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What is “Nothing?”

What are we doing when we’re standing around doing nothing while out of the pasture? If I’m stopped with Red on a lead rope in some in-between place where horses don’t normally stand, what exactly is it that’s going on? On the way to the barn: We’re stopped because Red either chose to regulate himself…
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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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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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Is It Necessary?

When I was new to horses, the first thing I tried was riding. It wasn’t that I was particularly drawn to riding, it’s just that seemed to be the only access to horses available to me at the time. I tried out multiple riding stables, but would get a few lessons in and then stop,…
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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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Today is the Day!

Book officially LAUNCHED! Click on either Amazon Kindle or SmashWords link on the maevebirch.com main page. It will take you directly to the respective book sales. I hope you enjoy Standing in a Field With Horses. I will be back to my regularly scheduled blog posts after this weekend. 🙂 If you like the book…
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A reminder for tomorrow!

A reminder that I’m releasing my first book, Standing in a Field With Horses, tomorrow morning, November 13th! Click on the respective buttons on the main page of the maevebirch.com website to be taken directly to the book sales. Because I’m not a well-known author by any stretch of the imagination, getting my book seen…
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Excerpt from the Chapter: Mirrors

My barn mentor once told me, “The horse is a mirror where you can see your feelings reflected.” If you’re afraid, the horse becomes afraid. If you are calm, the horse is calmed. This is why horses are such good partners in psychiatric and behavioral therapy. They can sense emotions hidden even from the human…
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A Study in Horse

When I first started working with horses I was given time limits on how long it should take me to do an activity with them. Horses were given a window on how long it should take them to respond to a request. Brushing and tacking up should take ten minutes. Three seconds tops between a…
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