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Inspirations from the field
Inspirations from the field
How you do one thing is how you do EVERYTHING
Personal life and work life may seem separate on the outside, but on the inside, we operate in the same core ways, whatever the environment. How you do one thing is how you do EVERYTHING; whether it’s life, work, or relationships. In reality, you’re not a separate...
Coping with an extra load
A few days ago I spent the afternoon in the field with the horses in heavy rain observing how they dealt with it, especially as their current ‘summer’ field doesn’t have a shelter. They couldn’t escape the rain by sheltering and so they had to find other ways of...
What is connection with horses? By Midi Fairgrieve
I was thinking about this question the other day when I was standing with the horses waiting for the hoof trimmer. We were doing nothing in particular when a man appeared. He works on the farm and came over to have a chat. Within minutes he was scratching one of the...
Trauma and anxiety eased by the healing power of horses
This article was written by Sandra Dick, The Herald Newspaper, 6th September 2021. In a field, with warm sunlight streaming through the cracks in the wooden shelter and a soft layer of sand covering the ground, a woman rests her head rest on a pony’s back and closes...
Movement and Change
The horses have moved fields a lot this year and for various reasons are now on their 4th field move in just 7 months. It got me thinking about the effect of this on them; how do they cope with it, do they mind? Recently an old school friend mentioned that she was...
Getting caught up in other people dramas
I was thinking about this theme recently; the way it is so easy get caught up in other people’s dramas, or put more simply, take on their stuff to the detriment of ourselves. It’s a theme which often comes up, not just in my own life, but in counselling sessions with...