Gaining more by Letting Go – How to Unclog the Abundant Flow of Possibilities

“Abundance is a process of letting go; that which is empty can receive.” – Bryant H. McGill

Let it go, let it be, let it flow. Easier said than done, they say. But is it?

The hardest part about letting go of anything isn’t usually the act of letting go itself. Hanging onto something that’s trying to get away is much more difficult and takes a lot more effort than simply letting go of it. It is the resistance to the act of letting go that makes it hard to do – the fear, the uncertainty, the aversion to change. Resistance takes a lot of effort – it is the action of going against something. While it can be worth the effort to fight for something that’s truly […]

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Moving Forward One Step at a Time. Why and How to Take Action

Do you ever feel stuck? Have you noticed that some days things just feel harder than others? During “good times” you may feel inspired, motivated, energized, excited or even joyful and enthusiastic about the day ahead. But sometimes, for any number of reasons, life can feel overwhelming and just plain hard to manage. Whether it’s a sad personal experience, fear of an unknown future, current world events, health problems, anxiety, grief or unclear reasons, sometimes moving forward can just feel like a struggle.

When you find yourself in one of these times, taking action can help!  Although, it can be challenging to motivate during times of […]

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Horse Wisdom – Giving “Taking Action” a Try

In a recent teen group, Marcie*, was feeling stressed, anxious and irritated. In a particularly frustrated moment, she asked to separate herself from the group and took a seat outside of the arena. 

After some time, one of the facilitators checked in on her. When asked how she was doing, Marcie shared that she didn’t really know what to do, she wanted to come join the group but she was afraid that her emotional state would be too hard for the equines. She was still feeling really frustrated and agitated and she didn’t want to upset them so she figured “I’d better just stay where I am and not try to do anything else”. We asked if she’d be willing to just give it […]

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The Choice is Yours

When was the last time you noticed yourself making a choice about something? What comes to mind? Are you searching for your last big or “important” decision like “I had to choose whether to accept a job offer that wasn’t ideal” or “what to name our new baby” or something more basic like “what photo to use for my profile” or “what to wear out to dinner last night”?  What about your choice to read this article? Did that come to mind? Your choice to get up out of bed this morning? Your choice to smile at your neighbor as they walked by? To take a drink of water just now?

We are constantly making choices, some of them stand out and take time and effort […]

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Horse Wisdom – Are you Choosing?

Thomas* was having a really hard time getting our “golden boy”, through the obstacle course set up for him.  He was working on being able to overcome some identified challenges and meet his goal of “confidence” in his new management position.

After some time struggling at a particular obstacle (labeled uncertainty) in the course, Thomas looked to us with exasperation. He exclaimed that the horse was being “stubborn” and that he just didn’t want to move. We noticed that rather than looking where he wanted to go, Thomas was pulling on and sternly looking at his horse, totally focused on what the horse was doing, or rather, NOT doing. We asked Thomas to check in with where his focus was. […]

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