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On your quest to becoming a more confident rider, enjoy learning tips and insights from my twenty-four years of teaching riding, as well as over one hundred hypnotherapy sessions, that have enhanced my understanding of the rider's mind tremendously.

Here are the top ten concepts that I have known to be true for my clients and for myself, when building confidence for riding horses, ponies, and any equine friend that has accepted your invitation to dance.

1. When it's time to ride, take a moment to really notice how you feel mentally, physically, and emotionally. If anything feels off, your horse will most certainly feel it. Remember, horses feel everything. 

So how does one check in with themselves in the most efficient ways , you might be thinking? Because let's face it. We are humans. We have to do all the adulting... and that takes up time! 

I'm glad you asked. One of the simplest ways to check in is to take...

Originally published in "Holistic Horse Magazine"

When taking lessons, there’s an unspoken rule that you should always listen to everything your trainer tells you to do, no matter what.

The horse world is filled with little inside phrases like, “Shut up and ride” or “I’m the trainer, that’s why.” or “You should have listened to your trainer in the first place.”

But what if you feel something going on within yourself (or your horse), and your trainer isn’t picking up on it?

It could be something as minor as preventing you from progressing that day or as major as avoiding an accident. Yet, your trainer is pushing you or brushing off how you’re feeling, or…

You’re just not feeling brave enough (or can’t find the right words) to express what that something is. What then?

The following words are said with great love and respect to all the hard working and incredibly gifted trainers out there, as I am...