The Transformation of Diva – Update 2 – Covering All the Bases
Three Weeks Ago: As Diva and I progress in the under-saddle work, I have noticed that she is actually getting more reactive, not less. I...
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Sep 24, 20224 min read
The Transformation of Diva Update - The Beginnings of Connection
My first dressage coach used to say that, in order to train a horse, you needed to teach them the word first, then a sentence and finally...
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Sep 3, 20226 min read
How Do I Become More Assertive? or Is this the Right Question?
As you make your way up the corporate ladder, you may be told that you need to become ‘more assertive’ as a leader. Or, perhaps you need...
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Aug 29, 20221 min read
The Transformation of Diva
Have you ever bought something and it turned out not to be what you expected? That happened to me last summer when I bought a horse for...
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Jul 2, 20224 min read
Is It Really Personal?
The Eponaquest approach to equine facilitated learning has been described as the work of ‘personal development’ and ‘leadership...
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May 29, 20224 min read
What??!! – I Have a Family Inside of Me??
I have now completed a training program in the psychotherapeutic modality Internal Family Systems (IFS), which is said to be the emerging...
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Apr 11, 20221 min read
What Happened to You? An Equine Facilitated Book Club Experience
Have you ever wondered how your childhood experiences formed the person you are today? Oprah and Dr. Bruce Perry explore this question...
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Feb 12, 20225 min read
What I Have Learned thu Covid
At the beginning of Covid, in April 2020, I wrote a blog entry entitled Who Do I Want to Be During Covid 19? I used an illustration of...
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May 4, 20214 min read
Recipe for Disaster
Does this sound like a recipe for disaster? Take one really tall horse, add a head trauma somewhere in the past, plus a history of horse...
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Mar 18, 20213 min read
Finding Resilience
Almost every day there is an email in my business Inbox talking about the ‘Covid mental health crisis’. Emails from our benefits...
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Mar 12, 20214 min read
What is HeartMath® and What’s it Got to Do with Horses?
I recently became certified as a Trauma-Sensitive HeartMath® Certified Practitioner. What is that and what’s it got to do with Equine...
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Mar 5, 20213 min read
Leadership and Networking
I recently attended a webinar put on by some Central Alberta governmental organizations on ‘Thriving in the New Normal – Leadership and...
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Jan 20, 20212 min read
Survivor
We have a green ash tree on our acreage that is a survivor. It has an obvious lean in the direction of the prevailing winds. It is so...
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Oct 25, 20201 min read
How to Explain Equine Facilitated Learning?
It is sometimes difficult to explain what EFL is all about when people ask. How to put into words the sense of going inside your body...
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Oct 2, 20202 min read
Well Hello, Holly!
Meet Holly, the latest addition to my herd. Holly, a 21 year old Welsh Pony mare, is a been-there-done-that horse, and has taught many...
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Jul 5, 20205 min read
Working Through Trauma – Equine Style
Working Through Trauma – Equine Style The aspect of Equine Facilitated Learning that has fascinated me the most is its use in trauma...
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Jun 13, 20204 min read
React or Respond?
A fundamental framework often used in coaching is that of The Four States of Consciousness – To Me, By Me, Through Me, As Me. The...
Barb Ganske
Jun 2, 20204 min read
Ella Comes Home
It is every amateur dressage rider’s dream to have a ‘schoolmaster’ horse to learn on. That dream came true for me 5 ½ years ago, when...
Barb Ganske
May 3, 20205 min read
When the Good Ones Go
Some of us horse lovers are fortunate enough that, perhaps once in our lifetime, a horse comes to us that manages to find their way into...
Barb Ganske
Apr 29, 20203 min read
My Covid Crazy Quilt
Today I took part in a Zoom coaching session titled Circle of Presence,with Nicholas Janni. Janni is a world-renowned teacher and...
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