by [email protected] | Jun 21, 2019 | Horsemanship Approach, Kinship, Personal Development, Perspective
Boogie has never particularly liked loading on the trailer. He’s nervous about it, hesitant to get in. We’ve always been able to get him to go in eventually, but it’s rarely smooth. I asked around at lessons, and among the horse owners I knew. Most people recommended...
by [email protected] | Jun 14, 2019 | Horsemanship Approach, Kinship, Personal Development, Simply.Kinship Series, Team Building
Working with horses boils down to trust. Of course, we have to trust the horses themselves: they’re bigger, faster, and stronger than us. They have thousands of years of instincts baked into their DNA, alerting them to everything from minute shifts in scent to faraway...
by [email protected] | Jun 5, 2019 | Horsemanship Approach, Kinship, Personal Development, Team Building, Team Development
The other day, my daughter Olivia and I walked out to the pasture to get Dublin into the trailer for lessons. Dublin’s a sweet little mare, friendly and always up for a snuggle. She loves Olivia and Olivia loves her right back, with the special understanding that...
by Showit User | May 29, 2019 | Kinship, Personal Development, Team Development
At the moment it happened, time slowed and became like looking at old-fashioned film, one subtly different image at a time. Boogie reared, his front hooves leaving the ground in an upward arc. For a long moment, he balanced at the apex of the movement. And then,...
by Showit User | May 3, 2019 | Kinship, Personal Development, Team Development
“Yeah, I checked Asana for your message. I mean, Slack, I checked Slack,” said one of the Kinship team at our biweekly Monday meeting. A few minutes later, another teammate chimed in: “Hey, can you check the TeamUp Calendar for tasks? No, I mean check Asana for...
by Showit User | Apr 25, 2019 | Kinship, Personal Development
The other day, I stood up from my office chair, walked outside, and kept walking. My brain felt like it was underwater, with everything muffled and blurred. I had projects to do, but nothing with a looming deadline, and I found my inspiration and motivation had...