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What Color is Your Horse?

What Color is Your Horse?

by cathymahon | Jun 23, 2020 | equine assisted learning, life coaching with horses

“If you walk in the footprints of others, you won’t make any of your own” FIRST IMPRESSIONS We hung close to the fence without interacting with the horses on the other side. The herd barely noticed us, instead gathering closer to one another as the...
Playing Can Save Your Life

Playing Can Save Your Life

by cathymahon | Nov 26, 2019 | equine assisted learning, Horse as Teacher, life coaching with horses, life coaching with horses, life skills

This life lesson blog is a fictional re-creation of real life experiences with my students designed to maintain anonymity and confidentiality. “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”-George Bernard Shaw  When was the last...
Overcome Overwhelm

Overcome Overwhelm

by cathymahon | Nov 20, 2019 | equine assisted learning, life coaching with horses, life skills, personal reflection

When a situation arises with someone, in which we feel overwhelmed or ill equipped to respond appropriately, Brene Brown, renowned author, researcher and social worker says, we will react automatically in one of three ways: go along to avoid conflict, avoid the...
Cut Stress Off at the Pass

Cut Stress Off at the Pass

by cathymahon | Nov 13, 2019 | equine assisted learning, Horse as Teacher, life coaching with horses, life skills

You can stop stress in its tracks and recover quickly from its fiendish grip. Scientists who study the human brain have determined that when you are stressed or scared, the immediate reaction is to run, fight, freeze or fawn (appease/go along with).  In this state...
The Beginners Mind

The Beginners Mind

by cathymahon | Nov 5, 2019 | equine assisted learning, life coaching with horses, life coaching with horses, life skills, personal reflection

EXPLORE In the past, I remember taking a horse into an arena thinking, “I don’t like beginnings.” Every time a new horse would come to me, their owner asking for help with training, I would remember the horse I’d just spent 6 weeks with and wished I could already be...
The Resilience Plan

The Resilience Plan

by cathymahon | Oct 22, 2019 | equine assisted learning, life coaching with horses, life skills

This life lesson blog is a fictional re-creation of real life experiences with my students designed to maintain anonymity and confidentiality. EXPLORE Deb reached down to pick up the horse’s foot as the mare stood quietly at the end of the rope in my hands. I...
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