Ride with Heart. Take your Mind and Body with You.

Editor’s Note: Best Horse Practices Summit presenter Katrin Silva grew up riding dressage in Germany before moving to the United States at age 19 to learn to ride Western. She’s been riding both disciplines for the last 20 years and is a regular guest columnist […]

Episode 10: Warm & Fuzzies & WiseAssWallace

Listen to Episode 10 This episode marks the beginning of what Jec and I believe will be intermittent commentary on a troubling trend we are seeing in the horse world. Led by certain entities – and by entities, we mean individuals, teams, and the programs […]

Episode 9: Andria Massie, Rehabilitation and Integrative Therapy

Listen to Episode 9 This is episode 9 of season three and in it, Jec interviews Andria Massie, an integrative therapist who works with her husband, Dr. Keaton Massie, in Oregon. Together, they run Massie Veterinary Service. Here, Jec and Andria discuss rehabilitation and also […]

Episode 8: Stacie Boswell and Stress in Horses

Listen to Episode 8 Jec interviews Dr. Stacie Boswell, a vet and author based in Montana. Stacie wrote The Ultimate Guide for Horses in Need, a book about the care, training, and rehabilitation for rescues, adoptions, and horses in transition. Here, Jec and Stacie discuss […]

Episode 7: Death Comes

Listen to Episode 7: Death Comes Music by Kevin MacLeod. Since the last episode, I’ve driven about 8,000 miles, from my home in Colorado, to Kentucky, then Maine, then back to Kentucky, back to Maine, and finally, a return stretch to Colorado. It has been […]

Author Molly Gloss

Listen to Episode 6 In Episode 6 of Season 3, Jec interviews Molly Gloss, an author from Oregon. She has been decorated with numerous awards. She wrote The Hearts of Horses, a novel based around 1917 in Oregon. Martha, the main character, is a colt […]

Episode 5: Maintenance Work with Amy Skinner

Listen to Episode 5 In this episode, Jec interviews Amy Skinner for a Coaches’ Corner around maintenance. It’s a funny concept to shake up a routine, right? Because routines are, by definition, repeated, standard procedures. It is such a fun discussion and I know it […]

Episode 4: Anna Blake and Calming Signals

Listen to Episode 4 In this episode, Jec interviews Anna Blake, a Colorado horsewoman with a popular blog and several volumes of her life with horses, in prose and poetry. The two focus on calming signals. More on that in a sec, after I mention […]

On the Fence: Adult Learning

Listen to Episode 3 In this episode, we talk about adult learning. It’s a topic suggested by Natalie in Montana and we got help bouncing it around from Liz and Chris in California. Natalie is working on a ranch and taking riding lessons. She sees […]

Working Equitation: Ali Kermeen

Listen to Episode 2 here. In this is episode, Jec chats with Ali Kermeen about working equitation. It’s a relatively new discipline that’s open to riders of all disciplines and Ali has a new book about it. Find her Working Equitation book here. If you’re […]