Still Waters Equine Consulting

21/12/2025

Happy Winter everyone!

21/12/2025

The solstice is here! Happy 1st day of winter!

16/12/2025

Being one of the first people to put your hands on a wild horse is one of the most humbling and inspiring things I've ever done. Thank you The Natural Lifemanship Institute for hosting and facilitating this training!

I'm still processing the learning I came away with from this experience. I think the underlying theme for me is finding the balance between intentional choice (moments that I thought through what was happening and decided to make a change) and felt sense (times that I changed something without processing it cognitively). It was a sense of dancing with "I know what to do" and "I feel what to do".

I came away with a profound remembering (maybe a recovery is the right word?) of how my body responds in relationship and what it "knows". I also found a renewed sense that what I know about this work is a drop in the bucket compared to all that there is to know. Both those reminders were what I needed at the end of this year and I'm so looking forward to what's next.

17/11/2025

29/09/2025

Time to grow our team! Our most pressing need is for Mentors who will live with and walk alongside the teen girls. These roles are crucial for us to open our doors. Please pray with us that the Lord directs the right people to fill them! Applications are available under the contact tab on our website or through email at [email protected]

04/09/2025

"What a privilege to be tired from the work that you prayed for"

17/06/2025

Announcement time! *again* We have officially moved! *again*

Sigh... It's taken me a while to sit down and write out an update on life simply because I've needed the time to process and integrate everything that I've experienced over the past few months.

When life doesn't go to plan, we often resort to platitudes like "everything happens for a reason" or "you either win or you learn" and then your social media feed is inundated with quotes from Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena".
What I have found to be true is that any time we take a risk that doesn't pan out , there is disappointment, grief and shame. I have found that the parts of myself that I thought were healed still ache when something pushes on them.

Something else I've found to be true is that often those platitudes we throw around are excruciatingly right. Things do happen for a reason. We can learn from pain. It is better to dare greatly. So I grieve what could have been and step into the hope of what is next.

What is next for us is life on a gorgeous western Maryland mountain property, just under 400 acres. This place is the home of Refuge Mountain Ranch, a new faith-based program for teen girls that focuses on equine-assisted learning, wilderness experiences, group work and family support. After spending more than a decade working in supporting roles with multiple other programs, I feel incredibly honored to be part of leading out in the beginning of the journey here. More updates to follow! Please pray for us in the meantime!

12/02/2025

Announcement time! We have officially moved! The new home base for Still Waters Equine is a gorgeous piece of land in the rolling hills of Madison Virginia. The future has almost too many possibilities at this point, but I will continue to travel to work with other programs for coaching and consultation in the meantime. More info to come as we work to build in partnership with Madison Hills Events (coming soon!)

For now, we are thrilled for this opportunity. I do not have adequate words for the gratitude I feel for the people, horses and experiences that have been a part of the journey so far. Through the challenges and fears, it was clear that this was the next path God had laid out for us. I was reminded again and again that fear is not a sign you're on the wrong path. It's a sign that the path you're on is important.

06/01/2025

Does your horse have a secret talent? This boy is very skilled at getting his blanket filthy, even with fresh snow on the ground. Look closely- you'll see that it was once plaid!