_____________________________________________________________________________My own journey in operating more from my authentic Self began the winter of 2001 after what I can best describe as a breakdown, which lasted about a week. It was one very long week... LET ME TELL YOU!  I felt as if someone close to me was going to die. Needless to say, I was distraught!  At the time, I didn’t have any idea who was supposedly going to die. I felt as if it would be someone close to me.  My guess back then was perhaps someone in my immediate family, my husband or child. As I sit here writing this, I wonder... was the experience a wake up call? My best Self sensing the need for my little self to transform?   

At the end of that very long week, and asking that age-old question, "What do I want to do when I grow up?" I woke to an epiphany that I wanted to guide others to learn and grow while working with horses. I wasn’t sure exactly what that would look like, only what it wouldn’t look like. As fate would have it, I was introduced to an organization that advocated for the use of horses in learning and psychotherapy.  PLEASE NOTE:  I am not a therapist. If you currently employ a therapist or coach to work with you, your family, or group, they're welcome to contact me to explore the possibility of a team approach.

As a be-U-T-full consequence of my studies, I realized the need to emerge from the stifling overlay of destructive environmental and social conditioning I had agreed to (albeit unconsciously ) over the years, to begin giving myself license to be my own authority, and orchestrate my own paradigm shifts. An even better question to ask myself back in 2001 was how and what did I want to be?

The return to Self and creating more meaningful relationship with others hasn't always been easy. Sometimes, it's downright painful. One of the greatest things I’ve discovered is this- it helps to grow playfully whenever possible!  And another thing— there are endless possibilities!