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 27, 2019 | life skills, personal reflection
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... 
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 | Jan 31, 2019 | Horse as Teacher, life skills, personal reflection
By Joy Riccardo The famous Chinese philosopher, Lao Tzu, once said, “When the student is ready, the teacher appears. When the student is truly ready, the teacher disappears”. In this story, my version goes like this, “the student was still not ready as the teacher...