Back when I was a teenager- or at least on the cusp of teenage-ness, probably around 13 years old, my parents bought me a horse who was called Minnie. At that stage of my life, Minnie was beyond anything I had allowed myself to dream. She was beautiful, the colour of red burnished treacle. I […] The post Why You Need To Take Yourself Seriously. You Know, Make A Big Deal Of Yourself. appeared first on Confident Rider - Mindset, Movement & Nervous System Regulation for Equestrians ..read more

Lovely people, I’m back– Both on the airways with the Confident Rider Podcast more generally speaking, and with two of my favourites, the incredible Tania Kindersley and Kathy Price. If you are familiar with our catch ups from the past you will know that the usual format runs to something like the following:  What do […] The post On Time, Space & Bigger Questions with Tania Kindersley & Kathy Price appeared first on Confident Rider - Mindset, Movement & Nervous System Regulation for Equestrians ..read more

I often joke about wanting to be Arwen from Lord of The Rings. I use the word ‘joke’ loosely, because potentially, if given the option, I would seriously consider it. I talk about her to my horse, Merc, so much that he’s really started to buy into the whole situation also, despite being slightly concerned […] The post On The Importance Of Imagination, Archetypes & The Mythic appeared first on Confident Rider - Mindset, Movement & Nervous System Regulation for Equestrians ..read more

There’s a small mound that lies a few meters down from our top paddock that’s one of my favourite places to sit. Maybe you would like to sit there with me too. It’s covered by long grass which makes it a little hard to see, but if you go through the gate and head left […] The post On Glimmers, Shards & Small Happinesses appeared first on Confident Rider - Mindset, Movement & Nervous System Regulation for Equestrians ..read more

The word ‘mother’ covers many situations and complexities. We can be a mother to biological children. We can be mother to children not born to us. We can mother, never having given birth nor lived with a child. We can mother in the face of loss, or within a framework that was very different to […] The post On Mothering, Matrescence & Horses appeared first on Confident Rider - Mindset, Movement & Nervous System Regulation for Equestrians ..read more

On navigating difficult conversations or, not wasting energy on attempting to change the mind of people who aren’t ready for it or open to it. Today, is a short one. I just wanted to flag that up to prove I’m capable of a writing brief post (which, ironically, is getting longer by the second). Ready? […] The post On Navigating Difficult Conversations appeared first on Confident Rider - Mindset, Movement & Nervous System Regulation for Equestrians ..read more

6 things to think about when you are short on time but still want to work with your horse. 1. Choose one thing If you only have a limited time to work, choose something which is possible and achievable to work with. The number of times that I have started playing with my horse, only […] The post 6 Things To Think About When You’re Short On Time (But Still Want To Work Your Horse) appeared first on Confident Rider - Mindset, Movement & Nervous System Regulation for Equestrians ..read more

On pressure or, How tightly do you hold things when only lightness is needed? I was sitting on some bizarre exercise machine whose official title I do not know to name, when the words were said to me that changed my relationship to my body and my horse from that moment forward. ‘You don’t have […] The post On Pressure or, How Tightly Do You Hold Things When Only Lightness Is Needed? appeared first on Confident Rider - Mindset, Movement & Nervous System Regulation for Equestrians ..read more

Training while holding a tea-light candle, otherwise known as: Going against the grain. I truly don’t think I would ever have started my own business if I didn’t live in the location that I do. Isolation, combined with a healthy appetite for learning, the willingness to figure things out and take consistent action, and never […] The post Training While Holding A Tea Light Candle (Or Going Against The Grain) appeared first on Confident Rider - Mindset, Movement & Nervous System Regulation for Equestrians ..read more

In the early hours of Sunday, the clocks changed. Time- the ability for someone to make a decision about it, the ability to fiddle with it- is a fascination to me. That I can be sleeping, my horses are grazing, the moths flying around, navigating by the moon. None of us notice a difference in […] The post Time: Did You Feel The Clocks Go Back? appeared first on Confident Rider - Mindset, Movement & Nervous System Regulation for Equestrians ..read more