Episode 23: Coaches’ Corner with Amy Skinner

Listen to Episode 23 First, a quick THANK YOU to our enthusiastic and growing group of listeners. This week we passed 50,000 unique downloads and are pretty humbled by the kind words and notes of encouragement we’ve been receiving. Y’all rock! In this episode, Jec […]

Episode 22: Astrid Larsen

Listen to Episode 22 Humanship. It’s an idea that has been tossed around the horse world for a few years now. During the Cayuse Collaborative Clinic, for instance, we added a bit of humanship by having a noontime session with Trish Lemke on how to […]

Episode 21: Karen Rohlf

Listen to Episode 21 with Karen Rohlf. One of the things Jec and I are working on, here on the podcast, in writing, on social media, at at the Cayuse Collaborative Clinics, is humanship. We think that in order to be best for your horses, […]

Episode 20: Cathy Woods and Rider Yoga

Listen to Episode 20 with Cathy Woods For this episode, Jec interviews Cathy Woods. Cathy teaches yoga to riders and has a book on this intersection of riding and yoga, called, you guessed it, Yoga for Riders. We reviewed the book here. Even if you don’t […]

Episode 18: Coaches’ Corner with Amy Skinner

Listen to Episode 18 As you have probably heard, our show is an enlightened space for riders and horse owners of all disciplines to learn best practices and to discover ways to better connect with their horses. Plus, we like to feel safe and have […]

Episode 17: Positive Reinforcement

Listen to Episode 17 For this episode, I take the mic from Jec and visit with Kimberly Loveless and Kerry O’Brien, horsewomen I admire for their ongoing journey of learning and making progress with their horses. In addition, they have both been generous supporters of […]

What Horses Want for the Holidays

Listen to Episode 16 This episode is an On the Fence segment with myself and Jec. We’re talking about what horses really want for Christmas. Or Hanukkah. Or Kwanzaa. We talk about education and expanding comfort zones, building confidence and we’re giving away a Beyond […]

Episode 15: Ann Firestone of Save Your Ass Long Eared Rescue

Listen to Episode 15 In this episode, Ann Firestone of Save Your Ass Long Eared Rescue joins Jec in California-to-New Hampshire phone conversation. Ann has been ardently devoted to this mule and donkey non profit for years. I remember profiling her for NickerNews a decade ago […]

Episode 14: On the Fence

Listen to Episode 14 This episode is an On the Fence segment, a time for Jec and me to talk about what’s up lately. And lately it has been all about the Best Horse Practices Summit. This is the conference I direct and where Jec […]

Episode 13: Lynn Acton & Investigative Behavior

Listen to Episode 13 As I talk into the mic from my Colorado home office, we’re about a week away from the kickoff of the Best Horse Practices Summit in Lexington, Kentucky. It’s exciting and the days are chock full of tending to details: airport […]