Creativity is a central component of engagement with our equine partners and the key to any successful business.  But creativity isn’t just for artists, CEO’s, and organizations, it also has numerous benefits for daily living.

“Generating new ideas is not just a chance process… It does not happen to people who are not curious or inquiring or who are not engaged in a hard search for opportunities, possibilities, answers or inventions.”1

In our work with the horses we always say “there is no right or wrong, there is no failure, there is only the opportunity to do more of what works and less of what doesn’t.”

Creativity means taking risks…you have to be willing to do something that doesn’t work before you hit on something that does.

As Thomas Edison said after […]

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Horses are amazingly resilient and very forgiving.  Watch a herd for any period of time and you’ll see that just like any other social group they have their share of skirmishes and disagreements, yet they quickly let it go, re-connect as a herd, and move on with the business at hand.

In contrast, for us humans, letting go and moving forward can be extremely challenging.  Whether we have experienced a bruised ego or a serious physical or emotional violation, learning how to let go of resentment and anger is essential for our physical and emotional well-being.

Virtually everyone has experienced being hurt by the words or actions of another.  Maybe you were bullied at school, had a colleague sabotage a work project, or your spouse betrayed you.  When we have been hurt […]

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