What To Do When You’ve Lost Your Purpose and Drive (But Still Have the Desire)

Managing Your Time & Energy for Life & Riding: In this episode, I share the questions and processes I have been working with to ensure that I am making the best use of my time and energy, and filling my days up with the things that are important to me. Energy management in particular is so... by The Confident Rider Podcast

27 min listen

Returning To Riding After Having A Baby: Returning to riding and renegotiating what your riding life looks like after you have a baby can be a really tough gig! In this episode, I get together with fellow riders and mums Ellie O’Brien and Sarah Attwater to talk about our own stories and... by The Confident Rider Podcast

47 min listen

Let's talk procrastination and overwhelm!: Overwhelm and procrastination is something that we have all dealt with at one time or another. Developing skills to negotiate it effectively is really important to ensure that we don't stay stuck and repetitively cycle through unhelpful emotions. In... by The Confident Rider Podcast

24 min listen

Horsemanship and Classical Equitation with Patrick King: Combining horsemanship and classical dressage, Patrick King is a wealth of knowledge and experience when it comes to a holistic approach to training. Some of you will have caught my conversation with Patrick live a couple of weeks back on Facebook,... by The Confident Rider Podcast

59 min listen

On Letting Go of the Story & Seeking Relief Before a Solution: I had different plans for this week’s episode but then a couple of conversations I’ve had this past week or so made me change course and want to talk about how easy it is, firstly to get stuck in a story of our own creation, and secondly, why... by The Confident Rider Podcast

25 min listen

Intention & The Application of the Aids: If I were to ask you what first comes to mind when you think of “applying the aids”, chances are you would jump immediately to the physical; to how it is you organize your body and what prompts you apply in tangible terms to influence the... by The Confident Rider Podcast

14 min listen

Making a Comeback & the Problem with Being Positive: When it comes to returning from injury, there are several narratives that are commonly talked about which I consider to be wildly inadequate when it comes to dealing with injury and trauma- "think positive" is one of them. In this episode, I talk... by The Confident Rider Podcast

24 min listen

Ben Longwell: On Horsemanship, riding with purpose & the Vaquero tradition: In this episode, I talk with horseman and trainer Ben Longwell on: How to create a transferable conversation from the ground to the saddle using your position, life, and space Horsemanship with purpose The Vaquero tradition and the Californian Bridle... by The Confident Rider Podcast

64 min listen

Robyn Schiller: On WEG, leadership & the journey with horses: Robyn Schiller grew up being a horse-crazy kid in California, riding before she could even walk and showing as a youth along with her mother in the Western all-around events. She is an extremely accomplished rider and highly decorated showperson... by The Confident Rider Podcast

37 min listen

Dressage For The Horse & With The Horse with Karen Rohlf: In this episode, I am talking with Karen Rohlf, internationally recognized horsewoman and clinician and founder of Dressage Naturally. We discuss what it means to create a happy and empowered partnership with your horse by bringing together the best... by The Confident Rider Podcast

61 min listen

Returning To Courage with Tania Kindersley: In this episode, Tania and I chatter about something dear to both of our hearts- writing, creativity and how that spills over into and informs our horsing lives also. As a professional writer and teacher, Tania has a liberating view of creativity and... by The Confident Rider Podcast

70 min listen

The Double Down Method: The Double Down method started as a personal process to bust through a limiting belief that I uncovered and evolved to become the latest course that I’ve added to JoyRide, my online program. It encompasses the four main areas that I always seek to... by The Confident Rider Podcast

24 min listen

7 Things You Need To Stop Doing Now: Creating mental strength and emotional resilience is as much about what you DON’T do, as what you DO do! When it comes to making constructive changes that benefit you both in and out of the saddle, a good place to start is to look at habits and... by The Confident Rider Podcast

32 min listen

Finding Your Point of Balance with Kathy Price: In this episode, I am talking with my fabulous friend and energy worker, Kathy Price. Kathy works with a technique called Point of Balance, which applies to both horses and humans alike. We were in California together recently and I took the... by The Confident Rider Podcast

31 min listen

Investing In Harmony & Flow with Elsa Sinclair: If horses were given a choice, would they let us ride them? Two documentary movies and a whole new way of approaching things later, that question was somewhat of a sliding doors moment for Elsa Sinclair and one that I and many others have infinitely... by The Confident Rider Podcast

51 min listen

What To Do When You’ve Lost Your Purpose and Drive (But Still Have the Desire): We are freestyling again this week! I had the inspired thought before recording this to ask the in my JoyRide Member’s Group what was front of mind for the peeps in there and said I would roll with the first comment that came up. Running with that,... by The Confident Rider Podcast

32 min listen

Relaxing Into What Is & Celebrating Your Enough-ness: It’s very easy for the last moments of a year, and the first of a new one to drive you into a slight panic-nee-existential-crisis about what it is you have been doing with your time, what it is you ARE going to do with your time, and what it is you... by The Confident Rider Podcast

22 min listen

Georgia Bruce: On Clicker Training, Working With Horses & the Paralympics: Clicker Training has come to be a big part of the work that I've been doing with my horses, and I'm becoming more and more aware of what a powerful training tool it is. Georgia Bruce is not only an accomplished rider and trainer but one of the best in... by The Confident Rider Podcast

38 min listen

Showing Up As You Are Now: On Failure, Self-Acceptance & Being Unattached To The Outcome (with Special Guest Katy Negranti): In this episode, I team up with one of my besties, Katy Negranti, to share with you something we've both been discussing lately that I feel is relevant to everyone… ...the expectations we put on ourselves to show up a certain way. ...the fear of... by The Confident Rider Podcast

46 min listen

Listening, feeling & communication with Kerri Lake: In this episode, I talk with author and horsewoman Kerri Lake on ways we can develop our sensory awareness, what our horses are communicating to us through feeling and expression and how we can develop a partnership with our horses grounded in... by The Confident Rider Podcast

58 min listen

The Masterson Method: Relaxation, Relationship & Relieving Tension With Your Horse With Jim Masterson: Team, I am so thrilled to be able to share this conversation with you today. I’m talking with Jim Masterson about the Masterson Method and how it is we can work with our horse to release underlying patterns of tension and promote optimal health,... by The Confident Rider Podcast

53 min listen

Head, heart & transformation: Behind the JoyRide: In this episode, I share the various elements that blend together to create mental strength, resilience and confidence, but beyond that, how it is we can gift ourselves with the skills to move towards better feeling spaces and show up for our horses... by The Confident Rider Podcast

56 min listen

The Power And The Presence Of Mindful Anger: Of all the emotions we think of when it comes to horses and riding, anger would be up there with the seemingly most inappropriate. I totally get it. After all, most of our associations with anger link us directly to outbursts that cause harm and upset... by The Confident Rider Podcast

25 min listen

Connection, Emotional Flow & Training with Kindness: In this episode, I talk about navigating that line in training of when to push through and when to hold back, as well as: How to recognise the difference between pre-patterned emotion and emotion that’s true for the moment (so you don’t go... by The Confident Rider Podcast

24 min listen

Training For Mind, Body & Spirit with Ellie O'Brien: It’s another person of radness in this week’s podcast! A professional trainer and clinician, Ellie O’Brien has been a longtime friend and support to me in my horsing life, and we both share the passion of how to work with our horses in a way... by The Confident Rider Podcast

40 min listen

Instinct And Inner Awareness: 3 Ways To Develop Your Intuition: Intuition and instinct: how often do you allow yourself to follow yours? And what’s more, do you feel like you are connected to that internal sense of self enough that you are able to hear when it expresses a desire or impulse to you? Many of us... by The Confident Rider Podcast

35 min listen

The ABC’s of Horse Training with Katy Negranti: Katy Negranti is a horse trainer and rider based in Morro Bay, California. In addition to helping riders like myself, Katy works with what we might typically describe as problem horses- horses who have been deemed dangerous or undergone some kind of... by The Confident Rider Podcast

62 min listen

How to safeguard your dreams (and build the confidence to follow through on them): In this episode, we chat about exactly that including: The importance of being discerning about who you share your dreams with (and why it’s important!) Infusing the spirit of play and no-big-deal-ness into your actions moving forward How... by The Confident Rider Podcast

26 min listen

The Life Changing Magic Of Simply Showing Up: Consistently showing up is a superpower. Not only does it create momentum but it ensures your continued progress in ways that may not be obvious to you from session to session. In this session, I talk about my own commitment to showing up, the... by The Confident Rider Podcast

29 min listen

Supercharge Your Equestrian Business with Rhea Freeman: In this episode, I am talking with the very lovely Rhea Freeman, equestrian and country business coach, on how to supercharge your equestrian business and get yourself out there! This is a must listen for anyone working within the professional sphere,... by The Confident Rider Podcast

32 min listen

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What To Do When You’ve Lost Your Purpose and Drive (But Still Have the Desire)

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