by cathymahon | Mar 1, 2021 | equine assisted learning, life coaching with horses, life skills
“OUR REAL POTENTIAL LIES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF OUR GREATEST FEAR” ON MY WAY If you saw me ride today, you’d never believe I was once terrified of getting on a horse. And yet, it took every ounce of courage I could muster the first time I put my leg... 
by cathymahon | Jan 11, 2021 | equine assisted learning, Horse as Teacher, life coaching with horses, life skills, personal reflection
REAL LIFE IS SCARY This past weekend I decided to do something scarier than I’ve ever done before. So scary that I couldn’t convince anyone else to do it with me. No, not sky diving from 10,000 feet or solo climbing Half Dome in Yosemite. I didn’t eat a chocolate... 
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... 
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... 
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... 
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...