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The Argument for Curiosity: From Fear to Courage

Cadence teaching contact. I rarely have any idea where I'm headed. I get in a car...
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Can You Feel Your Hand?

  Can you feel your hand? How about your fingers? Literally, can you feel them if there isn't a paper...
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Creativity and the Problem with Training Techniques.

We were standing around the barn after the vet had left, a group of trainers and riders and horses, telling...
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Calming Signals and Ambivalent Horses.

Humans are impatient worriers. On the high side, it means we care but we want to know everything immediately. Perhaps...
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Change: A Virtual* Barn Raising!

No, I'm not building a real barn. That would be easy. I'm handy with tools and I've been known to...
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Forward: Give Him His Head

Give him his head. You know what it means in the horse racing world and what it means in the...
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Writing and Riding

Happy New Year. It's my ninth year of writing this blog about riding. Thank you for reading along, and I...
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Ta-Da! Join Me at the Barn.

Who knew I would love giving clinics this much? In the past, I've always done a scant few a year...
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Photo & Poem: Calming Signal

inhale light exhale peace ... Every good wish from our herd to yours, with gratitude for all you have given...
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Calming Signals Aren't Calming

Lots of the people who come to Calming Signals clinics are bright-eyed and hopeful that I have a signal to...
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