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Simple Reminders To Achieve A Successful Rider Mindset

025 – How To Stay Calm In Any Situation Mar 09, 2020

“Negative emotions are just signals, they’re just triggers, they’re letting you know that you are now focused on something outside your control.”

In order to be able to create more calm within different situations you face, it’s important to realise that there is very little inside of your control and you want to make sure that you’re not pouring energy into things that you can’t control.

When it comes to horses, they are unpredictable and if you pushing your comfort zone and out-competing there are a lot of elements outside of your control. So before you spiral into on overwhelmed state where anxiety kicks in and you are running on adrenaline. Take a moment and realise there’s no sense in trying to control the who is in your class because you can’t. There’s no sense in trying to control what the judges will give you, because you can’t. There’s no sense in trying to control the weather because you can’t. There is no sense worrying what so in so is saying on the side line, because you can’t control that. So just let those things happen and instead focus on what you can control.

Read the full written version of this episode here – How To Stay Calm In Any Situation

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Why Living In Your Comfort Zone Is Stopping You From Reaching Your Potential

024 – How To Build Confidence Feb 03, 2020

Whether you’re at a competition or just training your horse at home our confidence can hold us back. In this episode I share tips on how you can improve your confidence easily, with simple steps you can apply to each and every ride.

Read the written version of this episode here – How To Build Your Riding Confidence

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Simple Reminders To Achieve A Successful Rider Mindset

Why Living In Your Comfort Zone Is Stopping You From Reaching Your Potential

023 – Adjusting Goal Posts To Suit You Jan 27, 2020

As a rider its important that we set goals, but equally important is that those goals are realistic and appropriate to you as a rider and most importantly appropriate to your horse. Every rider has different abilities, history and skill level, just as every horse.

Read the written version of this article here – Adjusting goal posts to suit you.

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Simple Reminders To Achieve A Successful Rider Mindset

Why Living In Your Comfort Zone Is Stopping You From Reaching Your Potential

022 – How To Avoid Quitting Jan 20, 2020

No one likes quitting or giving up on their goals and dreams in life, but so often I see people just settling and not willing to step outside their comfort zone. You see in order to achieve your goals it requires you to stretch yourself a little. Stepping outside your comfort zone and stretching yourself a little. You see too often people quit because they let their fears win. However, everything you dream of is usually on the other side of those fears and facing them is what helps you achieve your goals.

Read the written version of this in my article I wrote here – How to avoid quitting

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Simple Reminders To Achieve A Successful Rider Mindset

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021 – How To Stop Caring What Others Think Jan 13, 2020

Learn in this episode how to control your response to what others think and learn strategies to improve your mindset.

In dressage, we are trotting down a centre line and asking someone’s opinion on how our training is going at this level. We have paid to enter into that show, to get a trusted and experienced persons opinion. So in that time and place, that opinion matters and that is a time where you take the feedback and grow from it. No matter whether it was good or bad.

To read the transcript of this article I wrote here Stop Caring What Others Think

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020 – Taking Care Of Your Cartilage Jan 06, 2020

This is the audio version of my article I wrote 13 Ways To Build Stronger Bones And Prevent Injuries.

One of the biggest issues however as we age is the health of our cartilage. Strip away the skin, fascia, muscles, organs, blood vessels of a human and you’re left with the bones: the foundation providing passive structural support to your body. To often injuries happen from falls and they could be prevented.

So in this episode I share what you can do to help take care of the health of your bones and ligaments so that you can prevent injuries in the future.

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Simple Reminders To Achieve A Successful Rider Mindset

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019 – 10 Principles Of Mindset Dec 16, 2019

This is the audio version of my article I wrote here about the 10 principles of mindset I run you through what mindset means to me today and delve deep into each principle to help you grasp some foundations you can apply to your mindset and ultimately help you achieve your goals.

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5 Stretches That Every Dressage Rider Should Do

018– Exercise Vs Movement Dec 09, 2019

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017– Own Your Day With These Three Things Dec 02, 2019

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Nutrition Tips Before Your Competition

016 – What Is Real Food? Nov 25, 2019

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Nutrition Tips Before Your Competition

015 – Nutrition For Healthy Fascia Nov 18, 2019

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014 – Understanding Fascia Nov 11, 2019

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013 – Leaving Your Comfort Zone And Embracing Your Fear Zone Nov 04, 2019

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012 – How To Improve Your Cardio Fitness For Horse Riding Oct 28, 2019

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011 – Is Horse Riding Exercise Oct 21, 2019

In this episode I discuss my article about How Much Exercise Should I Be Doing Around My Riding? and go over the common question as to whether or not horse riding is exercise and if you need to do anything outside of riding to become fitter in the saddle.

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010 – Mastering Habits and Daily Routine Oct 13, 2019

You may have heard that your morning routine can set the tone for your day and that your morning routine is something you should pay attention to. I totally agree, but here’s the thing, to be truly successful it’s about your daily routine. Yes, your whole day and how you map it out.

It’s not just about your morning routine. Its how you structure your day too. The choices you make, the sacrifices you make. It’s dedicated your routine to helping you get closer to those goals.

Learn in this episode what I mean by this bold statement and get tools on how you can master your routine and reach your goals more often.

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Become Immune To Negativity

009 – Building A Strong Mental Immune System Oct 06, 2019

In this episode I talk about mindset more and how you can build a stronger mindset with some simple daily habits. In doing so you will build more resilience and be able to stay more immune to negativity.

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008 – Creating Boundaries Sep 30, 2019

Learning how to say no and what to say yes to is actually a skill. Because it can be so easy to say yes to everything, however when you do, you end up completely overcommitted and not able to do what you actually want to do.

I get asked a lot about how I set boundaries and how to set them so in this episode I discuss why they are important and how they can help you do more of what you enjoy.

Many struggle with this and me included, until I learnt strategies. One of the best things i learnt and I still use every time I am trying to figue out if something is a yes or no, is using Hell yes, or no.

You see it can be so easy to say yes to everything and you end up completely overcommitted and then when it comes round to an opportunity that you want to be able to say yes to, you can’t because you are overcommitted and most probably exhausted.

Saying no, doesn’t make you a bad person or cut you off from the world. In fact, learning to say no is the complete opposite of this. Setting healthy boundaries allows you to open yourself up to be your true self. The fullest version of yourself.

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Dressage Competition Nerves And How To Perform At Your Best

007 – Why Sleeping More Can Help Your Riding Sep 23, 2019

In this episode I discuss why sleeping more can help your riding and why it should be given the attention it deserves.

Yes I am suggesting you sleep more!

Easier said than done, but so incredibly important. Our body recovers and repairs while we sleep, so if you are lacking energy, motivation, having problems losing weight or simply struggling to get out of bed in the morning, start paying attention to how much you are sleeping and the quality of it.

Ideally aim for 8 hours and for most people I so go for 9-10 hours. Yip…go for more! Why, because in todays modern world we are so busy being busy that most of us are exhausted and if all did was tried to get more sleep you may be surprised at what this can do for how you feel each and every day.

In this episode I go into full detail about how you can improve your sleep, by mastering your routine. I also give you tools and ideas to try and help with your evening routine.

Small changes can make a big difference and sleep can help you unlock that energy and have more fuel to be able to enjoy your riding.

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Dressage Competition Nerves And How To Perform At Your Best

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006 – Competition Nerves Sep 18, 2019

Dealing with competition nerves can be exhausting and can really make a huge impact on how you perform. In this episode I share what I try to do to control competition nerves and share what I do to be fully prepared on the day.

Mindset is everything when it comes to life and of course our riding and mastering our competition nerves. Often our own inner dialogue and chatter can hold us back from being able to do what we love and perform at our best.

It doesn’t matter whether its just riding on the weekend or at a competition, the same principles can be applied. In this episode I share my competition mindset series of meditations and also let you know what I do the weeks leading up to a competition and what to do on the day to help control anxiety and non-useful inner dialogue.

Read my full article I did here about Dressage Competition Nerves And How To Perform At Your Best as I go into full detail about what I do to help myself be fully prepared on the day.

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Dressage Competition Nerves And How To Perform At Your Best

005 – Dressage Rider Training System And Why Mindset Matters Sep 06, 2019

Understand why mindset plays such an important role in dressage and all horse riding. Learn how you can begin to improve it today.

This episode I wanted to Introduce the DRT System and why mindset is such a huge component this.

Dressage is a team sport. We work with our horse to train & perform beautiful dances together, creating a common language & forming an unbreakable team bond. Our ultimate goal is to synchronize, to move as one with our horse. This coalescence is the pinnacle we strive for.

In order to achieve this, we need to understand the four elements of the DRT System and in the episode I go into detail on each of these and why mindset is just as important as the other three components.

Dressage is a subjective sport and so much is out of your control. Your mindset and your ability to nurture positive thoughts, focussing on your own goals and what you can control is the single most valuable life skill you could have.

Your external world is a reflection of your internal world and if you want to change your external world you need to change your internal world.

Tune in here or where ever your favourite source is at youtube, itunes, podbean, stitcher or spotify. My aim is to bring you an episode a week, so if you have any thing you would like me to discuss please do let me know.

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