Cat's Place

23/03/2024

26/02/2024

Airs above the ground or Hover Pony?

11/01/2024

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.
~May Sarton

15/10/2023

My son Cris just called from Kansas Journeyman’s Rodeo… he won 4th place, the only one from San Antonio to walk the stage. There were 498 apprentices from all over the world!!! Wow!!

28/06/2022

With the seemingly endless ripples of injustice transmitting in the world right now it’s important to REMEMBER YOUR POWER.

You are powerful. ⚡️

You have a voice.
You can own your truth.
You can create change.
You can speak what you
want into existence.

Always embody what is right
for you as a sovereign being.

Beyond judgement and the
neverending noise of the world…

REMEMBER YOUR POWER.

The Divine feminine is rising. 🌹

27/06/2022

20/06/2022

❤Via: https://www.instagram.com/thephilosoph/

04/06/2022

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
- Socrates

The older I get, the more I learn, the less interested I am in pushing my current ideas and perspective on others.

Nowadays, I’m more interested in casually sharing my understanding and experience as an ever-evolving journey, rather than selling them, figuratively or literally, as some final, fully-enlightened way.

Why?
Because my ideas, my perspective, are constantly shifting and expanding with each new horse, each new experience.

I’ve learned that pushing our perspective on others isn’t just arrogant, it’s ignorant, no matter how well-informed or educated we believe ourselves to be, because while there are many universal truths in horsemanship, there is no single or infallible source of those truths.

Although I’ve been studying classical texts and integrating classical riding into my horsemanship for almost 20 years, I know that ‘classical’ texts don’t have a monopoly on universal truths, and the belief that they do is both eurocentric, and classist.

Non-European and ‘non-educated’ horsemen have been learning from the horse and experiencing these truths long before they were ever written down.

There are horsemen in the likes of the wilds of Mongolia and Montana, who will never read a ‘classical’ text, who have been educated by the horse to a higher level than most of us will ever dream to be.

“What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.”
- Ecclesiastes

The older I get, the less sure I am, and the more suspicious I am of those who are sure.

I’ve become wary of the arrogance and ignorance not just of pushing old, ‘classical’ perspectives, but ‘new,’ ‘science-based’ ones as well.

There are plenty of ‘new’ ideas which have completely transformed my horsemanship, but I also understand that, like old ideas, ‘new’ ideas are simply universal truths that have been experienced before, and will continue to be experienced, through feel, unnamed, with no singular or infallible source.

For instance, the new science of behaviorism doesn’t have a monopoly on universal truths, and gives us a very small lens through which to view the experience of learning, but it’s often touted as an infallible source of truth.

I reject absolutism of any sort, whether that be ‘classical’ riding, or purist positive reinforcement training, and I invite anyone who is encapsulated in a singular perspective and belief system to re-examine and broaden their knowledge base.

13/04/2022

2012 Women's Professional Rodeo Association World Champion Barrel Racer and $1 million cowgirl Mary Walker offers time-tested advice to build a successful foundation in the next generation of champions.

28/03/2022

When Dr. Amishi Jha and I finished recording this podcast and she signed off, my sister Barrett and I just sat in the studio staring at each other. After about 90 seconds, we both said, “Oh, sh*t.”

In this episode, we learn all about focus, attention, and the myth of multitasking. I also got to ask some weird questions for a friend. 😉 Questions like: Why do I need to turn down the radio in the car to see better? And why do “Law & Order” reruns help me code data and write?

Point your focus flashlight on this episode of “Dare to Lead” and learn why we’re all so damn tired. https://bit.ly/3JAhBcy