by Elizabeth Love Kennon | Nov 8, 2023 | Getting Real: The Blog
Another night awake with sleep nowhere in sight. So I breathe, then get distracted. I pray, and get distracted. I practice energy exercises from my early coaching days, and get distracted again. I notice how blocked up my energy is. The headache helps with that...
by Elizabeth Love Kennon | Oct 26, 2020 | Getting Real: The Blog
1971 Fairfax, VA, 7 years oldI didn’t know why ponies were angry. I just knew that they were. I loved them anyway. And they dumped me off almost every week. Jumping was a fancy way of saying ‘falling off’. Until Chipper. He wanted to jump. The gray Connemara pony...
by Elizabeth Love Kennon | Oct 19, 2020 | Getting Real: The Blog
The ground slammed into my face; grit in my teeth, glasses flying. I wasn’t surprised at the impact. I’m the one who dove off the mare, just before she threw herself down, trying to dislodge me. The earth shook behind me as her body missed mine. Adrenaline still...
by Elizabeth Love Kennon | Oct 12, 2020 | Getting Real: The Blog
Horses are honest; beautifully so.I, on the other hand, often am not. Not with myself. Not with other people, and not with horses.It’s not that I’m a pathological liar. I tell the truths that I see, and own what I recognize; it’s just that sometimes it can be hard to...
