A woman I know often feels like she comes up short in her horse program.

She loves her horses, but thinks her horses are just ok, and that her riding isn’t good enough (and likely never will be), and that she doesn’t have enough time, money, or friends in the horse world.

While that sounds a bit dire, she’s certainly not alone. Dare I say, many of us feel some version of the same, to some degree.

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If you believed you could substantially add new skills to your skill set (while improving the ones you already have) because of what you do on your own, where might you take your riding in the future?

That’s what this video is all about.

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Hey, it’s Barb and Nick and I wanna share something that happened this week. It is just one of those little things, but it was a great reminder for me. I like to take. Online courses, and I usually take, you know, one or two a year. , Because number one, I like to learn. And number two, I always love to see what the other people are doing and how they do it.

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It was a beautiful day in Texas. I was with my boy, Nick.

I’ve been home for a couple of days after quite a stint away. It’s interesting that when you put out a lot of emotional and physical energy, it’s essential to restore your energy.

And that’s one of my favorite ideas I’ve learned over the years, whether it’s in a moment when you’re riding—you and your horse take a breath—or if it’s in the bigger picture for sleep – or if it’s in the bigger picture coming home and allowing your body to recharge.

That’s what this video is all about.

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Last week I did a video about no resistance to challenges, and it was really more about the kinds of things that come up as we’re riding, say, bad weather, the ground, judges, someone’s comments – those kinds of things.

It could also be our own inner voice saying detrimental things.

I was thrilled to see the comments and hear from you. I love that and I always know what’s ringing true for you so thank you.

One of the comments asked how does that idea apply to grief? I thought that was a really good question.

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Today, I want to tell you something that came up this week in our cutting class: I shared a mindset that is one of my favorites because it is so empowering. Inherent within it is a growth and resiliency mindset.

It’s about challenges and about not resisting them but embracing them.

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Hello, it’s Barb. I want to share something that happened this past week.

Have you had the experience of learning an idea and using it successfully to help you stay focused or get back on the right track, but it just fades away over time? Then, all of a sudden, it pops up again, and you realize how valuable it is.

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In this video I discuss a friend’s experience of feeling self-conscious and distracted during a private riding lesson with a trainer she admired.

Her feeling is natural due to our innate desire to connect and be approved by others.

I then suggest a simple tool for handling such feelings: asking oneself what one’s job is at that moment. In this case, my friend’s job was to gather information and feedback.

I introduced the concept of “pinging” (recently learned by Dr. Stephanie Burns), which involves directing one’s brain to focus on something specific—in this case, hearing and integrating the trainer’s information into the ride—undistracted.

I emphasized the importance of setting an intention to tune into the experience’s purpose and integrate the feedback received.

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It’s Barb, and I’m here with my favorite boy, Nic.

I want to tell you about some things that happened this past week.

First, my husband and I called a good friend because we knew his shoulder was sore. It turned out that he had a shoulder infection and was in the hospital. His shoulder replacement had become infected, which was quite serious, so he was in the hospital.

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