by Elizabeth Love Kennon | Dec 14, 2020 | Getting Real: The Blog
Allow me to go on a tangent… As both a life coach, and someone who had experienced profound healing in the context of relationship with horses, I wanted to share this with others. Figuring that it might be good to get some specific training here, I read...
by Elizabeth Love Kennon | Dec 7, 2020 | Getting Real: The Blog
I want to put some context around this time in my life, as I was learning to listen to horses. When I stepped out my back door each morning and walked to the paddock, Willow’s honest feedback revealed broken places in me that I’d never recognized. Not the kind of...
by Elizabeth Love Kennon | Dec 1, 2020 | Getting Real: The Blog
I slid the black rope halter onto Willow’s head, and felt her breathing shallow. Her eyes hardened, and the corner of her lips tightened. Not overt signs, but I’d been watching her for months, and this felt like a yell. I slid the halter off again, and turned away,...
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...
