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    • Something Else

      My mentor and I talk pretty freely with each other at this point about the various energetic and “supernatural” things we encounter in our day to day lives. Part of an animistic worldview is that non-physical spirits are about as common as physical ones, just sort of overlayed on top of the physical, most of…

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    • Old Paths

      Yesterday I was caught off guard by something I thought I had already worked through. It wasn’t a big thing, I just got unusually angry about a situation that shouldn’t have been a big deal. I had to go back and reevaluate why I was so stressed about it. The anger and fear had snuck…

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    • Celebrating 100 Books!

      Well, we made it, and only a few days into the month of May! Standing in a Field With Horses has reached a hundred sales! That’s a hundred more people who have read a story about learning relate to horses without dominance. A hundred more joining a beginner in tentatively feeling out some way to…

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    • Nearing a Goal

      Exciting news for the book this month: sometime in May we will hit 100 sales of Standing in a Field With Horses!  It’s amazing to me that this independently published book with no initial audience now has almost a hundred readers. Thank you to everyone who has read it, shared it, and reviewed it on…

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    • Bits and Pieces

      I read a book the other day that was recommended to me by a horse group that I follow. It wasn’t something I would have picked up without a recommendation, but I was curious. The book had some things in it I didn’t agree with, but I also found things I hadn’t thought of in…

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    • “He’s Disrespecting You”

      I would like to return these phrases, I don’t want them anymore: Get after himShow her who’s bossDon’t let her get away with itHe’s testing youGive him a little ‘encouragement’Give her a tap/kickBe the leaderDon’t let him dominate youAsk, tell, demandMake her workHe’s trying to pull one over on youShe’s faking it to get out…

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    • Excerpt from the Chapter Rex: Cleverness

      It’s springtime, which means my little mini horse buddy, Rex, is suffering from spring allergies again. Until I started volunteering at the horse rescue I had no idea that horses could have allergies, but they can! Here’s how we found out that Rex suffered from them: “One day in spring, a high-pressure front was moving…

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    • Authors Love A Review

      When I began the self-publishing process for the first time, I had no idea how much of a struggle marketing would be for a first-time author with no public persona developed. Amazon frowns upon selling things to your friends and family, and having a pseudonym doesn’t help with social media discovery. I did some sleuthing…

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    • Check In, Breathe In, Breathe Out

      I teach a course locally on how to recognize the very beginnings of a dangerous situation developing with a horse. Part of it is being aware of your own body, it’s relation to the horse’s body, and recognizing how your emotions and the horse’s are interacting. I had to take my own advice the other…

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    • It’s Here! Paperback Release

      The paperback version of Standing in a Field With Horses is here! Click Here for Amazon book! When I was a little girl my aunt and uncle got me a ceramic dragon statue that I was so enamored with, I carried it from room to room with me for a couple of days, just to…

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