TAILS of Transformation

12/24/2025

12/21/2025

Happy Holidays! I am off work for this next week, spending lots of good holiday time with my family. I will get back to everyone the following week. If you are interested in scheduling sessions the second week of winter break feel free to write now and I’ll return all emails and messages when I am back at work! 🐴 🎄

12/11/2025

🐴 For those who go to the barn to heal....

There’s a reason the barn feels different when your heart is heavy.
A reason the air seems softer,
the sounds quieter,
the world a little easier to breathe in.

Horses don’t ask what’s wrong.
They don’t expect you to explain
or justify
or pretend you’re fine.

They just feel you.
They read the things you don’t say,
the weight you carry,
the storm you’re trying to hide.

Somehow, they know.

And in their gentle, wordless way,
they offer you the kind of healing
people struggle to give.

The kind that doesn’t require talking.
The kind that doesn’t rush you.
The kind that doesn’t judge your hurt
or your tears
or the silence you bring with you.

Just being near them…
something shifts.
Your breathing slows.
Your shoulders drop.
Your heartbeat softens
into the rhythm of theirs.

Because horses don’t heal you
with answers,
they heal you
with presence.

With stillness.
With trust.
With the reminder that it’s okay
to take things one step at a time.

Sometimes healing looks like
brushing out a mane
until your thoughts untangle with it.
Sometimes healing looks like
burying your face in a warm neck
and letting the tears fall because
you’ve been trying to hold it together
for too long.

And sometimes healing is just
standing in the quiet,
with a horse beside you,
while the pieces inside you
slowly settle into place again.

Not because the pain is gone,
but because you remember
you’re not facing it alone.

For anyone going through something heavy right now…
for anyone who slips away to the barn
just to feel like themselves again…
you’re not weak.
You’re healing.

And there is no safer place
for a hurting heart
than beside a horse
who understands without ever asking why.

How have horses healed you?

12/09/2025

🌟 It’s Colorado Gives Day! 🌟
Today your donation makes an even bigger impact for the kids and families we serve at TAILS of Transformation.
Every contribution—big or small—helps us provide safe, meaningful, and growth-focused programs that support confidence, emotional regulation, connection, and healthy development. Your generosity helps care for our horses, maintain our facilities, fund scholarships, and ensure every child has access to the support they need.
💛 Give today and help us continue changing lives—one child and one horse at a time.
Thank you for believing in this work and in the youth of our community.
👉 Donate here: https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/Tails-Of-Transformation

12/08/2025

Don’t lose that connection this winter. It’s cold. We all want to stay inside under the covers. But ensuring we get out and connect is important and can mean the difference between a teen that can regulate and one that loses themself. We continue with programs as much as possible during the winter to make sure they stay connected. Try and do the same for your kiddos, even just once in a while. Even when it’s hard. (Side note, I know the struggles of parenting from a personal level. It’s not easy. It takes a village. It takes a lot of effort. And it’s hard! No one does it perfectly. We are human. Don’t give up.)

12/07/2025

Helping youth overcome challenges and build happy futures!

Thank you thank you thank you, to all of you that have supported us already this year and during this Colorado Gives Event! There are 3 days left to donate! How can you say no to these faces 🩵

https://www.coloradogives.org/donate/Tails-Of-Transformation

12/04/2025

Our new shelter is arriving next week! Yay! A HUGE thank you to everyone that helped us in purchasing this. And thank you to Southwest Shed Co for building it!

We are still short on funds for the shelter (and to ensure we have program funds). If you’d like to help with the shelter or programs in the coming year please consider donating now until December 9th for Colorado Gives Day!
https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/Tails-Of-Transformation
An incentive fund helps us raise even more!!

Life skills are essentially those abilities that help promote mental well-being and competence in young people as they face the realities of life. They are NECESSARY and having opportunities to develop these all throughout their development years is crucial. TAILS of...

11/23/2025

With the recent EVH-1 outbreak, TAILS is taking every precaution to keep our horses safe. All horses will remain on our property, and we kindly ask visitors who have their own equines at home to follow biosecurity practices—please wash your hands and change your clothes and footwear before coming to the farm. Horses can carry the virus without showing any symptoms, so these steps are essential. Thank you for helping us protect our equine partners.

11/20/2025

Help support us during Colorado Gives Day; an organization that has heart, honesty, and dedication to individual care of our county's youth and families.

Colorado Gives day is December 9th, but early giving has already begun. Choosing to donate this way is more impactful. Every donation made by December 9th is boosted by a portion of a large incentive fund, meaning your money goes further. Our most recent fiscal year's impact is shown in the document here. With your support we can continue to grow and serve more of our community.

https://www.coloradogives.org/org.../Tails-Of-Transformation

11/19/2025

ISO someone/a company that can anchor our forthcoming shelter!

Update: I have 1 estimate in progress. Feel free to contact me with an additonal including your plan for anchoring.

Good morning community! We have a plan for our shelter to be put in, yay! Our request is help with anchoring it to the ground. While the company can do it, they have to travel far and so bringing their equipment will be costly. If anyone knows of a company that can secure a “portable” shelter to th ground (concrete and metal of some sort), please contact us for more details! We want to get our horses all set up for the winter weather! Thank you 🩵her ig fo

11/09/2025

https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/Tails-Of-Transformation/

We’ve found that one of the biggest challenges youth face is a lack of confidence—whether in themselves, their abilities, or facing new challenges. Our programs help them build that confidence, along with many other important life skills. Help us support them in their growth by giving today. Thank you.