was one of ‘those’ people. You know the ones that say “when I have children, I will have them at the stables with me all the time because nothing will change”. I usually followed it up with something offhand like “they will fit in with my schedule”. …
It’s always the same. The same sentences are being spoken and written about the same things. And I’ve been thinking about why it is this way. Why do most riders make the same ‘resolutions’ year in and year out? Rather than growing, building, and developing so that they get to create something different each year they are together? How about…
What are your plans for your riding this week? Specific plans… Not what you think you will do. Or what you ‘might’ do if you have time… One of the biggest things that hold riders back, particularly riders who are working alone, is the lack of a plan. And this does not have to be the case. Yes, I get…
We are all guilty of wasting time at some point or another in our day to day lives. However, I want to challenge you for 1 month to NOT waste any more of your time with your horse. Riding for the sake of saying you rode is a waste of time. Clocking in the hours is not the same as…
What will you be doing with your horse this week? Seem’s like an innocent enough question… ‘Ah, a bit of this and a dash of that’… And there is the problem. If you committed to actually planning out the answer to this question for the coming 4 weeks in your riding, you can, potentially, change everything. The Same Thing =…
I have a little ‘test’ for you… Can you describe, in full detail, each interaction you had with your horse 4 weeks ago? Yes, go back 4 weeks and each of the lunging or riding sessions you had with your horse, describe what happened. How was your mood? What did you focus on and how did that go? Now, I’m…
