by cathymahon | Aug 21, 2019 | equine assisted learning, leadership training with horses, team building with horses
This life lesson blog is a fictional re-creation of real life experiences with my students designed to maintain anonymity and confidentiality. EYE CONTACT The afternoon I took my student Trina out to meet Marvel, a beautiful paint gelding, she shared with me her... 
by cathymahon | Aug 14, 2019 | equine assisted learning, Horse as Teacher, life skills
This life lesson blog is a fictional re-creation of real life experiences with my students designed to maintain anonymity and confidentiality. ARE YOU BREATHING? Each time the student walked toward the horse, the little bay mare turned and left him to join the rest of... 
by cathymahon | Aug 9, 2019 | equine assisted learning, Horse as Teacher, life skills
This life lesson blog is a fictional re-creation of real life experiences with my students designed to maintain anonymity and confidentiality. Parameters: (in general use) a limit or boundary that defines the scope of a particular process or activity FIRST TRY She... 
by cathymahon | Jul 31, 2019 | Horse as Teacher, life skills, personal reflection
Before I became a coach, facilitator and teacher of “Life Lessons with Horses”, I was a health care professional for 29 years-an authority on the workings of the human body. At least that was what my professional license said. When I first decided to... 
by cathymahon | Apr 25, 2019 | Horse as Teacher
I’ve discovered that when I communicate with horses (nonverbally, of course), they give me one of two answers to a request to engage with them. They will say, “Cathy, I see you, I hear you, I understand what you’re doing and I’m willing to join you” (emotionally,...