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Prepare for Success

As I type this piece I am three weeks post knee replacement surgery, recovering well and easing myself gently back into work. I have written a couple of pieces which […]

Learning to Accept our Emotions

Life is filled with emotional highs and lows, and navigating these fluctuations is essential for well-being. It is useful to develop a personal and powerful framework for managing moods and […]

Review of the Year 2024

I love to look back through my diary at this time of year to remind myself of everything that I’ve been up to with Horse Riding with Confidence Scotland. Writing […]

How to keep your horse in work over the winter

Thank you so much to Amy Davis from Horse & Country TV for the winter advice, for all riders, in this guest blog. Between the cold, the wet, and those […]

A few words on Mindfulness and Confidence

In the fast-paced world we live in, it’s easy to get caught up in distractions, our minds racing ahead to the next task or worrying about things that have already […]

Let’s Talk About It.

Let’s talk about it……. Riding and being around horses is good for your mental health isn’t it? Well, yes it is until you start worrying about riding more than you […]

Kindness – Just Kindness

I’m writing this the morning after the news of Charlotte Dujardin’s withdrawal from the Olympics and, like so many others, I am feeling a bit sick and extremely sad today. […]

Getting Back To It After a Break

I am back at work this week after having most of last month off and enjoying two trips away. Fortunately, I feel refreshed and am raring to go with my […]

Time for a Goal Setting Review

Here we are at the end of May and I wonder how you’re getting on with your 2024 riding goals? I’ve said it before, and I’ll keep on saying it, […]

When You Are Lacking Motivation……

A short few words from me today…. After a busy week, and a very late night, I’m not really feeling very motivated to write anything today but I can make […]

Do You Practice Mindfully and Deliberately?

Practice is a vital element of learning isn’t it? Of course you know that but is learning as simple as straightforward repetition? In his book “Outliers:The Story of Success” Malcolm […]

Camps, Clinics and Workshops

One of the aspects of my job that I enjoy most is attending various camps, clinics and workshops to talk, off horse, with riders about confidence and mindset. In these […]

Just Ask!

My natural tendency is to be quite independent and to get on and do things on my own. I’ve had to train myself to overcome this characteristic which, I think, […]

My Tribute to Luna

A week ago I went out, as usual, to feed and check the ponies first thing. Gigha was eagerly waiting for her breakfast but no Luna. Where was she? Surely […]

Pre-Season Mindset Boost 2024 – Step Into Your Success

Yesterday evening we hosted another Pre-Season Mindset boosting evening at Lindores with all ticket sales, once again, going to Rider’s Minds. We had such a nice mix of new faces […]

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to Horse Riding with Confidence Scotland (i.e. to me) on TWENTY fabulous years of working with riders, off horse, in order to help them to grow in confidence with […]

Smiley Face – Grumpy Face

As a human being we are all hard wired with a tendency to focus on the negative. Throughout evolution, over the millennia, we have been aware of threats and dangers […]

Review of the Year 2023

I recently shared some ideas about how to mindfully review your year in order to best help you to learn and plan for 2024. I have carried out this exercise […]