Exploration, Discovery and Mastery
EXPLORATION
Change begins when you decide you are ready to look at your current beliefs, attitudes and behaviors with an open mind and heart.
DISCOVERY
Each exploration with the horse offers you the opportunity to discover with clarity your authentic self, formulate new skills and create positive change.
MASTERY
You’ll find that the skills you bring to each new experience will take you further in life and give you the confidence to be the best version of you!
OUR MISSION
Our mission at Life Lessons with Horses is to offer individuals and organizations, unique and enjoyable programs with horses to explore, discover and master the skills necessary for a balanced, healthy and fulfilling life!
Cathy’s Story
Founder, professional teacher, facilitator and coach
Cathy Mahon, founder of Life Lessons with Horses is a dedicated teacher, facilitator and coach. Her demeanor is one of patience kindness and gentleness, with just enough insistence to move you in a confident relationship with the horses.
Cathy has a passion for horses and understands and appreciates the brilliance of their natural wisdom and intuition. Through her extensive training and experience, she guides and encourages you to discover your true self through your interactions with the horse, all while keeping an important measure of safety as the number one priority.
Cathy’s ability as a coach and facilitator will not only lead you into a soft yet powerful connection, but she will step back and allow you to find the sacred space to see yourself mirrored within the heart of the horse.
With her guidance and the horse’s gentle but firm teaching approach, you’ll step beyond what you thought possible in your life, out to new places of exploration, discovery and mastery!
Cathy Mahon
Woman in the Arena
Reflections, Insights and More
Horses Understand Community
Equine Experiential Education You wouldn’t think that spending my days with horses would give me greater insight into recent world events, but I’m convinced that everything I’ve learned about human nature and the troubles that exist in everyday life has been through...
When Doing More is Not Enough
EXPLORE Today is one of those “walk the talk” days in which I am working on being responsible for the circumstances of my life while becoming keenly aware of how my own beliefs, thoughts and behaviors are directing my experiences. It began when I couldn’t shake the...
Passive or Aggressive? A Third Option
This life lesson blog is a fictional re-creation of real life experiences with my students designed to maintain anonymity and confidentiality. On a gray winter afternoon in the middle of a round pen surrounded by green pastures and majestic Douglas firs, the young...
Taking Risks-Life or Death?
RECOGNIZING RISK I was having a conversation recently with my hubby about the subject of taking risk. Earlier in the week, he had been driving home on our road and noticed a car slowing down in front of him and then eventually coming to a complete stop. He decided to...