Drive to Thrive: Speedy’s Tools for Mental Health, Service, and Equine Healing
Host Bobby K introduces episode four of season five of No Magic Bullet’s “What’s in Your Toolbox,” featuring Oakland a certified Medi-Cal peer support specialist and founder of My Stable Life (2025), a nonprofit using community and horses to support recovery from mental health crises. Connected through an Uber ride with Bobby’s friends Jack and Fern, Speedy explains why driving Uber is a current “tool” that brings joy, income, human connection, and a daily practice of service that supports her mental health. She describes her self-care approach—meditation, boundaries, and weekly therapy—and highlights three core tools: open mind, permission to live differently, and grace (acceptance without resentment). Speedy shares how horses, especially her horse William, provide grounding and help teach presence and boundaries, and Bobby links this to his local equine-assisted program Hope Haven while emphasizing lived experience and reducing stigma.
00:00 Podcast Welcome
00:39 Meet Speedy
03:25 How They Connected
04:22 Uber as a Tool
08:33 Service and Meditation
09:41 My Stable Life Mission
11:14 Healing with Horses
15:39 Storytelling Advocacy
19:26 Daily Stability Habits
23:33 Open Mind Permission Grace
26:17 Support Team Essentials
30:33 Closing Reflections
A disclaimer notes Bobby is not a doctor and speaks from lived experience.
Links
My Stable Life is a 501(c)(3) non profit.
Hope Haven
https://www.hopehavencentre.org/
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