Joy Rides Coaching

02/04/2025

Aren’t these faces that you just want to pet? These two come in pint size!

02/03/2025

We had an absolutely fabulous time at our mini retreat this weekend. What a treat it was to be with some amazing women in a beautiful house with wide open spaces and horses all around.

A gorgeous sunset from the front porch and a surreal sunrise from my bed were an added bonus!

If anyone wants to join in my next creativity and wellness mini retreat, let me know and I’ll add you to my list. I’m thinking of weaving or slab ceramics. Only 4 people each!

01/30/2025

I just had a last minute cancellation for my vision board retreat Saturday afternoon through Sunday. We will create our art, spend time with nature and the horses and have deep, meaningful conversations.

Does anyone want to hop on in? I’m positive that it will be amazing and you will be surrounded by a small group of lovely women!

01/29/2025

A Pilates Faux Pas - https://mailchi.mp/4b4e9463d951/livelovelaugh-8331806

01/28/2025

If you’re like me, you don’t remember things as well as you used to, which is kind of a bummer.

The good news is that you can remember things better with a couple of simple practices.

1. Perceiving with your senses: what are you seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling.

2. Notice what is going on and paying attention:
this is where your mind and language come in. Put some words to the sensory feeling. Say some of your thoughts out loud.

Try doing this today, just one time, and then repeat the thoughts again tonight.

This is a great practice for remembering the little things in life that make us happy! And if you add up all of the little happy things, it will contribute to a greater sense of wellbeing. I promise!

01/27/2025

I'm just finishing up the final touches on Wales this September. Who's ready to canter through some wide open Welsh countryside with me?

01/24/2025

Hard to believe but there’s a little green under all of that January brown! Hope you all find some hidden treasures this weekend! Maybe we can be more like the horses and learn how to sniff it out.

01/23/2025

Will someone please tell me why I didn’t plan a warm and tropical horse ride this year???

Next year! Who’s with me?

01/22/2025

Just wandering through the sage brush and piñon/juniper forests on a cold, cold day.

If you find yourself making excuses to not get outside in the cold, just get a dog. I would laze around way more if I didn’t have them staring at me all morning!

Grateful to my animals for getting me outside!

01/21/2025

Kids can be pests, but we love them!

01/15/2025

Just enjoying a peaceful moment at the barn. Not much to eat, but the girls can always find something to nibble on!

The beautiful adobe house in the background is where I’ll be having my mini vision board retreat in a couple of weeks. I have 1 spot left if anyone wants to grab it!

01/14/2025

Mindfulness in action.

The reason that I love mindfulness so much is because it doesn’t have to be quiet or sitting or getting in touch with your body and breath.

It can be those things of course and they’re all really great. It’s just that I’m not so great at them.

Mindfulness can simple be paying attention on purpose. Doing one thing at a time and being present for that thing.

So whatever you’re doing, you can do with mindfulness, and honestly, it does make a huge difference to your anxiety level.

If you want some guidance on how to do this in your own life and decrease your overwhelm and anxiety, let me know and we can set up a time to connect!

01/13/2025

It must be Monday. I’m getting distracted so easily. I just went down the rabbit hole for about 45 minutes - looking at old pictures on my camera roll.

Although I didn’t get anything “accomplished”, I did send some old pictures to family and friends, I smiled a lot, and my mood got a whole lot lighter.

And in my book of life, that counts far more than accomplishing tasks.

What do you want to do today that brings a bit more lightness and joy into your life?

01/10/2025

Big dog on small bed😂

Happy Friday all!

01/09/2025

This amazing area is where I’m taking a hiking group in the fall. Who’s ready for an adventure?

01/06/2025

Who wants to come play with us out at the barn?

Come to my mini vision board retreat the first week of February and get some inspiration from
this furry goofball!

Let me know if you want all of the details!

01/03/2025

Leading a baby horse while riding another horse can be a lot to navigate sometimes. Kind of like life!

We got through some other horses making a ruckus in the pasture next to us. Freya got pretty excited, but was a very good girl. We got through the dogs from the house along the road running at us like crazy beasts. That one was scary for all of us.

But when I was least expecting it, in a nice and safe spot, close to home, I almost get ripped off of Daisy when Freya stops dead in her tracks to say hi to her friends. Twice!

It seems like things always happen most when we stop paying attention. This is the same idea as just getting done with a crazy hike in the mountains and then tripping on the sidewalk at home and breaking your ankle.

Mindfulness is always the answer.

12/30/2024

Feedback please!

I put up a new page on my website. It will be a “landing page” for some marketing that I plan to do in 2025 as the first thing that new people will see. It will include a place for people to leave their emails, but I haven’t figured that piece out yet.

If anyone has a few minutes, can you look at this as an outside observer and give me your thoughts?

Thanks so much! I appreciate any help on the marketing front that I can get!!

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