Holistic Horse Wellbeing

06/06/2026

Sunshine + Horses = Happy Ruby 🌞

02/06/2026

If you want to…
→ Understand the inner workings of your horse’s mind.

→ Create training plans that bring joy and collaboration.

→ Feel empowered and completely at ease when working with your horse.

And you feel…
→ Overwhelmed and not sure what information to trust.

→ Stuck in your training and not sure when to progress.

→ And completely confused by your horse’s behaviour…

I can help

My signature offer, The Academy of Equine Connection, is a 90 day, one-on-one, deeply supportive online coaching program that takes compassionate horsewomen from feeling lost with their horse and relying on trainers for every single step…

To

Feeling empowered, deeply understanding their horse, confidently solving training roadblocks and creating the kind of collaborative partnership they’ve always dreamed of.

The Academy delivers 5 modules across 3 months with weekly live support to tailor all the training to your unique partnership.
It covers the fundamental principles of equine learning theory, combining them with the principles of positive reinforcement, setting you up with the skills to solve any training problem and teach any behaviour.

You’ll gain a deep understanding of ethical horse training and receive detailed, step by step instruction on how to introduce food into training—creating relaxed, regulated horses and avoiding all the common mistakes. If you’ve already dabbled in R+ and have some confusion or need further clarity, AEC will guide and support you.

Here’s what you get when you enrol in AEC:

→ Lifetime access to 5 modules of video curriculum — including a training deep dive into the problem you most want to solve.

→ 10 Positive Reinforcement foundational skills, setting you up to teach ANY new behaviour.

→ Downloadable workbooks, training plans and guides to take into your training sessions.

→ Weekly live support — either live zoom training with your horse or live feedback of recorded footage.

→ 24/7 access to message support — responded to within 24hrs Mon-Fri.

→ Community support via the private Facebook group.

You won’t have to come back for more instructions, training plans or exercises…when you are supported to develop all the skills to create your own. You’ll understand the WHY and HOW behind the training, no more blindly following methods and hoping they work out.

If you are ready to completely immerse yourself in understanding how your horse thinks, behaves and perceives the world, comment ACADEMY and I’ll send you the details.

Enrolment closes June 14th
Very limited spaces available

29/05/2026

It hurts so bad when
ALL YOU WANT IS...

→ Your horse to come running when you call
→ To dance and play at liberty—because they WANT to be there.
→ To say ‘YES, AND?’ to your cues—loving training sessions as much as you do.

HERE’S HOW YOU CAN GET THERE
(even if you feel like you’ve tried it all)

My 3 Step
“Training Obsessed Protocol”
That has my horse whinnying with excitement and trotting to meet me at the training space.

Step 1 - Explore positive reinforcement

Using positive reinforcement offers the horse something they want in exchange for their participation, instead of doing what you want to avoid pressure.

When they are working towards something they value, the process becomes enjoyable.

Step 2 - Support their interests

Provide choice, set up various activities and let your horse choose what they want to do.

This builds confidence and shows you will listen and support their needs.

When they have a choice to participate, compared to being forced to do something, they will bring more enthusiasm.

Step 3 - Activate play

Reinforce fun, playful movement. Remind them how good it feels to run and play.

When movement feels good, it becomes motivating. Movement releases feel good hormones and lowers stress levels.

Go dance and play with your horse, you’ll both benefit.

If you would like
DEEP SUPPORT
To go all in

Implementing this process and creating a deep connection with your horse...

My signature offer,
The Academy of Equine Connection is open for enrolment.

Enrolment closes June 14th
Just 6 places available

Comment Academy and I’ll send you the details

28/05/2026

The trickiest horses are often the greatest teachers 🍂

28/05/2026

23/05/2026

It's heartbreaking when all you want is to spend time together with your horse but as soon as they glimpse the halter they're gone.

But the halter isn't the issue.

What they experience after being haltered is what needs investigating

Being caught means giving up their freedom, their choice, their agency. They can be forced into situations that don't feel safe, that they don't understand, so they shut down to cope.

None of this feels good, so they start avoiding being caught.

When the emotional experience linked to the halter changes, the response can too.

Here's how:

1. Acknowledge the feelings

Instead of rushing them through their emotions and pushing them through the fear, pause, hold space for their feelings.

When we push them, they go into survival mode.

We want to provide a safe, calm space, where they trust us enough to tell us how they feel.

When they feel safe, they can stay connected.

2. Provide choice

Creating moments where they get to choose what to do builds the connection between you, showing that you are there to listen and support them.

It builds their confidence in using you as a support system.

3. Asking nothing

Spend time asking nothing of your horse.

When spending time with you is relaxing, fun and obligation free, they’ll choose to engage with you.

When we focus on building trust and understanding over respect and obedience we create that magic connection you've always dreamed of.

17/09/2025

Behaviour modification - POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT

Please be aware the use of positive this context is not about ethics but mathematics.

🥕Positive Reinforcement🍎
Positive = to add
Reinforcement = to increase the likelihood of the behaviour happening again

Positive reinforcement works by adding something the horse wants after performing a desired behaviour. This increases the likelihood they will repeat the behaviour.

Food is often used as the reinforcement in this case, sometimes scratches are used too. The reinforcement needs to be desirable to the horse.

Positive reinforcement is often applied via clicker training. A click or sound marking the desired behaviour and acting as a bridge between desired behaviour being performed and food delivered. It enables very specific parts of behaviours to be reinforced rather than just feeding at the end of the behaviour or behaviour chain where it can be less clear about what was being reinforced.

Clicker training allows for behaviours to be broken down into small increments and rewarded at each stage before building back up and creating behaviour chains.

Positive reinforcement is a principle of behaviour modification. Clicker training is a method of applying the principle of positive reinforcement.