by Elizabeth Love Kennon | Nov 23, 2020 | Getting Real: The Blog
I knew there was something important for me to learn here, and didn’t have anyone to teach me, so I turned to Willow. That new starting point, the one that said she was exactly where she needs to be, and isn’t wrong for being there; the one where it’s okay for her to...
by Elizabeth Love Kennon | Nov 16, 2020 | Getting Real: The Blog
I leaned against the rail in the morning sun, watching Willow gobble the handful of pellets and supplements that comprised her breakfast. Her chestnut coat glistened, and I never would have recognized her as the starved and shaggy mare I’d rescued 2 years before. The...
by Elizabeth Love Kennon | Nov 9, 2020 | Getting Real: The Blog
You know the characters I described in the last chapter? Yup, I’ve been each of them. How about you? There are more types, of course, but I think you get the picture.So how do we recognize when we’re playing a part, and that there can be something else here, something...
by Elizabeth Love Kennon | Nov 2, 2020 | Getting Real: The Blog
What’s the link between women and horses? I’m intentionally leaving men out right now, as there’s a quality in the connection between a woman and a horse that bears investigating. It’s there; undeniable, with roots buried deep in the unconscious of our culture. Like...