Every Journey - Equine Integrative Coaching & Counseling, LLC

01/24/2026

2016 January storm - Jackie & Ranger were ready for the blizzard. Stood outside the whole time🤦🏻‍♀️❄️⛄️

01/23/2026

01/15/2026

When a Horse Lets Go

A horse does not relax by accident.
Its body is built for alertness.
For flight.
For survival 🐎🤍

So when it exhales deeply beside you,
lets its neck soften,
and releases the tension it carries—
that is not rest.

That is surrender.

It is saying,
“For this moment, I do not need to be ready.”
“For this moment, I am safe.”

Trust like that is not loud.
It is profound.

01/13/2026

Morning Mantra: "How people treat you is their karma. How you react is yours.”

When someone treats you badly or talks about you behind your back, don't take it personally. It's says nothing about you but a whole lot about them.

Why is it we want to automatically think something is done because of who we are instead of who THEY are? You are not the one judging and being mean.

So let them. Don't react to something unless you know for certain it is being said or done on purpose. Then respond with curiosity as to why they feel this way. Communicate with the intention of understanding not retaliation.

No one can make you feel a certain way without your permission- so don't allow someone else's limited view of you change who you really are.



Image: Horses for the Spirit

01/13/2026

Grief doesn’t always look like tears.

Sometimes it looks like tiredness that doesn’t lift.
Like carrying on when something inside you has stopped moving. We have all experienced that
Like loving deeply — and having nowhere for that love to go.

We learn to hide grief well.
To function.
To stay useful.
To not make it uncomfortable for anyone else.

But grief lives in the body.
And the body remembers what the mind tries to move past.

Horses sense this without needing to know the details.
They meet the heaviness without asking us to explain it.
They don’t try to cheer us up or pull us forward.

They stay. They help us belong !
And in that staying, something softens.
Not because the grief disappears —
but because it is finally allowed to be held.

Nothing is wrong with you if grief still visits.
It comes back when there is enough safety to feel it.

And sometimes, being witnessed is the beginning of learning how to breathe around it again.

12/19/2025

I don’t think the herd is saying “good morning” ☀️🥕🍎

12/01/2025

Every experience leaves a trace in how we show up physically. Horses pick up on these cues because, as prey animals, it's part of how they navigate their world.

When guided by trained professionals, this awareness becomes a powerful tool for reflection and growth. Horses For Mental Health highlights this work so more people can find care that feels grounded and real.

Learn more at horsesformentalhealth.org 🐴

11/24/2025

Morning Mantra: "The vacation we often need is a break from our own mind."

I don't know about you, but I need a break.
From worrying about my business.
From concern for my family.
From the stress of the condition of our planet.
From politically induced hyper-concern for marginalized people.

It's getting to me.

But I also know I am in charge of my feelings.
I can take a break- or 20- and reduce the stress and worry.
I can recharge in nature or at the barn.
I can reconnect with my breath through meditation.
I can Facetime, write love letters, and send care packages.
I can flip the thought patterns that control my emotions from negative to positive.
When there is nothing I can do to change the outside world, I turn to controlling what's inside of me.