Podcast appearances and mentions of Linda Kohanov

Kim McElroy is back with us to share more specifically about the amazing Council of Horses Oracle Deck.Kim has been drawn to horses since childhood, and as soon as she could hold a crayon, this manifested as her art. For more than thirty years, she has been known for her intuitive understanding of the sentient nature of horses and her ability to infuse her art with their spiritual energy. She distills this energy into expressions of the horses' quintessential essence in ways that transcend how they are traditionally defined. Through her incredible mastery of pastels, and her talent in writing about her visionary insights, she conveys the power and beauty of the horse's form—yet more than that, she offers us a timeless glimpse of its soul.In 2000, Kim and her husband, Rod, created SkyeLandeSea sanctuary in Washington State, where they provided loving forever homes to rescue horses and a menagerie of other animals. Their sanctuary is now home to a resident herd of wild but well-fed deer, and two capricious house cats.Kim is the co-author and illustrator of The Council of Horses Oracle Card Deck and Guidebook, and illustrator and co-creator of Way of the Horse: Equine Archetypes for Self-Discovery Card Deck and Guidebook by Linda Kohanov.Get the Council of Horses Oracle DeckConnect with Kim McElroy:YouTube: https://youtu.be/qmGvCYqSkSQ?si=f95y09qH02XapHcfFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpiritOfHorseGalleryInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spiritofhorse/Website: https://www.spiritofhorse.com/Send us a message. We'd love to hear from you.Intro/Outro music provided by Justin Tamminga

In her book, The Tao of Equus, author Linda Kohanov shares her personal journey, revealing that it wasn't until she fully embraced the wisdom of the horse that she finally felt comfortable being human. With this revelation as a springboard, Episode 22 weaves together, strand by strand, a beautiful story of what it means to be human.As humans, each of us has the innate capacity to sense truth. In the absence of conflict or resistance, the doorway to wisdom, clarity, and the next possibility opens, and an ancient, lost language re-awakens within us. But somewhere along the line, we forgot.Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years ago, our ancestors began building societies. Alongside these advancements came rules and structures that gradually confined humans within societal "boxes," dictating what is considered “right” and “normal.” And eventually, we also began creating our own individual boxes, layering them one within another and burying our true selves beneath countless layers of confinement. Horses, on the other hand, do not recognize boxes. They see straight through the layers of “stuff” we have accumulated and reveal to us the truth: there are no boxes. They guide us into awareness of how deeply we have sheltered ourselves from ourselves. We are then left with the work of shedding the layers and uncovering our authenticity, as well as supporting others on their own journeys of self-reclamation. Horses have generously agreed to be our guides on this journey, to walk us home, if we let them.Podcast Participants:Will Brown - https://palmandlotus.com/ Jillian Kreinbring - www.jilliankreinbringinspired.comGray Kyle Graves - www.wholehearthorsemanship.comLeanne Haight - www.facebook.com/leanne.haightChris Adderson - www.forthehorse.comKerri Lake - www.generationofharmony.com

Marina Parris is a coach who works with horses as her co-facilitators, supporting business leaders to grow in authenticity, emotional intelligence and effectiveness. Having trained as a coach in equine-facilitated learning was with Linda Kohanov, a pioneer in this field, based in Arizona, she draws on nearly two decades of experience with horses to develop leaders who are not only respected but also genuinely followed. But while today, Marina could not imagine a life without horses, her career started on a very different path. In our conversation she tells the story of her journey from working full time in the corporate world to working full time with horses (and people). You'll hear her describe some pivotal moments that led her: To ask big questions like “what do I really want to do in life?” To let go of everything and step out into the unknown and To learn to take off her mask and show up authentically and powerfully in everything she doesGo to marinaparris.com to find out more about Marina's work and her two books "A heart for horses" and "Leadership wisdom from horses."Ruth Kearns Wollmann is an ICF-accredited professional coach and leadership development facilitator with a background as a cognitive psychologist, business executive and organisational leader in corporate and non-profit organisations. She partners with established and emerging leaders as they seek to navigate their personal path to success from a place of strength, authenticity and purpose.To find out more about Ruth's work with individuals and organisations visit her website at: yourpathtosuccess.chHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Baneful Magick…what is it and what does it involve? What are the ethical responsibilities to consider? What techniques are considered ‘baneful'? What ingredients are used in baneful magick? All this, and a card pull from ‘Way of the Horse' oracle deck by Linda Kohanov. References highpriestess.com.au Llewelyn publishing article, ‘Of Blood and Bones' by Kate Freuler, ‘Sticks, Stones, Roots and Bones' by Stephanie Rose Bird and Utterly Wicked: Hexes, Curses and Other Unsavory Notions' by Dorothy Morrison and Amy Blackthorn. Enjoy!

Even in these days of extreme and unpredictable weather, our astronomical position in the Northern Hemisphere of a tilted planet all but guarantees that October is the month we finally descend into autumn. The Fall Equinox has come and gone, the days grow ever shorter, the light grows ever dimmer. In the natural world, it's a time of withering flora and busy fauna preparing for winter's chilled embrace. For ambient musicians, it's a time for dark drones, descending progressions, and minor key harmonies, a realm of muted colors, bittersweet melodies, and a bit of melancholy for the lost days of summer. On this transmission of Hearts of Space, we follow the dimming light to a realm of quiet acceptance, on a program called DESCENDING DARK 4. Music is by RUDY ADRIAN, DRIFTING IN SILENCE & TINEIDAE, ROBERT RICH & LUCA FORMENTINI, STEVE ROACH & LINDA KOHANOV, JEFF PEARCE, ANDREW LAHIFF, CHRIS RUSSELL, and SERENA GABRIEL. [ view playlist ] [ view Flickr image gallery ] [ play 30 second MP3 promo ]

As we wrap up season 7, I was honoured to sit down for a conversation with the artist Kim McElroy. As you'll hear in this episode, I met Kim in 2007 through a series of synchronistic events, and was struck by her presence even then. I then had the opportunity to be inspired by her art as I regularly pulled cards from the Way of the Horse, her collaborative deck with Linda Kohanov.  In this episode, timed for the release of her newest collaboration with one of my mentors Sandra Wallin, the Council of Horses Oracle deck, you'll learn about the almost 20 year journey from first inspiration for this deck to this moment, how Kim and Sandra chose which mythical and modern-day horses to include, what it meant to create a lasting legacy for many of the horses and herds included in this deck, and how art can be the deepest expression of essence, energy and emotion. Kim also unveils one of her original works of arts included in the deck, the Mythic Horse, which I've shared on my main podcast page.  This chat was a walk through the past as it caught up with our present, and it was a chance for reflection on what a journey it has been for both of us! Definitely one of my favourite conversations to date, and as you can hear, I love the perks of this job, like being gifted a gorgeous horse oracle deck created by two women I hold very dear. I love the way this deck doesn't tip toe around the tough stuff - and the way Kim continues to be a fierce advocate for the horse.  Kim McElroy has been drawn to horses since childhood, and as soon as she could hold a crayon, this manifested as her art. For more than thirty years, she has been known for her intuitive understanding of the sentient nature of horses and her ability to infuse her art with their spiritual energy. She distills this energy into expressions of the horses' quintessential essence in ways that transcend how they are traditionally defined. Through her incredible mastery of pastels, and her talent in writing about her visionary insights, she conveys the power and beauty of the horse's form—yet more than that, she offers us a timeless glimpse of its soul. Kim is the co-author and illustrator of The Council of Horses, illustrator and co-creator of Way of the Horse: Equine Archetypes for Self-Discovery deck and guidebook by Linda Kohanov, the author and illustrator of the Way of the Horse Journal, and From Heart to Art: A Chronicle of the Experiences, Philosophies, and Inspirations behind the Artwork of Kim McElroy In 2000, Kim and her husband, Rod, created SkyeLandeSea sanctuary in Washington State, where they provided loving forever homes to rescued horses and a menagerie of other animals. Now that their beloved horses have joined the Council, their sanctuary is home to a resident herd of wild but well-fed deer, and two capricious housecats. Kim offers studio tours by appointment. Visit her website at spiritofhorse.com.and her eCards website spiritofhorsecards.com Facebook: Spirit of Horse Gallery https://www.facebook.com/SpiritOfHorseGallery/ Instagram: spiritofhorse https://www.instagram.com/spiritofhorse/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@spiritofhorsegallery

Linda is an author, speaker, riding instructor and horse trainer who has become an internationally recognized innovator in the field of Equine Experiential Learning and a respected writer on the subject of Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy.Her book The Tao of Equus: A Woman's Journey of Healing and Transformation through the Way of the Horse was selected as one of the Top Ten Religion and Spirituality books of 2001 by Amazon.com.Her second book, Riding Between the Worlds: Expanding Our Potential through the Way of the Horse, was published in 2003.Connect with Linda Kohanov:https://eponaquest.com/https://masterherder.com/https://www.facebook.com/EponaquestWorldwideSend us a message. We'd love to hear from you.Music provided by Justin Tamminga

Season 2- Episode 57 On this episode, Nature Speaks' Founder, Rachel shares her love for raising and nurturing horses, how important it is to learn self-sustainability, the benefits of horse manure, the healing capabilities that horses possess, the many programs they offer homeschoolers, and she gives us a tour of the farm. https://www.nature-speaks.com/our-story.html Rachel Ibarra2:14 PM (8 minutes ago)to meNature Speaks was created from a very personal tragedy that changed who I am. While riding my leased horse Jazz, in the woods of Palm Beach Gardens, the horse collapsed underneath me  and I slid on my face in the sand where I landed superman style. When the horse stood back up she stepped on the back of my hand breaking my pinky finger in half. Three days later, while I was in and out of plastic surgery  to put my face back on in the hospital, Jazz was hit by lightning in her pasture and killed. I was devastated. Now in addition to my body being broken, my spirit was too! I cried for days.​At the time I owned a public relations firm called NozNewz Communications, Inc. I represented businesses, non profit organizations and government entities in Palm Beach County for almost 20 years. During my recovery I read voraciously! The book that changed my life is called the Tao of Equus by therapist and horsewoman Linda Kohanov.  She writes about her experiences living with her herd of horses and using those experiences to help others through the practice of  equine therapy. I studied her model of equine therapy and  those of other practitioners but I felt a little empty. Equine therapy is ground work with the horse only. It does not include riding. But to me and the kids I wanted to work with, riding the horse is an important component to empowerment. So I created a life skills program called "Who's in Your Herd?" which teaches about making good decisions in life in a very simple way. Decisions which will affect the future path of a youngster and we use the horses as our facilitators/teachers assistants. As horses live in herds, so do people but our herds change throughout the day and throughout our lives. We use the  philosophy of taking care of the horses as a metaphor for taking care of oneself. So my future path became more clear and I took a risk by taking an equity loan out on my home and started Nature Speaks with the money. I knew that horses helped me in my recovery and I was desperate to share that with others who needed personal growth.  Rachel Ibarra is an approved contractor for all Florida public schools and was a member of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office COP Mounted Unit for five years. Nature Speaks offers western riding lessons, homeschool programs and field trips, Equine Assisted Learning workshops and summer and winter break activities.  Homeschool Yo Kids Podcast shares organic conversations that promote confidence, a growth mindset, and are filled with inspiration and good energy. Sharing stories from the classroom, their home learning journey, and other reflections and life experiences, come grow and learn with Jae. Homeschool Yo Kids Organization is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides families with tools to aid unconventional learning experiences, helping to create a positive home learning environment. In addition to this, we are missioned to help families in traditional schools build a healthy collaborative relationship between the school and home. Visit our website!! https://www.homeschoolyokidsexpo.com/ Follow us on IG:@homeschoolyokids @homeschoolyokidspodcast Join our FB Group: Homeschool Yo Kids Jae is a former public-school teacher, now homeschooling her 2 little people. She is the founder of the 501c3 nonprofit Homeschool Yo Kids Organization. Join Jae as she chats with homeschool families, homeschool resource providers, and others that support the homeschool community on this journey of 'reimagining what learning looks like'. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/homeschoolyokids/support

This week on Finding Your Bliss, Celebrity Interviewer and Bliss Coach Judy Librach is joined by Linda Kohanov! Linda Kohanov is the author of the Tao of Equus, which has now been revised and reprinted in a new and exciting edition. She's on the show to talk all about her connection with horses and how they can teach us to have better relationships and be better humans on this planet. A 5 time author and an internationally recognized author, speaker, and educator, she specializes in exploring the power and potential of the horse-human bond. Linda specializes in developing and teaching socially intelligent leadership, nonverbal communication, and other advanced human development skills. In 1997, she founded a Southern Arizona-based collective of educators, coaches, counselors, and horse professionals exploring the power and potential of the incredible connection between horses and humans. The organization, Eponaquest Worldwide, has grown to serve clients on six continents. Linda's first bestselling book The Tao of Equus was selected as one of the top books of 2001 by Amazon.com and received appreciative reviews in diverse publications. This title, and her subsequent four books, have been translated into French, German, Dutch, and Czech, and are used as texts at universities. In 2013, Linda's fourth book The Power of the Herd: A Nonpredatory Approach to Social Intelligence, Leadership and Innovation explored what horses have to teach us about leadership and social intelligence, with extensive historical and scientific research showing why the world's most innovative and effective leaders, from Alexander the Great to the Buddha to George Washington and Winston Churchill, were exceptional horsemen who honed the nonverbal skills associated with leadership presence on horseback. The book also translates the practical skills horses teach directly to use at work, school, home, and in religious, political and social activism contexts. Linda's fifth book The Five Roles of a Master Herder, was published in June 2016, and has been translated into multiple languages. Over the last decade, Linda has appeared at numerous conferences, universities and retreat centers, including the Organization Development Conference, the Omega Institute in New York, Naropa University in Boulder, CO, the University of Arizona, Prescott College, the International Transpersonal Conference, Hollyhock British Columbia, and the 2008 Equine Guided Education Conference, among many other venues. She has been a leadership trainer for Raytheon since 2007, and has also led trainings for executive teams at Nike, Chubb Insurance, Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, and the Bensman Group of financial advisors, among other companies. In 2014, she led a master class on the Five Roles of a Master Herder in Paris at the Executive MBA Program “Leading Innovation in a Digital World” de l'Institut Mines-Telecom. Didier Tranchier, head of this international program, wrote that this presentation “changed my life and the life of everyone in the conference room. Explaining the differences between a dominant and a leader, and the usefulness of predatory power when balanced with non-predatory power were real insights to understand how companies are working and how we can improve our efficiency. With very simple words and great examples coming from the world of horses and traditional herding cultures, Linda explained the power of groups and how to build relationships that can enable any individual to steer and leverage large and powerful organizations.” Linda is considered one of the founders of the field of Equine-Facilitated Experiential Learning, which teaches people how to excel in life by practicing innovative leadership, relationship, nonverbal communication, and emotional and social intelligence skills through safe, engaging, non-riding activities with horses. She has also worked with a number of psychologists in the field of Equine-Facilitated Psychotherapy, and regularly ...

Kim McElroy has been drawn to horses since childhood, and as soon as she could hold a crayon, this manifested as her art. For more than thirty years, she has been known for her intuitive understanding of the sentient nature of horses and her ability to infuse her art with their spiritual energy. She distills this energy into expressions of the horses' quintessential essence in ways that transcend how they are traditionally defined. Through her incredible mastery of pastels, and her talent in writing about her visionary insights, she conveys the power and beauty of the horse's form—yet more than that, she offers us a timeless glimpse of its soul.In 2000, Kim and her husband, Rod, created SkyeLandeSea sanctuary in Washington State, where they provided loving forever homes to rescue horses and a menagerie of other animals. Their sanctuary is now home to a resident herd of wild but well-fed deer, and two capricious house cats.Kim is the co-author and illustrator of the upcoming Fall 2024 release The Council of Horses Oracle Card Deck and Guidebook, and illustrator and co-creator of Way of the Horse: Equine Archetypes for Self-Discovery Card Deck and Guidebook by Linda Kohanov.Kim's mentions:Avenger's art  and blog Spirit Sketch Story Darma's story series Connect with Kim McElroy:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpiritOfHorseGalleryInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spiritofhorse/Website: https://www.spiritofhorse.com/Music provided by Justin Tamminga

In deze aflevering ben te gast in de coach Keet van Tanja. Jullie kennen haar misschien nog uit aflevering #43 Rituelen. Met haar bedrijf Lichtenis helpt ze mensen middels ervarings gericht leren..wat dat precies inhoud en welke tools ze daarbij inzet hoor je in deze heerlijke meeslepende aflevering. Wil je meer weten over wat ze aanbied check dan haar website : www.lichtenis.nl (vanaf media mei helemaal up to date) of op instagram @lichtenis. De boeken waar Tanja het over had zijn van Linda Kohanov. Ze is auteur van 4 bestsellers : de kracht van de kudde, De weg van het paard, Ruiter tussen twee werelden en de Tao van Equus. ENJOY

Linda Kohanov is a legend. A household name in the horse world and also for many of those interested in shamanism and myth, her bestselling books The Tao of Equus Riding Between The Worlds, Way of the Horse, The Power of the Herd and The Five Roles of a Master Herder have established her as a go to as a reference for the spiritual side of the horse and human connection. Her courses and lectures and method  Eponaquest, keep her busy nationally and internationally. But there is a lot more to Linda than that. her background as a musician, journalist, historian and music critic, as well as her deep inquiry into mythology have given her worldview that sees patterns where others might miss them, discerns structures and connections between seemingly disparate world and - in about as clear a way as one could wish for - sets a gold standard for self actualization: creating a life and career through ones passions that also serves and inspires others.  The world of equine assisted human development owes much to Linda as a pioneer, but her work has spilled over into the non equine mainstream of human development as well. Living in the Sonoran Desert near Tuscon, and opening her ranch to seekers of the horse human connection from around the world, Kohanov has a story that can inspire anyone from any walk of life seeking to self actualize through their interests, their passions, their heart. There is much to learn here as Linda takes us on a journey that gives us many clue as to how we too, might find our calling.Books mentioned:All of Linda's books listed on AmazonTao of EquusRiding between the WorldsWay of the HorseThe Power of the HerdThe 5 Roles of a Master HerderContact Linda:rasa@eponaquest.com Online courses: LindaKohanov.comWorkshops EponaQuest.com Epona Quest InstructorsFind our other shows and programs:https://rupertisaacson.com

Books that have influenced me, books that I recommend and books I am currently reading. Plus a little discussion of the beautiful crystal that's Larimar. References: ‘Child Signs' by Dodie and Allan Edmonds, ‘The Lover's Tarot' by Jane Lyle, ‘Build Complete Confidence with Horses' by Kelly Marks, ‘The Tao of Equus' by Linda Kohanov, ‘The Book of Faery Magic' by Lucy Cavendish and Serene Conneeley, ‘Sticks, Stones, Roots and Bones' by Stephanie Rose Bird, ‘Riding into Your Mythic Life' by Patricia Broersma and ‘The Green Witch' by Arin Murphy-Hiscock

Yvonne Artner ist Österreichs erste EponaQuest Instruktorin und hat diese spezielle Methode des pferdegestützten Coachings in Amerika von Linda Kohanov gelernt. Die studierte Sozialarbeiterin und Expedition Y Alumna begleitet heute Jugendliche, Erwachsene, Eltern, Pädagoginnen und Führungskräfte in der Entwicklung ihrer Persönlichkeit und Leadership-Skills mit dem Einsatz von Pferden.Von Yvonne lernen wir…warum es wertvoll ist, mit Pferden zu arbeitenwas uns Pferde spiegeln könnenwarum es wichtig ist, an den Kern der eigenen Themen zu kommen und Körper, Geist und Seele in Harmonie zu bringenwie Coaching mit Pferden ganz ganz praktisch abläuft anhand eines Beispiels von Yvonne selbstwas die ©Eponaquest-Methode von Linda Kohanov besonders auszeichnetwelche Übung und was dich - wenn du mit dabei bist :D - bei unserem gemeinsamen Pferdeseminar “Inner Wisdom” am 10. Juni erwartetYvonne's Weg zur Arbeit mit Pferden und in die SelbstständigkeitWenn dir die Episode gefallen und Kraft gegeben hat, dann abonniere den Podcast auf deiner Lieblingsplattform und lass mir deine Bewertung da. Danke für die neuen Bewertungen zur letzten Episode, diese Form deines Supports freut mich immer sehr!!!

My conversation with Kim made me feel like a kid again.  It was a beautiful journey to explore the connection between our artistic or creative natures with the reality of working with horses and the help they can offer us spiritually.  Our opening conversation links back to Linda Kohanov's interview (aired in Februar), as the two of them created a beautiful book and horse spirit card deck which I use regularly in my work with clients.For over three decades, Kim McElroy has been renowned for her visionary equine art. The horse is her muse, ever inspiring her to find new ways to awaken humanity to their healing gifts. Through her incredible mastery of pastels, and her talent in writing about her artistic insights, Kim conveys the power and beauty of the horse's form... yet more than that, she offers us a timeless glimpse of its soul.As humans, we have a natural inclination to seek out connection and belonging, and one of the most powerful ways to do this is by connecting to nature. In this episode, we will explore the deep connection between humans and horses and how it influences the way we choose a property for them.  As a horse lover, we know that letting go of our horses is never easy. We want them to live where they can thrive, be happy, and feel at home. And that's why finding the right property for them is so important.Join me and Kim McElroy on this journey as we explore the deep connection between humans and horses and how to provide the best possible environment for these amazing animals.  Connect with Kim:Animated art eCards site is www.spiritofhorsecards.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpiritOfHorseGallery/Website gallery: https://www.spiritofhorse.com/catcaldwellmyers@gmail.comWant to see the Spirit Cards I mentioned and pull one with me today?**  Head over to Social Media for more!  You can find me on instagram and Facebook:@catcaldwellmyersCat Caldwell Myers &Horses, Mountains & Dogs Facebook PageHorses, Mountains & Dogs Virtual Ranch GroupI love you!  Thanks for checking out the show notes.  May you find the Synchronicity in Your Chosen Path today.  There is a horse, animal, human or piece of nature waiting for you to connect with it in unconditional love.  Please reach out if you'd like support - I would love to hear from you!  catcaldwellmyers@gmail.comJust says "buy the book on Amazon!"Support the showUpcoming events:The 2024 Adventure Paradox Digital Course HOLIDAY PRESALEConnect with me here:www.catcaldwellmyers.com@catcaldwellmyersThe Adventure Paradox Podcast Page (Fb)

Every now and then you have a day in your life where time stands still and you find yourself deep in conversation with one of your greatest teachers on the planet.  That day took place for me the last week of February, 2023, when I got to interview Linda Kohanov from my family's mountain home where I was on a book writing retreat.  After long periods of silence, the questions and conversation flowed for over two hours!We have broken this interview up in to two episodes for just that reason - Part 2 will drop tomorrow, on March 11th.In this episode, you'll hear all about our personal and collective experiences of the pandemic on a deeper level, more about her new dog, Ravi, and how the human-horse system works.  Linda's insights about not asking the question of "who started it," but instead immediatly flowing in to a responding posture is amazing to witness.  We discuss omnivores, and the predatory gaze here, along with probing trust issues, addiction and mental illness in our culture.You'll find Linda's explanation of the 5 roles of the Master Herder fascinating, as she describes how the sentinel role, and all roles may be traded within a herd as well.  For those who do not know Linda's work, she really started the Equine Faciliated Human Development movement in a literary sense the "Tao of Equus: A Woman's Journey of Healing and Transformation Through The Way of THe Horse" back in 2001.  Since then, she has written over 16 books. If you want to find out more about Linda Kohanov, go to www.eponaquest.com for info on upcoming in-person and online workshops. More specifically, people can receive 10 percent off any in person workshop with Linda (except extended facilitator training programs) by writing to info@eponaquest.com with the name of the workshop you are interested in, mentioning that they heard about this offer through the podcast. For the month of March, people can also receive a special 50 percent discount on the online course Connections 101: Life Wisdom of the Herd, by registering at the following link and entering the coupon code “Eponaquest50” at check out when you enroll in the course. The direct link to the online course registration with description: https://nelda.tv/connections-with-linda-kohanov/Thank you for listening to this historical show!  It was a privilege and an honor to interview Linda, and I hope that you find as may juicy takeaways as I did.  In case no one has told you in writing today, "I LOVE YOU," and so does a horse, animal, or piece of music (borrowing from Linda's soul template here) near you.  Listen in & be touched!If you would like to work with me, please reach out via email to learn more about my programs via email, or find me on social media to locate links to all of my current offerings:catcaldwellmyers@gmail.com@catcaldwellmyersHorses, Mountains & Dogs Facebook PageHave a beautiful day - get out there and smell the hay!Just says "buy the book on Amazon!"Support the showUpcoming events:The 2024 Adventure Paradox Digital Course HOLIDAY PRESALEConnect with me here:www.catcaldwellmyers.com@catcaldwellmyersThe Adventure Paradox Podcast Page (Fb)

The continued conversation with Linda Kohanov does include some EXPLICIT material that you may not want your children to hear.  We were both in tears at the end of this journey as she shared a powerful experience she had with her horse, Noche, and her community in Arizona when it was time for him to pass over - you will not want to miss this teaching.  I was deeply moved by this story & you will be, too.Infact, I had no idea that we had been talking for well over two hours by the time we got to this amazing moment.  Prior to that, we covered wisdom about my horse, Jet, being an "immature dominant" and exactly what that looks like.  We also talked about Tony Robbins, transformational vocabulary and how we see various traits of power play out in both the human and animal realms, as well as continue to expand on Monty Robert's simplified predator/prey interpretation between humans and horses as Linda points out that we are omnivores.  There is so much to learn here!I've been reading Linda's work since 2017, thanks to my friend Eve Lee who first introduced me when we did a Shamanic journey with my horse, Tiki, while I was pregnant with Dani at Hidden Ranch.  The Way of the Horse book and spirit cards (an interview with the wonderfully amazing artist Kim McElroy is coming soon:) was just the tip of the iceberg on this work I later learned, but in my case it was the beginning.  Linda has written (or co-authored) over 20 books in the field of Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy, according to Goodreads.  You will not want to miss our conversation or any of her work - it will change the way you see the world, horses, and, most importantly, yourself.  At the end of our chat, we pulled a card for deeper meaning...We split this interview up in to two episodes for just that reason - Part 1 aired yesterday, on March 10th. and is just as fabulous! If you want to find out more about Linda Kohanov, go to www.eponaquest.com for info on upcoming in-person and online workshops. More specifically, people can receive 10 percent off any in person workshop with Linda (except extended facilitator training programs) by writing to info@eponaquest.com with the name of the workshop you are interested in, mentioning that they heard about this offer through the podcast. For the month of March, people can also receive a special 50 percent discount on the online course Connections 101: Life Wisdom of the Herd, by registering at the following link and entering the coupon code “Eponaquest50” at check out when you enroll in the course. The direct link to the online course registration with description:https://nelda.tv/connections-with-linda-kohanov/Thank you for listening to this historical show!  It was a privilege and an honor to interview Linda, and I hope that you find as may juicy takeaways as I did.  In case no one has told you in writing today, "I LOVE YOU," and so does a horse, animal, or piece of music (borrowing from Linda's soul template here) near you.  Listen in & be touched!If you would like to work with me, please reach out via email to learn more about my programs via email, or find me on social media to locate links to all of my current offerings:catcaldwellmyers@gmail.com@catcaldwellmyersHorses, Mountains & Dogs Facebook PageHave a beautiful day - get out there and smell the hay!Just says "buy the book on Amazon!"Support the showUpcoming events:The 2024 Adventure Paradox Digital Course HOLIDAY PRESALEConnect with me here:www.catcaldwellmyers.com@catcaldwellmyersThe Adventure Paradox Podcast Page (Fb)

In this episode we speak about the philosophy of leadership range and explore what it is and touch on how we are not one dimensional as people or leaders.   Being able to develop our range as leaders is important in how we self-lead and also show up as leaders, guides and facilitators for others.   We also reference The Five Roles of the Master Herder, a book written by Linda Kohanov, plus give examples of how leadership range manifests with our horses and also clients we may be facilitating with them.

In this minisode, I share a few spiritual truths shared by my 7 year old, Grace, this week, and the opportunities for wisdom that I gleaned from them.  There will be seasons where, for whatever reason, we may be without our beloved animals, or away from our favorite kind of nature - how do we live in those seasons?  Or, if we have never made the move, or gotten an animal of our very own, what is a good alternative?  I address this and more in less than ten minutes to keep you going this holiday weekend (it's President's Day in America).If you feel ready to get a horse or dog (or other animal, I have also channeled cats and rabbits in to people's lives recently:), on a spiritual or physical level, reach out to me for a Soul Coaching Session.  These sessions are one hour of guided self reflection, one hour on the phone with me zia zoom, and include an option to purchase a physicial gift representing the animal we connect with.  You will find a scheduling link, FAQs and Testimonials about this on my website soon, but in the interim, you can email me to set something up:catcaldwellmyers@gmail.comWant to see the Spirit Cards I mentioned and pull one with me today?**  Head over to Social Media for more!  You can find me on instagram and Facebook:@catcaldwellmyersCat Caldwell Myers & Horses, Mountains & Dogs Facebook PageHorses, Mountains & Dogs Virtual Ranch Group** An instagram note from the artist, Kim McElroy, who made the amazing Way of the Horse cards: "I watched your delightful instagram post, thank you so much for featuring the cards. Did you know the deck was re-released by our new publishing St. Martin's in October! It is now available in a beautiful brand new deck with 2 new cards !! please let your followers know. https://www.spiritofhorse.com/way-of-the-horseA few other things I mention in this episode that you may want to look up:U2's "With or Without You" songKim McElroy's "Way of the Horse" spirit cards attached to Linda Kohanov's bookPine Creek CookHouse in Ashcroft, CO for sleigh rides with Bud and WiserJose Cano - Bull Fighter, you can follow him on social media: @canojose582I love you!  Thanks for checking out the show notes.  May you get better with or without whatever you feel is missing in your life today...  "if it's meant for you, it will come back around" (as I said in an episode in Season One by a similar title.)Support the showUpcoming events:The 2024 Adventure Paradox Digital Course HOLIDAY PRESALEConnect with me here:www.catcaldwellmyers.com@catcaldwellmyersThe Adventure Paradox Podcast Page (Fb)

A bestselling author and teacher, Linda Kohanov gained an excellent reputation for her contributions to Equine Experiential Learning and Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy. She was an internationally recognized music critic and radio producer, and never abandoned her interests in music. In the following interview, Linda discusses the importance of music in her life and work, talks about her marriage to Ambient pioneer Steve Roach, reveals some first-hand experiences from meeting and interviewing some illustrious musicians, and reveals the challenges of expanding her artistic skills from instrumentalist to composer.

Linda is an author, speaker, riding instructor, and horse trainer who has become an internationally-recognized innovator in the field of Equine Experiential Learning and a respected writer on the subject of Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy. She has written books such as The Tao of Equus and Way of the Horse: Equine Archetypes for Self-Discovery. Linda's Website: https://eponaquest.com/Become a Patreon Member today! Get access to podcast bonus segments, ask questions to podcast guests, and even suggest future podcast guests while supporting Warwick: https://www.patreon.com/journeyonpodcastWarwick has over 650 Online Training Videos that are designed to create a relaxed, connected, and skilled equine partner. Start your horse training journey today!https://videos.warwickschiller.com/Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WarwickschillerfanpageWatch hundreds of free Youtube Videos: https://www.youtube.com/warwickschillerFollow us on Instagram: @warwickschiller

Thanks for joining Lydia and me as we share our many proven and powerful takeaways from the Medicine of the Horse Online Summit!Along with other leading global experts in the equine experience, like Anna Twinney, Carolyn Resnick, Stormy May and Linda Kohanov, I was invited to be a speaker at this year's Medicine of the Horse Online Summit (MOH).The Medicine of the Horse Summit is founded by Helenas Das. Her vision is about teaching us how to consciously partner with horses to help each other grown, heal and elevate our lives.We were asked to share our experiences with horses -  how they have shaped us, what they mean to us and our work and most of all, how they heal us and teach us how to be the best version of ourselves.We each had many experiences and messages in common, with the one main experience being that one special horse that changed our lives and shaped who we are and what we do today.Each speaker shared many poignant teachings and insights into the horse-human relationship, and experience with one common message centering on equine cooperation.We shared our insights about the power of equine cooperation, choice and consensual partnership – when the horse chooses you, chooses to be with you, wants to share in relationship, protect us and work with us.If you would like a deeper understanding of what your horse, horses, need, how horses reciprocate, give back, when their needs are met, and how you can be what your horse needs, this podcast is for you!  “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.” - Swami VivekanandaMay you always be one with your horse, Caroline

The author of The Five Roles of the Master Herder and the bestseller The Tao of Equus, Linda Kohanov speaks and teaches internationally. She established Eponaquest Worldwide to explore the healing potential of working with horses and offer programs on everything from emotional and social intelligence, leadership, stress reduction, and parenting to consensus building and mindfulness. Her main website is eponaquest.com. More information about The Five Roles of a Master Herder is available at masterherder.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The author of The Five Roles of the Master Herder and the bestseller The Tao of Equus, Linda Kohanov speaks and teaches internationally. She established Eponaquest Worldwide to explore the healing potential of working with horses and offer programs on everything from emotional and social intelligence, leadership, stress reduction, and parenting to consensus building and mindfulness. Her main website is eponaquest.com. More information about The Five Roles of a Master Herder is available at masterherder.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/spiritual-practice-and-mindfulness

The author of The Five Roles of the Master Herder and the bestseller The Tao of Equus, Linda Kohanov speaks and teaches internationally. She established Eponaquest Worldwide to explore the healing potential of working with horses and offer programs on everything from emotional and social intelligence, leadership, stress reduction, and parenting to consensus building and mindfulness. Her main website is eponaquest.com. More information about The Five Roles of a Master Herder is available at masterherder.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The author of The Five Roles of the Master Herder and the bestseller The Tao of Equus, Linda Kohanov speaks and teaches internationally. She established Eponaquest Worldwide to explore the healing potential of working with horses and offer programs on everything from emotional and social intelligence, leadership, stress reduction, and parenting to consensus building and mindfulness. Her main website is eponaquest.com. More information about The Five Roles of a Master Herder is available at masterherder.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/animal-studies

Linda Kohanov is beloved for her groundbreaking articulation of “the way of the horse,” an experiential wisdom known to riders for centuries but little studied or adapted to off-horse use. Now Kohanov takes those horse-inspired insights on exceptional communication and leadership into the realms of our workplaces and relationships. Here we explore the benefits of “nonpredatory power” in developing assertiveness, fostering creativity, dealing with conflict, and heightening mind-body awareness. In the first part of this far-reaching book, Kohanov profiles cultural innovators who employed extraordinary nonverbal leadership skills to change history, usually on horseback: Winston Churchill, George Washington, Alexander the Great, and the Buddha, among others. She also draws on the behavior of mature horse herds, as well as the herding cultures of Africa and Mongolia, to debunk theories of dominance hierarchies, challenge ingrained notions of “survival of the fittest,” and demonstrate the power of a consensual leadership in which governing roles are fluid. Kohanov adapts these lessons into twelve powerful guiding principles we can all incorporate into our work and personal lives. Eloquent and provocative, this is horse sense for everyone who seeks to thrive in the herds we all run in — our communities, careers, families, and friendships. Hosted by Dr. Zohara Hieronimus www.Zoharaonline.com Produced by Hieronimus & Co. for 21st Century Radio®.  Edited version provided to Nightlight Radio with permission.  

Linda Kohanov is beloved for her groundbreaking articulation of “the way of the horse,” an experiential wisdom known to riders for centuries but little studied or adapted to off-horse use. Now Kohanov takes those horse-inspired insights on exceptional communication and leadership into the realms of our workplaces and relationships. Here we explore the benefits of “nonpredatory power” in developing assertiveness, fostering creativity, dealing with conflict, and heightening mind-body awareness. In the first part of this far-reaching book, Kohanov profiles cultural innovators who employed extraordinary nonverbal leadership skills to change history, usually on horseback: Winston Churchill, George Washington, Alexander the Great, and the Buddha, among others. She also draws on the behavior of mature horse herds, as well as the herding cultures of Africa and Mongolia, to debunk theories of dominance hierarchies, challenge ingrained notions of “survival of the fittest,” and demonstrate the power of a consensual leadership in which governing roles are fluid. Kohanov adapts these lessons into twelve powerful guiding principles we can all incorporate into our work and personal lives. Eloquent and provocative, this is horse sense for everyone who seeks to thrive in the herds we all run in — our communities, careers, families, and friendships. Hosted by Dr. Zohara Hieronimus www.Zoharaonline.com Produced by Hieronimus & Co. for 21st Century Radio®.  Edited version provided to Nightlight Radio with permission.  

Linda Kohanov is beloved for her groundbreaking articulation of “the way of the horse,” an experiential wisdom known to riders for centuries but little studied or adapted to off-horse use. Now Kohanov takes those horse-inspired insights on exceptional communication and leadership into the realms of our workplaces and relationships. Here we explore the benefits of “nonpredatory power” in developing assertiveness, fostering creativity, dealing with conflict, and heightening mind-body awareness.In the first part of this far-reaching book, Kohanov profiles cultural innovators who employed extraordinary nonverbal leadership skills to change history, usually on horseback: Winston Churchill, George Washington, Alexander the Great, and the Buddha, among others. She also draws on the behavior of mature horse herds, as well as the herding cultures of Africa and Mongolia, to debunk theories of dominance hierarchies, challenge ingrained notions of “survival of the fittest,” and demonstrate the power of a consensual leadership in which governing roles are fluid.Kohanov adapts these lessons into twelve powerful guiding principles we can all incorporate into our work and personal lives. Eloquent and provocative, this is horse sense for everyone who seeks to thrive in the herds we all run in — our communities, careers, families, and friendships.Hosted by Dr. Zohara Hieronimus www.Zoharaonline.com Produced by Hieronimus & Co. for 21st Century Radio®.  Edited version provided to Nightlight Radio with permission. 

Lekker samen niets doen met je paard! In deze aflevering lees ik een stuk voor uit het boek Tao van Equus van Linda Kohanov.

After following the inspiring Tara Coyote of Wind Horse Sanctuary and Cancer Warrioress for quite a few years, I finally worked up the courage to ask for an interview and was so glad I did! We had a wide-reaching conversation about her grief work, her incredible life journey with horses, cancer, and more, her brand new book (it's out now!) Grace, Grit and Gratitude, and her recent trip to visit the wild horses in Nevada. Enjoy!  Tara weaves together 30 years together of somatic experience with her love of horses. She was a horse-obsessed young girl being fortunate enough to spend summers with her cousins in New Hampshire who owned horses. Although she begged and pleaded with her parent she never got one of her own. Decades later while undergoing a particularly difficult life transition, she read 'The Tao of Equus' by Linda Kohanov which inspired her and helped her to remember her profound connection with horses. It is due to the healing experience she experienced with them which dramatically transformed and in a sense 'saved' her life.  In the period of two years Tara went from living in the suburbs, being married with a successful Pilates studio and then decided to give it all up to follow her heart's calling of helping people heal with horses. It was through this extreme leap of faith although pivotally challenging and terrifying that brought her back to life again. Now you can find her living on her ancestral land in Kaua'i, Hawaii which is Wind Horse Sanctuary with her two gorgeous horses feeling blessed to be practicing the work of Linda Kohanov. Tara is a Eponaquest™ equine facilitated learning  and Power of the Herd ™ instructor. Five years into developing Wind Horse Sanctuary in Nevada City, CA, a stressful event occurred which necessitated selling her business. Tara ended up moving back home to her father's ancestral land of Kaua'i, Hawaii in January, 2019. As she had four horses at the Sanctuary she ended up letting go of two of the herd and kept Blue, the paint horse and Comanche, the mustang. Transporting them across the Pacific Ocean, 2,500 miles away was quite the feat! Comanche, Blue, Xaria (super fluff ball Australian Shepherd wonder dog), Kismet the cat and Tara all live happily on The Garden Island now. The new version of WHS is much smaller than the Northern California version, but it has the unique magic, healing and charm of Hawaii. Tara specializes in the human/horse bond for healing grief, loss, difficult life transitions and facilitating help for care-takers through offering private sessions. Tara is highly experienced with helping clients with the grief process and is very familiar with issues around illness. In the last seven years she has experienced a vast amount of loss through the death of her two closest friends who died young from cancer. She has led hundreds of people in her ‘Grief Rituals with Horses' at her ranch and in rituals around the world. Tara has also been journeying with late stage breast cancer for almost five years. She has been publicly sharing her health journey through her blog page, YouTube channel and social media. She is very grateful to be alive after being recommended to Hospice two years ago. To see more about Tara's health journey please visit her other website: Cancer Warrioress. Tara's Book (now released!): Grace, grit and gratitude

Wat kan het gedrag van paarden en van herders met andere kuddedieren ons (onderwijs)mensen leren op het gebied van niet-agressief leiderschap?  Onderwijsondernemer, opleider van leidinggevenden en paardenliefhebber Lonneke Bindels legt in deze aflevering uit hoe je door middel van De vijf rollen van een meesterherder, een boek van de Amerikaanse auteur Linda Kohanov, sociaal intelligent leiderschap kunt toepassen in het team en in de klas. Zelf heeft Lonneke een zesde rol toegevoegd aan dit praktische leiderschapsmodel op basis van het gedrag van haar eigen paarden.  Kohanov geeft in het besproken boek vijf gedragsrollen die voorkomen in de herderscultuur met diverse kuddedieren en ook bij haar paarden. Drie leiderschapsrollen zijn van belang in alledaagse tijden: de leider, de verzorger/metgezel en de wachter, mits niet te extreem en te eenzijdig. Twee rollen zijn nodig in moeilijker tijden, als de gemeenschap in gevaar is en te maken heeft met agressief gedrag: de dominant en het roofdier. Deze twee assertieve rollen moeten stoppen zodra de situatie genormaliseerd is. Lonneke Bindels geeft met deze theorie vorm aan wat zij hartelijk leiderschap noemt. Hartelijk staat voor haar voor onze fundamentele en positieve verbinding met elkaar, de dieren en de wereld. De extra leestip die Lonneke tot slot meegeeft is het boek The corparate tribe van de antropologen Danielle Braun en Jitske Kramer. De podcast is mede mogelijk gemaakt door ATTC, schoolleidersopleiding voor leraren en beginnende leidinggevenden in PO en VO. De extra literatuurtip van Lonneke is het boek The corporate tribe van de auteurs Danielle Braun en Jitske Kramer.

Linda Kohanov is an author and equine-facilitated learning facilitator whose message about non-predatory power - derived from years of studying and relating to horses in their natural social communities - could be a life-changing resource for humanity.

While humans experience deep bonds with many animals, horses actively mirror the nuances of our behavior. It's a distinction that founder of Eponaquest, Linda Kohanov recognized, saw potential in, and developed into a process of immersive learning through experiences with horses. An award winning author, international lecturer, and trainer, Linda has brought her innovative equine facilitated learning program to a global audience. Whether you're interested in horses or human development—or both—Linda Kohanov's Eponaquest approach allows people to engage with horses or observe them and learn how to thrive in life through these experiences. Linda shares with us how her equine facilitated learning program offers tools that open creativity, insight, and empowerment. She explains that these experiences can further expand personal vision, help you reconnect to nature, to the herd and to your own community. Linda observed early on, how horses respond to people in their presence, highlighting their hidden gifts, wounds, vulnerabilities, or unhealthy social habits. And yet, the horses manage to be discerning without a hint of judgment, communicating instead that you are beautiful, powerful, wise, and capable of endless renewal. Linda tells us how she harnessed this unique relationship between humans and horses to help people embrace a fresh perspective and new approach to everyday life or even manage trauma. Her program employs horses in teaching people leadership, personal empowerment, intuition, and emotional fitness skills. Through exercises in non verbal communication, Linda's human/horse engagements help people develop assertiveness and leadership presence, learn to enhance their relationships, create strong teams, and build paths to better conflict resolution.

Find Ella and Lorihorseandheart.org wisehorsewoman.comAbout Lori.LORI HALLIDAY, FOUNDER  AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT  HORSE & HEART  CEO - Wisehorsewoman Lori has 20 years of experience in Natural Horsemanship and has been a certified Equine Experiential Learning trainer for over 15 years. Her training in these techniques is underpinned by formal education in the behavioral sciences —psychology, sociology, criminology, cultural anthropology, dance, experiential learning, and art. Lori has studied with and been inspired by many of the most advanced, generous, compassionate, and skillful teachers of our age: Cathryn Clerc, Linda Kohanov, Carolyn Resnick, Jonathan Field, Pat, and Linda Parelli, and Buck Branaman. She is a voracious student of Movement, Personal Growth, and Vision.  Drawing on this rich background, Lori has created in Horse & Heart, a beautiful, tranquil, and safe place for others to study, learn, and grow under her guidance, with a horse partner. Lori works with adults, children, and at-risk youth. She has also worked extensively in the mental health field with adults and youth in institutional, transitional living, group home, and independent living environments. Lori is an avid Life/Congruency Coach with Wisehorsewoman.comAbout EllaThis is Ella Halliday, a lifetime local to Santa Cruz who has followed her joy into a career and life living symbiotically with animals. She spent her youth diving into different practices and fields of horsemanship, learning from friends, some of the best riders and horsemen in the world, and often gleaning the most important information from her students, horses, and moments of stillness. She is now a professional in the industry and is blessed to run an inclusive horsemanship program in Soquel with her mother Lori Halliday,  Horse and Heart--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/speakforchange/supportSupport the show (Http://Www.patreon.com/speakforchangepodcast)

In part 2 of this series, Vail opens up about new ways to approach business, our relationship with ourselves, and seeing the world through a holistic lens and how that opens up possibilities unavailable to the linear cause-and-effect thinking of scientific logic. Vail Dixon is a regenerative farmer and holistic grazing mentor. Founder of Simple Soil Solutions, Grazing Power and ABC Beef, Vail grew up working on farms, climbing mountains and enjoying nature. While training to represent her country in the Olympics, a life threatening accident gave Vail an opportunity to experience healing through healthy food and natural methods – even when doctors told her it was impossible. This deeper understanding of our food and farming systems instilled in Vail a passion for healing our soils as a way to rejuvenate our ecology, economy and health. Vail conducts research on how humans affect the soil biology and how that impacts productivity. Learning about ways to repair damaged soil biologically led Vail to understand how animals and humans play a vital role in soil regeneration. Vail is passionate about joining with Nature to heal the land, our economy and ourselves. Besides farming full time, she connects with open-minded farmers who want to become successful adaptive managers and create abundance on their land. To this end she is building a Holistic grazing mentorship program called Grazing Power, on-farm Grow Your Soil workshops, and Living Soils biological soil-building mentorship program.   In this episode... A new (or...ancient) perspective on the role of humans in natural systems Holistic business management How Vail's work lines up with the work of the Bionutrient Food Association Vail's Four Season mentorship program Working to craft a business that feels more like a human relationship than a transaction Transcending the limitations of present-day science by embracing cellular potential and healing ability How doing business differently, relating to ourselves differently...using our energy and time more intentionally...will transcend science's projection of the Earth's ability to heal The current ecological and humanitarian crises are inviting us to tap into the human potential, into why we are here Tips and tricks for moving energy around when we feel stuck Resources simplesoilsolutions.com Leadership Co. Bionutrient Food Association (see episode 001, Dan Kittredge) TTouch with Dr. Linda Tellington-Jones The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World by Brian Robertson Getting Things Done: the Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen Holistic Management: a Commonsense Revolution to Restore our Environment by Allan Savory and Jody Butterfield Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing; Advanced Energy Anatomy: The Science of Co-Creation and Your Power of Choice; Entering the Castle: Finding the Inner Path to God and Your Soul's Purpose by Carolyn Myss The Five Roles of a Master Herder: A Revolutionary Model for Socially Intelligent Leadership by Linda Kohanov

Episode 117 Today I am speaking to Sara Willerson and we have an amazing conversation about how horses heal humans. Sara B. Willerson, LCSW is a private practice therapist and life coach in North Texas. Horses have always been part of her life. After completing a Masters in Social Work from Smith College School for Social Work she was given a book by her father, The Tao of Equus, by Linda Kohanov. Upon reading this book, Sara knew that her passion and purpose had finally joined up! After completing an Equine Experiential Learning apprenticeship program with Eponaquest in 2003, she created Horses, Heart & Soul®, an Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy and Life Coaching practice for teens and adults located at WolfTree Ranch in Pilot Point, TX. Sara’s professional experience has focused on working with clients who have experienced trauma, grief and loss, and life transitions. Her program offers individual, family, couples, group, and workshop sessions for adolescents and adults. We talked about how Sara sees horses as natural healers who help us reconnect to our entire being – spiritually, emotionally, mentally and physically. And how horses remind us there is more to us that what we present to the outside world. Their unconditional awareness and acceptance of our experience is felt from the moment we step into the pasture with them. Horses are natural geniuses when it comes to identifying and sharing those pieces we keep to ourselves. Through this awareness, they help us reconnect with our heart and soul. I invite you to listen in so you can discover how horses heal humans, a magical story of love and wisdom. Highlights you won’t want to miss: Why Sara made the decision to spread the message of the power of horses. How Sara discovered her love for horses. How at the age of 14, Sara was finally able to have her own horse (Pooh). How Sara knew at a very young age that there was something very special in her relationship with her horse and why she kept this to herself. How everything shifted for Sara when she was introduced to the work of Linda Kohanov about the benefits of partnering with horses in a therapeutic setting. Why Sara trusted her new path and how that trust gave her power. How Sara made her dream come true when she was able to have her own place to live with her horses and create a healing space for people to come to. Sara’s horse shares a message about the role of horse wisdom in healing humans. Why the heart and not the mind is what helps you connect with who you really are. Why it’s key to embrace your weird because when you don’t it constricts who you really are. Sara shares a live meditation inspired by horse wisdom. How each horse has their own gift to share with the world. The lesson you can learn from horses about letting go by getting out of your head and connecting to your heart. Understanding that unconditional love only happens when learn to respect our boundaries as humans. The importance of remembering every day to slow down and stay in the present.   Shareable Quotes: “I think horses all have their own gift that they're here to share in this world and they're all very, very unique in terms of the gifts that they are asked to share.” - Sara Willerson “My weirdness slash gift is I hear what horses are saying.” - Sara Willerson “It can be so hard to slow down when we are sort of brought into this formula of what life is supposed to look like. And we just keep walking that walk and we don't stop to ask questions or to breathe.”- Emily Aarons “In doing healing work, I have zero expectations for what's going to happen in a session, because of every situation, every session even if it's the same person 10 times, it's entirely different based on their energy and what they need at that time.” - Emily Aarons   Resources to Take You Deeper: Free Resource: 5-minute "Pasture Meditation Moment" video with the Horses, Heart & Soul® Herd Sara's Website Find Sara on Facebook Find Sara on Instagram Watch Sara's episode on Youtube Sara's Choices and Recommendations: Horse Movies: Secretariat, Seabiscuit, Black Beauty, and Black Stallion; Book: The Tao of Equus Book by Linda Kohanov

Karen and Kelly excitedly welcome back horse farrier and advanced eponaquest instructor, Carmen Theobald! Carmen joins us on Coffee with the Sarlos today to talk about Linda Kohanov's 5 Roles of the Master Herder. You don't need to be a horse lover to enjoy today's show. The "five roles" are characteristics of an emotionally intelligent person. In fact, they were developed while observing herders of cows! Regardless, these characteristics are 100% transferable to humans and Karen and Kelly are going to help illustrate how! If you have questions or comments about today's show, you can email Karen and Kelly at info@bysarlo.com. Enjoy! Carmen's Resources Redeem your Assessment here: https://masterherder.com/professional-assessment/ *Be sure to mention this podcast! To contact Carmen directly, you can email her here: carmen@truepresencehorsesense.com Visit Carmen's website here: https://www.truepresencehorsesense.com

Karen and Kelly excitedly welcome back horse farrier and advanced eponaquest instructor, Carmen Theobald! Carmen joins us on Coffee with the Sarlos today to talk about Linda Kohanov's 5 Roles of the Master Herder. You don't need to be a horse lover to enjoy today's show. The "five roles" are characteristics of an emotionally intelligent person. In fact, they were developed while observing herders of cows! Regardless, these characteristics are 100% transferable to humans and Karen and Kelly are going to help illustrate how! If you have questions or comments about today's show, you can email Karen and Kelly at info@bysarlo.com. Enjoy! Carmen's Resources Redeem your Assessment here: https://masterherder.com/professional-assessment/ *Be sure to mention this podcast! To contact Carmen directly, you can email her here: carmen@truepresencehorsesense.com Visit Carmen's website here: https://www.truepresencehorsesense.com

Today on the show we have Nafissa Shireen. Nafissa is a coach for entrepreneurs and executives who have six figure businesses but just can't quite break through to seven figures.  But she has a really unique approach to finding out what's holding them back, she uses horses. So she has a coaching method where she works with horses that she is going to explain a lot of on the show and how a horse's sensitivity can reveal our emotions and the truth inside of us that we may not even be aware of. So it's a really interesting talk.    What You Will Learn On This Episode Taking your six figure income to seven figures with the use of horses Using horses to examine where you are not being honest with yourself When traditional marketing isn't appropriate for your business concentrate on networking   Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode www.nafissashireen.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe4wyXjkIZ5PWVWBOcVYkWQ   Transcription Kyle Gray : Hello and welcome to The Story Engine Podcast. My name is Kyle Gray and today on the show we have Nafissa Shireen. Nafissa is a coach for entrepreneurs and executives who have six figure businesses but just can't quite break through to seven figures.    But she has a really unique approach to finding out what's holding them back, she uses horses. So she has a coaching method where she works with horses that she is going to explain a lot of on the show and how a horse's sensitivity can reveal our emotions and the truth inside of us that we may not even be aware of. So it's a really interesting talk.    There's one thing that I just have to give you a heads up about. It seems like she had some kind of problem with her sound card on her computer because even though we tried two different microphones, the sound started acting a little bit weird. I had such a good time on this interview that I wanted to keep going, even though there's a couple of spots where it just sounds a little bit crunchy. So please bear with me, forgive me, and I hope that you can see the quality of the conversation beyond a couple of hiccups in the audio.   Kyle Gray : So without any further ado, let's hand it over to Nafissa. Nafissa Shireen, welcome to The Story Engine Podcast.   Nafissa Shireen: Thanks Kyle. I'm excited to be here.   Kyle Gray : Now, Nafissa, will you tell me about a moment in your life that has defined who you are and how you're showing up in the world today and what you're doing?   Nafissa Shireen: Absolutely. So this goes back quite a few years to my corporate days. I did the traditional thing of going to school, having a good job, having stability. And I had a really good job. It was near six figures and our company had gone into a joint venture with another corporation and they had a really good opportunity and I wanted to take this opportunity and it was really exciting to me. And so I applied for it and I was told no. So I asked again and I was told no again. So this went on for a while and I remember being told by senior management that I wasn't qualified and this was too high profile a project to trust to somebody who didn't have the qualifications. And I remember saying to them, "Yeah, but I'm qualified to get qualified. I don't understand it."   Nafissa Shireen: And so I ended up being extremely relentless about it. And so they agreed, but it came with a really big condition. Now, at the time, I had a $450,000 mortgage. I had just bought a new car. My husband, he's an entrepreneur, so at the time his business was not in the state it is now. I was the bigger breadwinner and they said, "Well, you can have this job, but you need to go work on site." Which was in Alaska and I live in Vancouver, Canada. I'm married. "It is only a six month contract to test you out because our partners have to see if you can do this right and you have to go live up there. We'll pay your living expenses, we'll fly you back, but you need to spend most of your time up in Alaska. And if this doesn't work out at the end of six months, this is a new contract. You are waiving all of your severance rights," or whatever the word would have been like entitlements so it was basically a six month fixed contract.   Nafissa Shireen: And I didn't even hesitate. I just said yes. And I remember everybody in my world thought I was crazy. What are you doing? And it was one of those things where I'm like, "No, I have to do this." And so I did it. I had no way of knowing how they were going to respond to me, what the other partner was like in the joint venture. But all I knew was that I could count on me and I wanted this so bad. And so I did it. And not only did I last well past the six months and got put on permanently, had my base salary doubled with all the options and bonuses for the work I did, I ended up being a near seven figure earner in corporate.   Nafissa Shireen: Then the economic downturn started to happen. It was 2008 and everybody I knew said it was crazy. It wasn't safe. I was taking too much risk. I had a good job, I had good benefits. I was so safe, and I realized when I was up there, like I remember getting the memo, everybody that had gotten laid off in one fell swoop. I was insulated because I was on that project and I realized that if I had made the safe choice, I would not have been safe at all. I wouldn't have had a job.   Nafissa Shireen: Now, at that time, my income had gone up and I'd had the permanent place. And I still hadn't reached the pinnacle of my success there and it just kept getting better and better and better. But what that decision, that one decision to say yes to what seemed like the craziest thing in the world to do changed my life. Because when the job was no longer palatable, I could just quit because I was financially secure. And it also taught me that when I count on myself, the results are going to be great. And also to remember that the safe choice sometimes is probably the least safe of all. And so that's what's really shaped who I am today and where I have taken my business today. There's been other life experiences, but that I would say is probably the most profound one because when I think back and think about how crazy everybody thought I was.   Kyle Gray : Yeah, I love it. It's a big leap of faith and that's a common theme I've seen in many entrepreneurs journeys. There comes a time where, yeah, you can't make what appears to be a safe move or you just don't have enough information to know, Oh yeah, this is all going to turn out. And I'm all about doing your research and knowing as much as you can. But yeah, there's just these moments and they come all the time as an entrepreneur where you just have to make a big leap forward.   Nafissa Shireen: And so I got warmed up in the corporate world and that has been the, I mean, everything in my business has been a big risk. Everything. Until this point. So, yeah.   Kyle Gray : That's amazing. So tell us, what does life look like for you now and who do you serve and how have you taken this experience in corporate and your other experiences and how do you use that to help people today?   Nafissa Shireen: So I work primarily with entrepreneurs who are kind of hovering around that six figure level and can't seem to break through to seven figures. Or maybe they have a little bit, but they're still living paycheck to paycheck. So we get to a point where the strategies and systems and steps we took in the beginning of our business will get us to a certain point. But when we start to have a pattern of continuously not breaking to a certain level, it's not our tools that aren't working anymore. It's something's going on inside of us. And so I've worked with entrepreneurs like that. I mean I bring all of my business experience, but I primarily work with them on the mindset piece and the belief piece to help them break through that because they do have to make those kinds of leaps of faith.   Nafissa Shireen: And where I am now, I mean, my husband and I, we recently, a year ago, to expand the business, we made massive investment in buying a horse ranch because I worked with horses as well. That was a massive risk to be able to grow my business. Huge. And so, I try to model what it is I work with people on. I don't necessarily encourage clients to take that huge of a risk that I took with buying a multimillion dollar property, that's a huge one. But sometimes it can feel like that, the moves that you have to make. But sometimes just hiring the right team member can feel just as impactful to somebody who's kind of hovering around six figures and still hasn't paid himself properly, now they got to pay somebody else. It's just as impactful, that fear is the same.   Nafissa Shireen: And so when I'm working with entrepreneurs I help them take those decisions and start thinking like that seven figure or million dollar CEO who actually has a pretty good salary for themselves. That they can take those risks. And so I always like to say I consider what I do to intersect the woo with the work. And I tell people like, "Don't be afraid of the woo because it has various forums. It's really just all about digging deeper, removing the emotions that get in the way of your strategies, finding out the beliefs that aren't serving you and really carving your way to create what's absolutely true for you and your business because I also believe your business is a great path to self actualization as well." So I bring all that together and I do it here whether through Zoom like this with clients or when they come here for their VIP days, we work a lot with the horses and some other muscle testing and techniques that we work with.   Kyle Gray : I want to hear about your new equine therapy and how you're working with that. This is interesting to me because my mother is actually a world champion endurance horse racer and so she ran Arabian horses in Spain, she's raced the King of Malaysia and one of her horses, she donated to the National Ability Center in Utah as an equine therapy horse after he was no longer racing around.   Nafissa Shireen: Cool. That's really exciting. So then you must be quite familiar with how horses interact with us a little bit, right? Or a lot, right?   Kyle Gray : Yeah.   Nafissa Shireen: I'm a little bit of an accidental horseman. I just was taking riding lessons and then I ended up adopting my lesson horse 11 years ago or 10 years ago. And as I got into the coaching world, I never actually thought I was going to bring horses into it. But as I started to transform through my own horse and overcoming my own fears, I started to get really interested in the transformative power of horses. And I stumbled upon a book by a woman called Linda Kohanov. You can probably see right here, I've got one of her publications right there, The Way of the Horse and she's a pioneer in this field on equine assisted learning. I don't do the therapy aspect of it because I'm not a therapist. But that's kind of where it started, was in the therapeutic realm. And it has now started to really transcend and come a lot more into the mainstream for helping people in leadership and in coaching and helping them understand a lot more about themselves.   Nafissa Shireen: And so the way I use it in particular is to help my clients really understand how they're showing up in their business. And also to help them to get to the truth of who they are. Horses are prey animals, as you probably know, and how we show up with our energy, for them it's a life or death thing. They have to be able to read energy. They need to know whether that bear walking by us hungry or did he just eat?   Nafissa Shireen: And so they respond to the energy we put off and or put out. And emotional congruence is really important to a horse. If you are not emotionally congruent and to the listeners, what that means is if your insides don't match your outsides. So let's just say, you're not having a good day, but you're pretending that you are, they're not going to feel safe, they're going to feel safer if you just admit your feelings and own your feelings because they know that's what's actually going on.   Nafissa Shireen: So when I work with clients, there's a couple of things we do. A lot of times, actually I shouldn't say a lot of times, just about everybody I've worked with has had at least one part of their business that's maybe sucking their souls dry, but it's paying the bills but it's not in alignment with who they are or they're not absolutely clear or doing exactly what they want to do. And when we work with the horses and we work in reflective state, they're able to really tap into their subconscious mind and uncover things that are hidden and the truth for them a lot easier than they could in any other environment.   Nafissa Shireen: And part of the reason for that is when we are at our most relaxed, that's when we are at our most creative and at our most truthful and we allow ourselves to step into a feeling mind versus a thinking mind. And horses actually help us get there. There was a study down by the HeartMath Institute that showed how horses can actually affect our heart rate variability and help us to get into that rest and digest parasympathetic state. So reflective sessions with horses really help bring that out.   Nafissa Shireen: And what's amazing is the horses know when you're there, they'll always tell you because especially my pony is so energy sensitive that he can't handle any form of incongruence and he will stay as far away from a person as he can but he relaxes them. And then when they go, you know what, I think this is it or whatever comes through for them because I just stay out of it. I let the horse do their work. You'll see him come up. I had him lick one client literally from head to toe because she got into her truth. She dropped down, she sat down and she just realized she was doing the wrong business and it was a very emotional moment for her. And when she had that realization, the pony who was at the other end of the arena just walked over and he just literally licked her up and down from head to toe. It was so incredible to watch this happen. And then there's other ways that we work with them too in terms of boundaries, again, emotional congruence, leadership.   Kyle Gray : I'm picturing a scene where you are probably standing in the middle of a circular arena and you've got somebody like an executive on a horse and then you ask them a question that something makes them pretty upset inside and then all of a sudden you see it in the horse.   Nafissa Shireen: Yeah, absolutely. And the only difference to that is that there's no writing in the work I do. It's all on the ground. A lot of it's at liberty. Sometimes it's for safety and for the client's comfort, they might be haltered. It depends on the exercise that we're doing so, but it's exactly what you said. I will be going into coaching them with the horse there to witness it.   Nafissa Shireen: And the other thing too is horses are mirrors. The horse that shows up for you, the horse is showing you the you that has showed up that day. How they respond gives us a lot of insight into how we're showing up. And I'm always blown away when I have a retreat or more than one person in here because the same horse can show up for a person differently.    But our thinking minds can attribute a lot of different things to a different day, different weather. The horse was tired, he's reacting differently. The exercise was different. But when we have exercises and you have five or six people together at a retreat and they're all doing the same thing, and the horse is responding differently and mirroring their energy, it's amazing to watch. And the other people when they're holding sacred space and they're witnessing what's going on, they can see how the horse is uniquely responding.   Nafissa Shireen: And horses have no agenda. They live in the present moment. So if they're not feeling safe with you or they're not respecting your boundary, or they're thinking that they don't have to respect you or follow your leadership, they're just being honest, they don't mean anything by it. And so as humans, we can take that feedback and feel really safe about it. Whereas even me as a coach, I have an agenda. I have a client in a relationship with me that's in a financial relationship and I want them to have results. We do have that. Horses have none of that. And so it really helps a person to feel safe and to get to their truth.   Nafissa Shireen: And the other thing too is I live with four horses, so I sometimes forget what it's like for somebody who's not used to being around them. If you're not used to being around them, it's a really different experience.   Kyle Gray : It's a really big thing that, yeah.   Nafissa Shireen: Yeah. Your reptilian brain, your subconscious mind, all those different parts of you don't know the difference between an imagined threat or a real threat. So if picking up the phone to make sales calls, terrifies you. Whatever's driving that fear is the same fear or belief that's going to show up when you're in front of a horse, like that pure terror. Except in front of the horse, it's showing up in a way that makes sense and then we can dive deep and say something like, "Well, what's going on here? What were you afraid of? Or what showed up? Or why didn't you have that boundary? Or where were you hesitant?" And we can start to see how somebody's energy is showing up. So it's amazing.   Kyle Gray : Does the horse need any kind of special training?    Nafissa Shireen: The horse isn't certified and I can tell you're used to horses by asking that question. So you have to make sure the horse is suitable for work. I can't train them in terms of what they do with the client. I always say, "We'll set an intention when we go into the arena or the pasture." But the horse is going to figure out what that person needs. But I do make sure that the horses I work with are trained to be around people at liberty, to respond to me when I tell them to knock something off right away, that they can be trusted. So they have to have a lot of experience with people.   Nafissa Shireen: So for instance, the horses that I have before they moved here, they lived a lot of years at a boarding center. And so if they were not out in their paddock, they were in their stall. And if they weren't in either of those two places, they were working with the human either tacked up or haltered up. So they weren't at liberty. So I had to teach them how to let people just walk around them and be comfortable with that. Some of the work we do involves sitting with the horses or doing a guided meditation. So I've had to teach the horse how to respect a person's space when they're sitting. So there's things we do and not all of my horses are suitable for everything.    Kyle Gray : They'll try and eat your hair.   Nafissa Shireen: I mean, you've been around horses so you know some are bomb proof and others spook at their own farts. So the latter, you probably would not leave him alone at liberty with somebody. You would have to have them on a halter or do a grooming exercise in a contained area like a stall. So it's really about knowing your horses and knowing what they can handle. But yeah, there is some training involved so that they don't freak out if we're doing an active exercise with them like, what is this person doing? If we're trying to lead them through an obstacle course in a session with a client, that's not the first time I want the horse to ever see the obstacle, let's put it that way.   Kyle Gray : What are some of the common patterns that you seem to uncover in the people that you work with best with horses? Where are they really the best at telling the truth and what do you learn from them and then how do you work on that after?   Nafissa Shireen: I don't know that there's a common pattern because everybody is so unique, but I would say that, I guess if we were to say like a thread, it really comes down to a core belief. What that belief will be is different for each person. But where we can see that there's something that shows up for them with the horse and then we can dig down and find out, it's showing up everywhere in their business.   Nafissa Shireen: So if we discover there's a trust issue and that happened with a client and we didn't even know we were going to be working on that, we were going into the arena to work on having this horse represent the upped up level client and it turned into a trust issue. So it was really fascinating. And then we found out what was really holding her back and we were able to drill down to different areas of her business.   Nafissa Shireen: It could be boundaries. And I did one exercise when I had my last retreat here where we put a bucket of treats in the middle of the arena and the clients had to keep that horse away from this bucket of treats for 10 seconds. It's not as easy as it sounds. And I know it doesn't sound easy. And one of my clients who was there, she's newer in business and she's a bit nervous with the sales conversation. She's a bit nervous about asserting herself, but she's brilliant at what she does. And you could see this. She just was so timid about asking this horse to just stay. And so that helped me as her coach to understand that she still doesn't have that belief in herself.   Nafissa Shireen: So it's really about what comes up in the session is where we'll find a current theme in their business. But what shows up for everybody is something totally different.   Kyle Gray : Wow. And what else do you combine with these sessions, or are you working with people? You mentioned this is a lot in the mindset and how are you helping them in kind of strategic ways?   Nafissa Shireen: Strategic ways, well. So every client is different. They don't follow a signature system or a 10 step formula rate. They'll work with me generally for a year. And so the horse is part of it, they'll come for two to three VIP days depending on their program. And so in that VIP day, again, it depends on their intake. And so sometimes we'll be out with the horses and other times we'll be in applying the strategy. And then throughout the year we have our regular coaching calls. I provide optional community to all of my clients because I know how important that is. And I also know how important it is not to be the smartest person in the room. So when we have a group of entrepreneurs that get together and mastermind and they're all successful in their own right, but in different businesses, there's a lot of value there. So we bring that together and then we have group retreats for all of them to get together.   Nafissa Shireen: So with community, with masterminding, with coaching, with business strategy. And then sometimes I just give them a kick in the butt too. There's a little bit of that that that goes on.   Kyle Gray : Absolutely. So you're working with large groups of people and these are definitely a premium and very high level service that you offer. What are you doing to attract people and get the word out and get people to come out to the ranch?   Nafissa Shireen: I'm not a heavy online marketer. I would say I'm an online networker a little bit more than that because what I sell is really not conducive to buy now button. So I need to build relationships and so through Facebook Lives, through things like this, like podcasting, going to events, meeting people and good old fashioned picking up the phone when I meet people and building a relationship and it works. I have my YouTube channel as well, which does bring people in and I have attracted some high end clients through my YouTube channel. But again, there's a conversation that has to happen and so it's really about building relationships with people I meet in different ways. So I would say it's online networking, that would be my biggest lead in for clients.   Kyle Gray : Do you think you have some unique ways to connect with people or is there something that you're doing that really makes that work for you?   Nafissa Shireen: I don't think this is unique, but what I do is I try to take it offline as fast as I can and have a conversation. I think a lot of people sometimes will tend to shy away from having that conversation because they don't want to come across as pushy or salesy. But I never look at it that way because I would say 80 to 90% of the people that I talk to are not actually ideal clients for me and I'm not an ideal coach for them. But I can help them. I can be of service to them, I can connect them or I can just create a champion.   Nafissa Shireen: So I always try to approach this of how do I get to know people, how can I help these people? And if I can help them through a program or a service, then I will. One of my clients came to me because I was her client. I was sponsoring an event, she did my booth and I was like, "I think you need some help." And she's become a long term client and it just worked out that way. So it was six months after we met in person and had a relationship. And just about all of my clients except for one who was directly through YouTube, I had met them all personally some way before they became clients.   Kyle Gray : This is very similar to me. Though I do have an online presence and an online following and I've found most of my clients for my agency and for the high touch work, I do a lot of speaking and presentations and then stay at the events and meet people and make a lot of connections. And I've found that, yeah, just the level of trust you can build in person is pretty significant.   Nafissa Shireen: Absolutely.   Kyle Gray : Yeah.   Nafissa Shireen: And with, with the horse stuff, from a year long clients, this is part of their program. But I also do standalone private client retreats anywhere from one to three days or group retreats. And so these are people that might not be working with me for a year, but they want to work through something that they're stuck on or come to an understanding. And so they can do that and still work with their other coach. And so part of it too is building relationships in a way that A, either they'll get referrals or B, if somebody does come to me in that situation that their other coach doesn't feel like I'm trying to skip their client or something, they actually understand what I do because I believe there's enough to go around for everybody. And so I think having those relationships just helps meet the people, build referrals, create champions, and it's worked for me. So my business is a little bit more, it's not a brick and mortar business, but I've applied some of those principles to building it.   Kyle Gray : Absolutely. It's good to know and it's good to be reminded just how valuable and maybe even more valuable a personal human connection is. And for such a personal physical business that has this element really real physicality working with a horse, I think meeting in person makes a lot of sense even... Yeah.   Nafissa Shireen: And here's a little controversial thing I have to say too. The emotional safety of my horses is number one. So I also have to be very choosy that I feel like I can bring this person in because A, they're also coming to my home   Kyle Gray : Yeah, yeah. That's important.   Nafissa Shireen: I don't want to just put on the internet, "Hey, come to my house." That's kind of crazy. So you want to meet people and know that there's that synergy there. And the emotional safety of the horses too. Even if there's somebody that I would personally trust 100%, if I feel their energy is just way too much for the horses, I couldn't in good conscience sell them something or make them an offer because their physical safety is at risk if the horse's emotional safety at risk. You understand that as being around horses. So I need to know the people that come here, that's...   Kyle Gray : Yeah.   Nafissa Shireen: Yeah.   Kyle Gray : Nafissa, it's been such a pleasure exploring this totally different approach to coaching. And do you have any closing thoughts for us and where can we go to learn more about you?   Nafissa Shireen: So if I was going to offer somebody a closing thought, I would just say to get to that next level in your business, you're going to have to do something different than you're doing right now. Because whatever got you here is not going to get you there. And I know it's scary and I know that it can feel like you're putting all your cards or eggs in one basket, but don't let that stop you from getting what you want. I think that goes back to my original story.   Nafissa Shireen: If people want to learn more about me, they can come to my website, which is nafissashireen.com or my YouTube channel, which is Nafissa Shireen and all my stuff is that handle except I have a behind the scenes Instagram page for the ranch, which is @believeandseeranch and it's not a business page but you can just see daily living. I call it city girl in the country, so yeah.   Kyle Gray : Awesome. Well, thank you so much for joining us on The Story Engine Podcast.   Nafissa Shireen: Thanks Kyle.   Kyle Gray: Thanks for listening to the Story Engine Podcast. Be sure to check out the show notes and resources mentioned on this episode and every other episode at thestoryengine.co. If you're looking to learn more about how to use storytelling to grow your business, then check out my new book, Selling With Story: How to Use Storytelling to Become an Authority, Boost Sales, and Win the Hearts and Minds of Your Audience. This book will equip you with actionable strategies and templates to help you share your unique value and build trust in presentations, sales, and conversations, both online and offline. Learn more at sellingwithstory.co. Thanks for listening, and I'll see you next time.  

There is no one on this planet who knows how important a dog is in your life like dog enthusiast Kathy Kawalec of the Enlightened by Dogs Podcast. Just like you, Kathy sees a kindred spirit, a sentient being, a heart and a soul when she looks into the eyes of a dog. Our host makes no bones about her opinion that partnership with our dogs is much better than simply training them. Partnership is based on a deep trusting connection and it’s this connection that breeds the behavior that we want to see from our furry friend. What could be better?   In This Episode, Kathy starts with an engaging quote from Helen Keller, “Any teacher can take a child to the classroom, but not every teacher can make him learn. He will not work joyously unless he feels that liberty is his.” She starts this way to illustrate the connection in Helen’s quote and our relationship with our dogs. Our dogs want to be heard and truly understood by us in our roles as partners and leaders with them.   Dance of Partnership - a special way of communication, decreases need for training, but accelerates learning process. There is a profound connection between all living things especially with our dogs. Through cognition we can learn how to tap into the power of that DNA that we share with our dogs. Dogs are ready, willing, and able to be our joyful collaborators.  This dance is a heart centered leadership within your relationship with your dog. Equanimity is at the heart of this dance.   Kathy mentions author, horse woman and socially intelligent leadership expert Linda Kohanov  who inspired and continues to inspire her in the way she interacts with her own dogs. “To be clear and confident of your own dreams while remaining responsive to the needs and gifts of others you must check your ego at the gate.”  Partnership and leadership will be discussed over the next couple of weeks. Kathy makes clear she will be talking about leadership and the bad wrap it has gotten in the positive dog training arena. Consensual leadership: Given to the individual in a family group who is at any given time is The calmest The clearest The most creative Propose to create a family group with your dogs and community.  Maintain good boundaries. The entire group has its specialties. Even in the positive training community we have been culturally conditioned and guilty of unintentionally using dictatorial verbiage with our dogs. We house break them We do obedience training We need them to obey our commands We need to correct their behavior We can avoid this by following consensual leadership. Sometimes the dog will lead: tracking, herding, fetching. Sometimes we are leading. It’s a contemporary idea and research that is amazingly illuminating.  While doing this we can come away with a profound understanding of what it means to connect with our dogs.   “When we are teaching and training from the heart with the best interest of our dogs at the center we will never go wrong.”   “It starts with us taking responsibility for our part of the dance.”   While conducting research Brian Hare and  Vanessa Woods of Duke University said the following:  “A cognitive approach works so well with dogs, not because they have no mind, but because precisely because they do.” “All dogs are skilled at using human gestures.”   “This is cognitive science!”   The Brilliant Partners Workshop! http://dancinghearts.link/bpaworkshop   Enlightened by Dogs Website More Kathy   Facebook Community     Kathy's YouTube Channel Enlightened By Dogs! EBD Podcast on Lisbyn EBD Podcast on iTunes     Linda's Book: The Five Roles of A Master Herder: A revolutionary approach to socially intelligent leadership Linda Kohanov on Amazon

In this episode I speak with AJ Millions from Leading the Way International. AJ does one of my passions, she has an experiential horse facilitated learning centre. AJ works with people of all ages and from many different walks of life. Her experience in life is extraordinary. It began on a large ranch in Canada with her Grandfather, learning how she did NOT want to train horses.You will hear how AJ worked with first Canadian elders in a womens correctional centre where she assisted in an equine program to help rehabilitate women into society without reoffending and entering the cycle of corrections.AJ has worked with so many amazing horse people in her life so far, one of which was Ray Hunt when she was only 18.AJ has also been lucky enough to study with Linda Kohanov who brings such wisdom to any horse assisted therapy work.AJ’s passion is working with at risk youth and you will hear stories of how she facilitates change with her incredible herd, for these kids who do not fit the current education system.AJ also has a passion for making sure her horses are well taken care of in every way. Healing work can have a big impact on horses as well and we speak about the way Aj is able to care for her herd to make sure they do not have any negative responses or setbacks from this work as well.To connect with AJ you can go to her website or Facebook page.Here is a link to the book that she speaks of in the interview, written by Yvonne Johnson, one of the Women in the correctional centre in Canada.

Linda Kohanov - 5 Roles of a Master Herder

Linda Kohanov is an internationally recognized author, speaker, and pioneer in the field of equine-facilitated learning, where horses help teach people leadership, nonverbal communication, relationship, creativity and other advanced human development skills. Her organization Eponaquest Worldwide serves clients on six continents. Linda’s five books, including her latest The Five Roles of a Master Herder, have been translated into French, German, Dutch, and Czech, and are used as texts at universities.  For the show notes? Visit www.mysevenchakras.com/248 Like this episode? Please leave an honest rating on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. P.S: Just takes a minute! :-) SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES  Click here to leave us a rating & review on iTunes Follow us on social media:  | Facebook | Twitter | Join our Facebook Tribe

I'm discussing "The Five Roles of a Master Herder: A Revolutionary Model or Socially Intelligent Leadership" by Linda Kohanov with Leadership Coach and Business Consultant Susanne Hemet. Susanne has long been known for bringing insights learned from animals into her trainings. She talks about how parents can incorporate leadership lessons into their parenting, and also how these lessons have influenced her own parenting. Part 2.

In this week's episode Linda Kohanov speaks with Joanna about: learning from horses how to be powerful in a new way; the power to stand up together and speak our truth in a way that doesn't demean someone else; horses, relationship before territory; a life-changing encounter with a horse; immature dominant power running amok in our world; understanding sensitive and dominant children; the advantage of multicultural societies; a new world opened through the relationship with her unrideable horse Tabula Rasa; heart breathing and the skills of energy engagement; Buddha was an exceptional horseman; meeting horses changed human culture; developing "emotional heroism" to change the world. The post The Way of the Horse appeared first on Future Primitive Podcasts.

I'm discussing "The Five Roles of a Master Herder: A Revolutionary Model or Socially Intelligent Leadership" by Linda Kohanov with Leadership Coach and Business Consultant Susanne Hemet. Susanne has long been known for bringing insights learned from animals into her trainings. She talks about how parents can incorporate leadership lessons into their parenting, and also how these lessons have influenced her own parenting.

Anthony Flaccavento was my first guest ever on this program when it was called Religion For Life. I had him on again last year when we discussed his book, Building a Healthy Economy from the Bottom Up: Harnessing Real-World Experience for Transformative Change. He has been a farmer, entrepreneur and consultant for over 30 years. He is on the leading edge of building sustainable economies and communities and he hopes to bring this vision of Rural Progressive Politics to Washington. He is running for congress in Virginia’s Ninth District which encompasses Southwest Virginia. Linda Kohanov is the author of the bestseller, The Tao of Equus. She teaches and speaks internationally. She established Eponaquest Worldwide to explore the healing potential of working with horses and offer programs on everything from emotional and social intelligence, leadership, stress reduction, and parenting to consensus building and mindfulness. We talk about her latest book, The Five Roles of a Master Herder: A Revolutionary Model for Socially Intelligent Leadership. Anthony Flaccavento begins at 2:57.Linda Kohanov begins at 29:16.

Aired Thursday, 19 April 2018, 7:00 PM ETThe “Way Of The Horse” – A Revolutionary Model For Socially Intelligent Leadership with Linda KohanovPower and leadership are two words that are inextricably entwined. We are all leaders at some time in some area of our lives. But to be an effective leader, one has to know how to use power effectively. In this increasingly complex world, where anyone from any background can instantly access information and resources to empower and advance their position in life, and anyone with a great idea can raise money online and conceive a multi-million-dollar corporation in the corner of a basement or a garage, command and control forms of leadership are on their way to becoming obsolete but learning to share power in a balanced way is still one of our greatest human challenges.Linda Kohanov is an international speaker, leadership trainer, and the bestselling author of The Tao of Equus. In her new book, The Five Roles of a Master Herder, she offers a new approach to leadership, rooted in the collaborative power of ancient herding cultures and based on her decades of equestrian work. For thousands of years, master herders have developed a multi-faceted, socially intelligent form of leadership that combines five disparate roles with unique qualities of leadership. Effective leadership, asserts Kohanov, comes from a holistic balance all five of these roles. The Five Roles of a Master Herder shows readers how to develop and employ them consciously and fluidly in their “modern tribes” of families, workplaces, and other social organizations.Linda Kohanov joins Sandie this week to discuss:~ What can equine-based wisdom and the nonverbal leadership skills of ancient herding cultures teach us about leadership in the 21st century?~ Why is “power” is such a difficult topic to discuss in our culture when it plays such a huge role in just about every kind of group of people?~ How we can recognize which of the five leadership roles we may be overemphasizing and which roles we’re avoiding.~ How the five roles of a master herder can lead us through potentially “explosive” situations at home, and in life.~ Non-predatory power and how we can use it in our daily lives?~ And more…Linda Kohanov established Eponaquest Worldwide to explore the healing potential of working with horses and offer programs on everything from emotional and social intelligence, leadership, stress reduction, and parenting to consensus building and mindfulness. She has used this revolutionary new model with executive teams at such companies as Nike, Chubb Insurance, and Raytheon.Website: www.eponaquest.com

Aired Wednesday, 21 March 2018, 2:00 PM ESTThe Five Roles of a Master Herder with Linda KohanovWhen you ask someone to describe what makes a great leader, you will most likely receive a wide variety of answers as there are many different ways to describe and define a leader, especially a good one.The importance of being a good leader is no longer restricted to a corporate boardroom. Recognizing and understanding your unique leadership style can positively impact your career, your finances, your family, and your friendships.Joining Sylvia today is her guest, Linda Kohanov, author of The Fives Roles of a Master Herder: A Revolutionary Model for Socially Intelligent Leadership to discuss Linda’s horse-inspired insights and how you can identify your leadership style and the leadership style of others to enhance your ability to lead socially and intelligently.About the Guest: Linda KohanovBestselling author, Linda Kohanov, teaches internationally on subjects including leadership, social intelligence and stress reduction through Eponaquest Worldwide.Eponaquest is a multi-disciplinary educational organization where humans, horses and other animals are supported in co-creating a new way of being, one that emphasizes authenticity, collaboration, and experimentation. The emphasis is on learning how to thrive rather than simply survive, expanding both human and animal consciousness/potential.Linda Kohanov organization, Eponaquest, considers the constant interplay of body, mind, spirit, and emotion, developing intuition, flexibility, and inter-subjective relationship skills to balance Western indoctrination in logic, rigid methodology, competitiveness and objectivity — ultimately bringing these opposites into an empowered balance. Conventional and unconventional theories on the nature of human and animal consciousness/behavior are investigated, challenged, and constantly updated through a process of experiential investigation.For more information about Linda Kohanov and Eponaquest visit: www.Eponaquest.com and www.MasterHerder.comTo Contact Sylvia HendersonVisit: www.IntuitiveTransformations.netEmail: sylvia@IntuitiveTransformations.netTwitter: @NaturalNtuitiveLike Me On Facebook at: www.facebook.com/IntuitiveTransform

From MasterHerder.com:Across several bestselling books, author and teacher Linda Kohanov has explored “the way of the horse,” an experiential wisdom gained by studying the nonpredatory power of horses. In The Five Roles of a Master Herder, she adapts these horse-inspired insights into useful tools for developing collaborative leadership and managing change.Over thousands of years, Kohanov writes, “master herders” of nomadic herding cultures developed a multifaceted, socially intelligent form of leadership combining the five roles of Dominant, Leader, Sentinel, Nurturer / Companion, and Predator. The fluid interplay of these roles allowed interspecies communities to move across vast landscapes, dealing with predators and changing climates, protecting and nurturing the herd while keeping massive, gregarious, often aggressive animals together — without the benefit of fences and with very little reliance on restraints.She includes an innovative assessment tool that will help you determine which roles you currently overemphasize and which roles you may be ignoring — or even actively avoiding. Through this powerful, at times surprising and moving book, Kohanov will show you how to recognize, cultivate, and utilize all five roles in the modern tribes of your workplace, family, and other social organizations.

Linda is an author, speaker, riding instructor and horse trainer who has become an internationally-recognized innovator in the field of Equine Experiential Learning and a respected writer on the subject of Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy. Her book The Tao of Equus: A Woman’s Journey of Healing and Transformation through the Way of the Horse was selected as one of the Top Ten Religion and Spirituality books of 2001 by Amazon.com. Her second book, Riding between the Worlds: Expanding Our Potential through the Way of the Horse, was published in 2003. Both books have been used as texts in university courses across the country and have received appreciative reviews in publications as diverse as Horse and Rider, Natural Horse, IONS Noetic Sciences Review, Shift, Spirituality and Health, Animal Wellness, The Equestrian News and Strides (the magazine published by the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association). Among her numerous lectures throughout the U.S. and Canada, she was a presenter at the 2001 NARHA conference and was the keynote speaker at the 2003 NARHA conference. She was also a featured presenter at the 2004 International Transpersonal Conference. Books: The Tao of Equus: A Woman’s Journey of Healing and Transformation through the Way of the Horse (2001) Riding between the Worlds: Expanding Our Potential through the Way of the Horse (2003) Way of the Horse: Equine Archetypes for Self-Discovery - A Book of Exploration and 40 Cards (2007) The Power of the Herd: Building Social Intelligence, Visionary Leadership, and Authentic Community through the Way of the Horse (2013) The Five Roles of a Master Herder: A Revolutionary Model for Socially Intelligent Leadership (2016) She has also been published in many equestrian magazines and other articles such as IONS Noetic Sciences Review and Shift. https://eponaquest.com/

The author of The Five Roles of the Master Herder and the bestseller The Tao of Equus, Linda Kohanov speaks and teaches internationally. She established Eponaquest Worldwide to explore the healing potential of working with horses and offer programs on everything from emotional and social intelligence, leadership, stress reduction, and parenting to consensus building and mindfulness. Her main website is eponaquest.com. More information about The Five Roles of a Master Herder is available at masterherder.com.

Aired Wednesday, 24 January 2018, 8:00 PM ET Linda Kohanov - The Five Roles of a Master Herder We live in a world of complicated relationships. Professionally and personally, these relationships are driven by the traits each of us brings to them and the roles we assume. With disparate approaches to these relationships, problem solving, team building and progress may be difficult to achieve without a deeper understanding of the part each of us play. Is there an older, deeper, and simpler form of wisdom that we can call upon to better define our roles and succeed in both the work place and personal life? My guest this week on Destination Unlimited, Linda Kohanov, says there is and it comes from good old-fashioned “horse sense.” Linda is beloved for her groundbreaking articulation of “the way of the horse,” an experiential wisdom known to riders for centuries but little studied or adapted for off-horse use. Linda has used this new model with executive teams at such companies as Nike, Chub Insurance and Raytheon. She is the author of The Power of the Herd and bestseller, The Tao of Equus and speaks and teaches internationally. She established Eponaquest Worldwide to explore the healing potential of working with horses and offers programs on everything from emotional and social intelligence, leadership, stress reduction and parenting consensus to build mindfulness. Her website is eponaquest.com and she joins me this week to discuss her new book, The Five Roles of a Master Herder—A Revolutionary Model for Socially Intelligent Leadership.

Leadership’s something everyone is a part of. Whether you’re a parent, doctor, employer, or even a football coach – if you have influence or impact on others, you have the opportunity to lead, so why not do so greatly? Linda Kohanov, author, speaker, and experienced horse trainer, reveals the five essential roles of a master leader and how they’re everything you need to become the leader you’ve always envisioned. Linda’s an internationally recognized innovator in the field of equine experiential learning. She’s a respected writer on the subject of equine-facilitated psychotherapy. Her newest book, The Five Roles of a Master Herder, helps the reader make sense of previously confusing group dynamics and it helps people to develop a mature, balanced, mutually-empowering approach to leadership and life. Linda’s also authored several other books including The Tao of Equus: A Woman's Journey of Healing and Transformation through the Way of the Horse which was selected as one of the top 10 spirituality books on Amazon in 2001. Whether you believe it or not, you have the natural ability to lead. Uncover your hidden talent starting NOW! Key takeaways: Unleash a super power. A horse can stand up against a human being, a pack of wolfs, or even lions to protect its herd. These non-predatory herbivores have so much more to teach us, humankind, about mindfulness than we realize. Your hidden lesson of internal strength revealed HERE…[07:09]. Uncover a newfound territory. If you want to specialize in business, then you’ll study business. The same will apply to any specialization, but research shows that over-specialization can actually make you highly dysfunctional. Learn to disassociate with roles, to break away, with this ONE tip…[11:33]. Unveil a less dominant world. Do you have a family member, boss, or friend who has you walking on eggshells because you don’t want them to explode? Where in a blink of an eye they can make you feel like your smallest, most incompetent self? No more! Combat any dominant person by doing these TWO things… [19:38]. Unlock a new characteristic. A leader shines in new situations and experiences. Their heavy curiosity and confidence naturally becomes contagious to the rest of the group. It draws everyone in, but can it be taught? Yes! Begin practicing these traits by knowing THIS…[33:59]. Tune in and turn the volume up for a dose of inspiration and life lessons. You're never more than One Idea Away from a whole, new reality.

The Five Roles of a Master Herder with Linda KohanovLinda Kohanov adapts horse-inspired insights into powerful tools for developing collaborative leadership and managing change. Over thousands of years, Kohanov writes, “master herders” of nomadic herding cultures developed a multi-faceted, socially intelligent form of leadership combining the five roles. https://eponaquest.comFind Peace with Roland GriffithRoland Griffith, author of Find Peace One POP at a Time, is a successful entrepreneur, humanist, public speaker, and business leader who has achieved peace, increased his personal joy and hope, and developed a system to help others. Roland now offers 30-minute and one-hour consults by phone/Skype or in person, working with you to develop tools to intentionally turn down the volume on your mental mind chatter. http://www.rolandgriffith.com/

If you've ever wanted to be a better leader, or socially more intelligent, then do we have The Five Roles of a Master Herder show for you! Today I'll be talking with leadership and social intelligence expert Linda Kohanov, Author of The Power of the Heart, and the Tao of Equus, about a brilliant new read that blew me away, The Five Roles of a Master Herder. And that's just what I want to talk with her about today, about horse-inspired insights to work with others and lead the way. Become a Master Herder Self-Improvement and Self-Help Topics Include: Did Linda Kohanov grow up with horses? How did she go from radio programming to working with horses? Who was Nakia and what did she learn from riding her? What did she learn about being congruent from horses? What did scary stallions teach her? What's it mean to be honest to your emotions? How did she lose the ability to lie? What does oxytocin have to do with animal behavior? Why was Darwin's theory wrong, or at least incomplete? What is mutual aid? What happened with her horse Tabula Rasa when confronted with a herd of cows? What's wrong with thinking of humans as predators? What can we learn from nomadic pastoral cultures? How did things change in her life once she started helping horses give birth and living as a herd? What are the five roles to become a master herder and where did they come from? What's a true leader? What's a dominant? How do we handle the power of a dominant? What does it mean not to take a dominant's games personally? What are power principles? What's the role of a nurterer/companion? How do we handle the dark side of a nurturer? What can we learn from horses sleeping standing up? What does mindfulness have to do with social intelligence? What's our inner lion? What do we do if we're in an intensely predatory situation? To find out more visit: masterherder.com eponaquest.com Become the Horse on bandcamp.com Linda Kohanov On How to Become Socially Smarter & a Better Leader Thru Horse Inspired Insights!!! Health | Career | Parenting | Inspiration | Motivation | Spiritual | Spirituality | Meditation | Mindfulness | Inspirational | Motivational | Self-Improvement | Self-Help | Inspire For More Info Visit: www.InspireNationShow.com

Bestselling author Linda Kohanov uses the healing potential of working with horses to teach people how to lead more effectively. Her 5th book, The Five Roles of the Master Herder, helps us implement socially intelligent leadership.

This week on Relationships 2.0 my guest is Linda Kohanov author of The Five Roles of a Master Herder: A Revolutionary Model for Socially Intelligent Leadership About the book: In The Five Roles of a Master Herder, Linda Kohanov adapts horse-inspired insights into powerful tools for developing collaborative leadership and managing change. Over thousands of years, Kohanov writes, “master herders” of nomadic herding cultures developed a multi-faceted, socially intelligent form of leadership combining the five roles of Dominant, Leader, Sentinel, Nurturer/Companion, and Predator. The fluid interplay of these roles allowed interspecies communities to move across vast landscapes, dealing with predators and changing climates, protecting and nurturing the herd while keeping massive, gregarious, often aggressive animals together — without the benefit of fences and with very little reliance on restraints. She includes an innovative assessment tool to help you determine which roles you currently overemphasize and which roles you may be ignoring — or even actively avoiding. Through this powerful and surprising book, Kohanov will show you how to recognize, cultivate, and utilize all five roles in the modern tribes of your workplace, family, and other social organizations. About the author: Through her Eponaquest Worldwide, established to explore the healing potential of working with horses, Linda Kohanov teaches internationally on subjects including leadership, social intelligence, and stress reduction. She lives near Tucson, Arizona.

26/10/17 - Le cheval et les sagesses amérindiennes - Vibra avec Sylvain Gillier animée par Mary Lys. 26/10/17 - Le cheval et les sagesses amérindiennes - Vibra avec Sylvain Gillier animée par Mary Lys Compagnon et partenaire des humains depuis des milliers d'années, le cheval est dans les mythes, les cosmogonies et les contes un symbole de la dualité du spirituel et de l'animal, un psychopompe qui fait voyager entre les mondes, et un guérisseur par sa connaissance des forces naturelles, comme en témoignent, par exemple, les cérémonies druidiques de la déesse Epona, ou les mythes classiques de Chiron et de Pégase des mystères d'Eleusis en Grèce. Etre avec un cheval, c'est entrer dans le monde merveilleux des mythes et des archétypes, ré enchanter le monde en retrouvant le lien perdu avec la nature primordiale, traverser la nuit de l'inconscient pour se diriger vers une conscience nouvelle. Qui est Sylvain Gillier ? « Je pratique l'homéopathie et la phytothérapie depuis plus de vingt ans, et m'intéresse aux travaux du psychiatre suisse Carl Gustav Jung sur la psychologie des profondeurs et à la psychologie humaniste de Roberto Assaglioli et Abraham Maslow. Médecin de formation, cavalier, j'ai suivi dans les années 2000 une formation en équithérapie avec des enfants handicapés et des autistes en utilisant les principes de l'équitation éthologique . Vivant quotidiennement avec un troupeau de chevaux en semi-liberté, le lien avec la nature est un concept important pour moi car il fait concrètement partie de ma vie, et j'ai établi un partenariat avec le Parc Naturel de Haute Vallée de Chevreuse, où j'habite, pour favoriser la biodiversité par une gestion des milieux naturels avec les équidés. J'organise de temps en temps des promenades botaniques dans ce cadre préservé du PNR de Chevreuse, à pied ou à cheval. Mieux connaître la nature, c'est aussi mieux la respecter. Depuis mai 2014, je suis instructeur Eponaquest certifié POH, après une formation diplômante de 350 heures dispensée aux USA par Linda Kohanov et la Fondation Eponaquest, en relation avec l'University of Arizona ( Université de l'Arizona) à Tucson ( Arizona, Etats-Unis). La formation a été dispensée par des médecins, des psychologues, des professionels de la relation thérapeutique et des professionnels de l'équitation éthologique. Depuis 2009, j'organise dans le cadre de l'association que j'ai créée, Cheval Communication, des stages en France et aux USA en partenariat avec Eponaquest Worlwide et eQuintessence, et des voyages à la découverte de soi, entre autres à la découverte des cultures amérindiennes du Sud-Ouest des Etats-Unis. En plus de mon activité en cabinet médical, je donne des sessions individuelles en équithérapie (thérapie assistée par le cheval). Le cheval y est un véritable assistant et facilitateur pour guérir et reconstruire, dans un mode non-verbal et expérientiel, les fonctions du cerveau émotionnel. Mais, pour moi, le cheval est avant tout un compagnon merveilleux de chaque jour qui ouvre les portes de la connaissance de soi. » Dr Gillier-Imbs intervient en partenariat avec différentes structures en France et aux Etats Unis : https://www.equintessence.org/ http://psychosynthese.fr/ http://eponaquest.com/ http://pollencircles.org/ http://cheval-communication.vpweb.fr/ Contact: sylvain.imbs@gmail.com LinkedIn Viadeo

Les chevaux sont de vrais experts en « agilité émotionnelle ». La preuve : ils sentent bien avant nous si l'on est triste, angoissé... Ils ressentent les émotions et savent quelle attitude adopter selon le contexte. Entre la fuite, la défense, l’attente… Que peut-on apprendre de ces animaux pour dompter nos émotions ? Retrouvez nous sur : Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/neoplanete Twitter : http://twitter.com/neoplanete ou sur notre site internet : http://www.neoplanete.fr Explications de notre coach Cécile Gilbert-Kawano qui travaille avec Linda Kohanov auteure de « Chevaucher entre deux mondes ; développer son potentiel par la voie du cheval » (Broché).

We are half way through the summer and thought tonight would be a great time to have a quick STR get-together to catch up and talk about what’s new with Stana and each of you.  We hope everyone has read or is still reading this summer’s STR Book Club selection, “The Girl on the Train” and will be able to participate in our discussion next month on September 6th.  Looks like we also have some more reading with Stana’s recommendations of “Freedom” by Jaycee Dugard and “The Power of the Herd” by Linda Kohanov. So, if you’ve finished “The Girl…” you already have two great recommendations to check out yet this summer. If you were able to attend the “Sister Cities” World Premiere at Traverse City Film Festival – we’d love for you to call or skype in and tell us your thoughts. We ALL can’t wait to see this film along “Lost is Florence” and “The Rendezvous” this fall.

Linda Kohanov author and teacher, has explored “the way of the horse,” an experiential wisdom gained by studying the nonpredatory power of horses. In The Five Roles of a Master Herder, she adapts these horse-inspired insights into useful tools for developing collaborative leadership and managing change.Over thousands of years, Kohanov writes, “master herders” of nomadic herding cultures developed a multifaceted, socially intelligent form of leadership combining the five roles of Dominant, Leader, Sentinel, Nurturer / Companion, and Predator.  JP Beaudoin faced with bad news about his health, he adapted his lifestyle to reflect this philosophy and successfully confronted this challenge thrown at him! JP Beaudoin is now an author, speaker and life and business coach. He wants to share his experiences in order to help you become a better version of yourself and to gain access to a life you've always imagined. Mark Skilton Professor of Practice, Information Systems Management, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UK For more information go to MoneyForLunch.com. Connect with Bert Martinez on Facebook. Connect with Bert Martinez on Twitter. Need help with your business? Contact Bert Martinez. Have Bert Martinez speak at your event!

Guest note: technical difficulties with this episode. There are alot of cut offs. Scheduled Guests: Lynda Wallace, and Linda Kohanov. Sponsored by Sage North America. 

Buffett's full-bodied electronic sound and rock-influenced accessibility make his music a congenial transition between the lighter pop instrumentals that have flooded the market and artists who are pushing the boundaries of modern electronic music with more challenging fare. The Nebraska-born pianist went to Stanford University, where he converted his Bay Area apartment into an efficient recording studio that provides soundtracks for numerous advertising, television, and film companies. Upon hearing of Kevin Costner's plans to create the movie Dances with Wolves, Buffett sent the actor a copy of his album One by One, which featured several cuts inspired by the plight of Native Americans. Costner was impressed enough to use some of Buffett's music in the film. Buffett's four Narada recordings combine a flair for drama and cinematic-style electronic orchestrations with his interest in Native American cultures. His later albums feature a progressively more prominent use of acoustic timbres, both sampled and authentic. ~ Linda Kohanov, All Music Guide (This podcast was originally posted in the Fall of 2006.)

Linda Kohanov talks about her healing journey through work with horses.