First Do No Harm

Latest Episodes:

How well do you speak horse? Sep 20, 2023

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It's not so important what you can make a horse do as it is how you converse with your horse and how they feel about the conversation. Join us in this episode where I share how I see a lot of horse riders go wrong in communication with their horse. Join us in our stronger bond workshop to see how we put this in to practice. https://www.equestrianmovement.com/strongerbond

Is your horse sour on training? Sep 13, 2023

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Join us in this episode where I share some key tells on whether the school horses are engaged in training or starting to lose interest and potentially rupturing the quality of relationship with the asks. Join us for our stronger bond workshop to learn more. https://www.equestrianmovement.com/strongerbond

Connected Leadership in Horse Training Sep 06, 2023

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Does your horse seek you for direction?

If you are a leader worth following, your horse will seek your direction and ask “what's next”? But in a world of submission and dominance training, our horses can’t see us as a leader worth following, but a bully and someone who disregards their need - even if that isn’t our intention.

In the latest episode of the First Do No Harm Podcast, “Connected Leadership in Horse Training”, I share some of the self- ruling principles that allow us to ALWAYs show up for your horse as a compassionate leader.

If you want to know more about being a Compassionate Leader, register for the upcoming Stronger Bond Workshop here: www.equestrianmovement.com/strongerbond

Nag Nag Nag - It's time to stop! Aug 30, 2023

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Nag, nag, nag!

Transitioning from giving our green horse lots of direction to allowing them perform independently of our consistent instruction is challenging as a rider and often we get caught micromanaging and nagging our horses.

Check out the latest First Do No Harm Podcast, which focuses on learning how to "sensitise" or "tune your horse in" by getting quiet and doing less, so we can stop being horse nags and become Holistic Riders!

Looking for new opportunities to understand your horse? Take a look at the Opening Communication Course, the starter pack for Holistic Riders

www.equestrianmovement.com/communication

How to speak horse Aug 23, 2023

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Clear is kind and clear is communication.

Do you have a clear, intentional and strategic way of not only communicating with your horse but also your horse communicating its needs with you? This is the challenge of training. Intentional shaping plans that create vocabulary with our horses that layer into the complex skills. When you keep changing how you are going to teach that language you will never progress because your horse will keep getting confused about what you want and lose confidence in you. Communication and strategic layering of cues is the third pillar of holistic horse handling. Check out our free connection training: https://www.equestrianmovement.com/connection

5 Tips for getting your horses respect Aug 16, 2023

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Is your horse being naughty, pushing you around and being disrespectful? Even though I grew up in a world of power battles and being taught to be scarier than the thing your horse is scared of, it is a conversation most people won't win, especially beginner to intermediate riders AND its not a very pleasant conversation to have to be continuously engaging in with your horse. We prefer to consider instead our compassionate leadership skills. Respect isn't demanded of the horse. It is a display of the quality of relationship that you and your horse have. It is the result of developing psychological safety, looking for congruence, seeking team work to make the dream work. Check this training out for my 5 top tips for why your horse may want to gift you the privilege of their respect Looking to work on your connection and quality of relationship with your horse? Check out our free training https://www.equestrianmovement.com/connection

Horses & Headbutts Aug 09, 2023

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"Why does my horse headbutt me?"

This was a question from one of our students. Sometimes I forget that we do things a little differently. Quite often people are told that their horse is being naughty when they head butt and to punish the horse before it gets dangerous. Check out this training theory about why horses head butt and how we deal with it. Grab our free connection training: https://www.equestrianmovement.com/connection

What does respect in horse training look like? Jul 19, 2023

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Respect in regards to working with horses is a loaded topic. Join us in this episode as we unpack how we discuss respect in terms of horse behaviour in our school of holistic horse handling.

Grab our free connection training to learn more https://www.equestrianmovement.com/connection

What is willingness? Jul 05, 2023

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Join us in this podcast as we dig in to willingness and submission and how we implement our holistic horse handling skills in training

Want access to our holistic horse handling program? Doors are open for only a couple of days. Check it out at https://www.equestrianmovement.com/holistichorsehandling

Have you lost your nerve with your horse? Jun 28, 2023

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Have you lost your nerve or feel scared around your horse? You're not alone. I've been there many times before and I have no doubt I will go there again. In this episode I will share with you multiple times I've lost my nerve with my horse and how I've over come it.
Are you wanting to work on your connection and relationship with your horse? Make sure you've signed up to our stronger bond workshop.

https://www.equestrianmovement.com/strongerbond