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Mental Hurdles

Mental Hurdles

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How do you get over mental hurdles? In case you’re new here, I’m a mental basketcase.  It’s frustrating for me, because sometimes I am totally fine.  I’ll walk into the ring with an attitude that is all about personal wins and triumphs vs ribbons.  I’ll relax enough to give my horse a good ride, and if I mess up I don’t beat myself up for it until I want to crawl in a hole and hide forever. And then… there…

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Relationship Counseling

Relationship Counseling

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Even though you can’t be a great rider without lots of practice and being in decent shape, I still claim that over 50% of the sport is mental.  That being said, I had a good ‘reset’ lesson on Tuesday night to address some of the communication issues with my horse.  I won’t bore you with the tiny details of the lesson, because it wasn’t that exciting, but I will share some of my take aways. I do group lessons weekly,…

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