My passion for horses developed like most of us crazy horse girls…

Yep, I was (and still am) that crazy Heartland lover. I’ve seen every season of that show probably 12 times – I have always claimed to be their biggest fan as I started watching that show before I could process the world around me.

Growing up as a little girl watching that show, I dreamt of the connection Amy had with her horses and the gift of compassion and intuition she had. I know cheesy and totally typical, but I was a little girl and it just seemed so peaceful.

Years passed with me watching the show and dreaming of having my own horse until one day the moment came where my family got our very first horse when I was around 9. I was the happiest girl that day as we brought Honeybear home along with the cutest donkeys. I started my riding journey that very day, in a western saddle on a senior horse – all without knowing a clue what that love of horses would turn into years down the road.

I dallied around on the sweet mare, not really knowing what I was doing, but I was the happiest girl alive to be creating a connection with a horse. I felt so free.

Fast forward a couple years down the road and my parents took my sister and I to a riding barn where I had my first official riding lesson. I still remember that day like it was yesterday – I was riding in an english saddle on an appaloosa horse named Rocky in a round pen learning rein aids and how to post. Obviously simple stuff, but I was HOOKED. I was having a blast and I knew right there, in that moment, that I was where I was meant to be. From that day on, at 11 years old, all I wanted to do was be in the saddle learning how to become a better rider.

I spent years riding and competing thinking I was fulfilling my path of the equestrian life that God had planned for me, but then one season changed everything that pushed me to drop everything I thought I knew and took me down a new path of discovery and growth. The season of heartbreak and hopelessness when my heart horse got injured forced me to stop and look around. It pushed me to reflect on my “why” and the entire reason I started this journey when I was just a little girl – which was to create connections with horses and to thrive together. And somewhere along the path I lost that intention and focus and turned to my goals rather than my horses and I’s goals as a team. But this season pushed me back to my roots and opened my eyes to the truth.

From that point on, my entire life and horse journey shifted as I stepped into the discovery of R+ and consent based training where I discovered the beauty of force free connections with my horses, which took me back to the first time I sat on Honeybear. The first time I felt deep peace and connection with a horse – the place where I felt at home.

From there, my true passions unfolded and flourished. I developed a strong passion and desire for rescuing and rehabilitating horses with consent based training which then led me down the path of where I am now of being an equine professional in holistic health. I realized that there was so much beyond just training and management – there was a whole other world that was waiting for me to discover. I never imagined in a million years that I would be where I am today, building a business to inspire and educate others – a business and program that allows other horse crazy girls to find a deep connection with their equine partner through restorative healing utilizing holistic nutrition, aromatherapy, and bodywork. I never imagined that I would be able to use my story of brokenness in my equestrian journey and personal life of battling depression and anxiety to inspire and support others. It is so beautiful how things unfold with time and faith. It is such a blessing to be a vessel of healing to horse and human through the discovery of renewing the soul, restoring the body, and rewilding the heart.

The beauty of this adventure is it is just getting started. I don’t know what will unfold in the future or where God will lead me, but I know that whatever God has in store for me is meant to be. Right now I am sharing the gifts that he has blessed me with to help others see their horse from the inside out and find peace in the journey of caring for their horse. I am finding the courage and strength to support other equestrians to bring us all back to our roots of why we started this journey in the first place – to create a connection with horses who we deeply love.

So in some way I fulfilled that childhood dream of being the horse crazy girl on Heartland, which happened unintentionally as I blossomed in my own path that God has laid out for me. But I think it is so cool how the seed that was planted in me from the time I was knee high to a grasshopper stayed with me my entire journey until it was ready to flourish. No matter how many times I got lost or how many times I tried to water other seeds, that first seed always stuck with me until I was ready. And for that, I am forever grateful and blessed for the path that has been created and the gifts of intuition that I have been blessed with that I am able to share with the world.

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