Animal Thinking

Some people question me about using the word “insightful” when talking about non-human animals. Insightful: “having or showing an accurate and deep understanding.” Are horses, or other animals, capable of insight, or is it just our imagination or desire to make them more than they really are? 

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Is it Addiction or Trauma?

Are addictions a way we unknowingly cope with trauma? Is it possible that our culture copes with traumas, no matter how seemingly insignificant, through numbing ourselves with over using or over doing things such as alcohol, drugs, shopping, working, gaming, and/or whatever else we may be using to cope? What can we do with our pain instead of our addictions?

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Equine Assisted Psychotherapy: Changing the Brain

The brain, although fascinating is relatively lazy. It takes the easiest route to get things done. It likes constancy. It wants routine. It would rather be on auto-pilot than work for what it needs. But this way of living doesn’t always work for us. There are times when life is a struggle and therefore change is necessary.  How the brain works is critical to create change. Utilizing Horses Insight is one way to heal the brain

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