by cathymahon | Sep 17, 2019 | equine assisted learning, Horse as Teacher, life skills
EXPLORE I’ve been putting myself out there a lot in the last five years. It’s not easy for me. My habit, learned at an early age was to keep in the background, do what was expected and don’t test the waters. The seas might be shark infested and who wants to go there?... 
by cathymahon | Sep 10, 2019 | equine assisted learning, Horse as Teacher, personal reflection
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... 
by cathymahon | Sep 4, 2019 | equine assisted learning, Horse as Teacher, leadership training 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. On a gray winter afternoon in the middle of a round pen surrounded by green pastures and majestic Douglas firs, the young... 
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...