Mindfully Review Your Year
The end of 2023 is fast approaching and Christmas will be here before we know it. This is the time of year when I see lots of riders looking for […]
READ MOREThe end of 2023 is fast approaching and Christmas will be here before we know it. This is the time of year when I see lots of riders looking for […]
READ MOREThere seems to be some doubt about who the quote “Comparison is the thief of joy” can be attributed to. It’s often said to be Theodore Roosevelt, but a quick […]
READ MOREHere at home, this year, we have had two major projects completed and, at times, the progress on each of them was PAINFULLY slow! Project number two was finally finished […]
READ MOREHave you ever wondered what you can expect when you get in touch with me at Horse Riding with Confidence Scotland ? Perhaps you’ve been thinking about getting in touch […]
READ MOREThank you to Katie Allen-Clarke of Horse & Country for the following useful advice as we approach the Autumn and Winter seasons. Everything we, as horse owners, can do to […]
READ MOREHorse Riding with Confidence Scotland will soon be twenty years old! What began as a vague idea that riders might appreciate what I was learning personally, has grown into something […]
READ MOREI get asked fairly frequently about my own personal riding and horse owning experience so here we go. Here’s “My Horsey Life”. I first started learning to ride when we […]
READ MOREOur memories are complex and fascinating with a deep knowledge of how the brain makes and stores memories being an enormous topic studied by psychologists and neuroscientists all over the […]
READ MOREIn this guest article, Katie Allen-Clarke from Horse and Country shares some insight into the benefits of horse riding for children. Thanks Katie for contributing to the Horse Riding with […]
READ MOREOVERWHELM – to be flooded by intense emotion which is too challenging to manage or overcome. In this post we are looking at why you can handle a certain amount […]
READ MOREProcrastination is the act of delaying or putting off a task or a set of tasks. We may have something which, one one level we wish or know we ought […]
READ MOREAs a rider your coach may often advise you to visualise what you wish to happen perhaps riding a dressage test or rehearsing a course of jumps. This may sound […]
READ MOREWelcome to the second in this series of Back to Basics rider mindset and confidence skills. We can learn these useful skills at the beginning of a confidence journey but […]
READ MORESometimes it is useful to go right back to basics in order to ensure that you have the fundamental skills which will help you to do the things which you […]
READ MORELast weekend, here in Scotland, it was Forgandenny Horse Trials. The event is only just over 30 minutes drive from me so I naturally decided to go along and to […]
READ MOREOverwhelm can be defined as being completely submerged by thoughts and emotions, responsibilities and experiences to the extent that day to day functioning becomes such a challenge that they become […]
READ MOREOne of the most important parts of my work with riders is to guide and support them as they make important changes in the way that they think, feel and […]
READ MOREI have some unexpected time today so thought I would write something. The only problem Is that i can’t think of anything to write about at the moment! Instead of […]
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