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Joy Rides Coaching

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11/15/2024

Looking west, looking east. Same moment.

Sometimes to get a different perspective, all you have to do is turn around.

Happy weekend all!

11/14/2024

I'm planning the most spectacular trip to Wales in September of 2025.

I don't have the trip completely organized yet, but I do know this:

We'll be staying with the horses and family in their 16th century, traditional longhouse, eating delicious farm-to-table meals and 5 days of riding with your steady Welsh Cob partner in some amazing undeveloped countryside.

And starting with a night in London!

Let me know if you want more info and I'll send it your way very soon.

11/13/2024

I feel this is worth saying again for anyone who needs to hear. I feel like this is an issue that a lot of my clients are struggling with right now…

If there are people or situations in your life that you’re struggling with, it’s not the other person’s job to change their actions or behaviors for you. Would it be nice if this happened? Absolutely. But the chances are slim.

It’s up to you to regain your power and establish boundaries on what you will or will not accept. If someone is toxic in your life, they probably aren’t going to change because you want them to, but you certainly don’t have to sit around and listen to it!

11/12/2024

This little filly is turning out to be such a good girl! It’s been quite the journey so far, but I feel like the list of things she knows how to do is getting slightly balanced with the things she doesn’t know how to do.

Each day tips the scale more.

I’m learning so many lessons in patience and slowing down. If anyone just can’t seem to get those lessons in your own life, just try training a young horse and you’ll be reminded on the daily.

11/11/2024

What if we all started writing letters again? This still makes me smile after 35 years. 1 letter a month to someone that you love. Who’s with me?

Dobel PS: I hope I wrote back!!

11/07/2024

Horse breath always brings smiles 💕

11/06/2024

If anyone needs to come hug some horses in these next couple of months (years) let me know. They just have a way of making everything better.

11/05/2024

A good quote for the day by the author of “Braiding Sweetgrass” which I’m absolutely loving!

“Leadership is rooted not in power and authority, but in service and wisdom”.

~Robin Wall Kimmerer

Who else wants to live in a world that believes this?

11/04/2024

Just a typical day on a Joy Rides trip!

10/31/2024

The Ceremony of Schnapps - https://mailchi.mp/948352b02011/livelovelaugh-8329979

10/29/2024

My computer battery died on the way downstairs this morning and my charger is all the way upstairs. I was going to do some work, but I guess I’ll just have to sit here and read my new book instead!

10/29/2024

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: there is absolutely nothing like touring a country on horseback. It allows you to see a part of the country and culture that regular tourists never get to be a part of. Connecting with local folks, in their homes, at their barns or in their front yards is exactly the kind of traveling that leaves you inspired and refreshed.

I really wish everyone could experience this magic.

I have a couple of spots left for Montenegro next June and I haven’t started putting the word out yet for Wales in September. Let me know if you want to come on either of these.

I promise you, you’ll never regret coming on a trip with me!

P.s. I’m considering adding a biking group to Montenegro, so let me know if you’re interested in that!

10/28/2024

The rest of my garden was so-so this summer, but my onions turned out beautifully. This is about positive psychology- finding the good.

It’s super easy to find the bad, and it takes a little work to find the good, but it’s so worth it.

What’s one thing in your life right now that you’re focusing on as a “bad”? Is there anything good you can find in the situation? Most times there is. Just try focusing on the good and see what happens. I want to know!

10/25/2024

These are so great!

Happy Friday all!

10/24/2024

Fall is just the perfect time to practice some
Mindfulness by opening up your senses and bringing in all of the good. Remember that we’re going to be cooped up more pretty soon with less light and less warmth, so fortifying ourselves with more outside time now will help us get through when things are a little more bleak.

Yes, this is a metaphor.

10/22/2024

My girls have been at their new barn a little over a month now and they’re settling in great! And then the cows came. I wasn’t there when they first arrived, but I guess Freya lost her mind for a couple of days.

Yesterday, she was rubbing noses with this little guy.

I think of this as passive training. Letting them get used to all different types of things and experiences on their own time.

The goats, burros, mini horses and dogs running around and the tractor pulling and carrying weird things are also not a problem.

What a good girl!

10/21/2024

This is a public service announcement for all of you women out there who have big, busy jobs and you don’t take the time to eat.

I’ve been talking to many clients lately who fit into this category. And I tell them that the only thing that’s happening by skipping breakfast and lunch and just powering through, is that you’re constantly sending stress signals to your body that things are not ok.

When your body is not getting nourishment, your nervous system remains disregulated and you’re living in a constant flight/fight/stress state. And it also keeps you from being creative and thinking as clearly as you can.

So, get away from the computer or desk, get some food and you’ll feel better and actually be more productive. I promise!

10/18/2024

The cold and snow are coming, so I’m enjoying the last hoorah with the flowers. These baskets are spectacular!

Happy Friday all!! I hope everyone finds lots of beauty this weekend

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Just a typical day on a Joy Rides trip!

When of the big things that make Joy Rides trips so special is our local guides. They’re usually born and raised in the areas where we ride. They know all of the hidden gems and love to share them with us. And stopping at a friend’s house in the middle of an afternoon ride to share a beer together is very cool.

Lovely Piran. Can’t believe it was only a week ago! After a week of horse riding and biking, this place was the perfect ending to an amazingly awesome trip. Next year is Montenegro. Who’s ready to explore with me?

Colorado Aspens

Just sharing a moment of mindfulness. This is why the old-timers called them quakies. I’m so happy to still be having some fall colors. Not ready for winter quite yet!

Our last full day of riding today. Simply spectacular! Saying goodbye to our horses and bikes in the morning and then traveling to the coast for a day of being tourists. I can’t wait to eat a lot of gelato!

What could be better than a good roll after a nice, long ride?

Some pics from 2024 Joy Rides trips with more to come! Slovenia is the last one this year and then on to 2025 with Montenegro, Tuscany, England and Wales. I would love to see some of you in my next wave of photos!!

River time

This is what I do for fun when I’m not hanging around horses. The movement of horses and the movement of the river is very similar. Come on a trip next year with me and find out what slow travel is all about! Wales, Tuscany, Montenegro, Cotswolds!

Epic adventures

Here we all are at almost the end end of one of the most incredible rides I’ve ever done. A great, amazingly beautifully and challenging day in the foothills of Andes

Getting in the swing of it.

This is what we do after we ride horses!

Everyone is waking up!

You don’t even have to feel the sun on your face or see the leaves starting to bud. All you have to do is go outside, close your eyes and listen to the birds. They will tell you. Happy spring all!!