self-awareness – Maeve Birch Home

The Freedom of Waiting

We are paused in the doorway again, the tall nervous horse and I. I’ve pulled him through this opening before. Not this time. He widens his eyes and holds his breath, waiting for something to happen, since things always seem to happen in doorways. Instead, we wait. It’s seen as a sign of weakness, me…
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Coming In Strong for the New Year

I took a two week break from the blog for the holidays. Between family visits, holiday parties, work, and travel, this introvert was exhausted. Isn’t it strange that we take time off only to fill it with activity? Some folks thrive on social activities, but I tend to get more worn down as they pile…
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Intuition and Experience

Intuition, or “going with your gut.” How do you view it? Is it a valuable tool used in gauging a situation? Or does it bow before the irrefutable evidence of experience? In my book, Standing in a Field With Horses, initially intuition, even messages seeming to come from the horses, were dismissed as folly. Of…
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