Shows
The Magic of HorsecraftA Thousand First DatesToday, I am going to share a little bit of what it's like to be the squirrel that is my head, and why loving me is having A Thousand First Dates. It is as bare-naked as I have been, full of shares of difficult lessons, and the great possibilities there are for Christmas Miracles in the Every Day.May the Holidays bring you the peace you seek and deserve, and know something deeply - anything IS possible! I am living breathing proof …The New Year will see more interviews with Animal Communicators and Hu...
2024-12-2426 min
The Magic of HorsecraftJudge, Jury, and ExecutionerJourney of Growth: Embracing Imperfection and Compassion“It's happened again. Someone's mentioned how I'm ‘perfect’ and someone else is being judged and being condemned for something … and it hits a trigger. It's a judgment thing. They're holding me up on a pedestal, tall and shaky thing to be sitting atop of and condemning someone else, kicking them in the dirt and judging their worth and writing them off there's just no hope for them.”As long as we judge others, we judge self. As long as we judge self, we limit growth.Let’s all get of...
2024-10-2613 min
with Cait Lynch: Horses & HumansAmy Skinner Horsemanship: Balance, Trust, RespectA 'bumblebee path-style' conversation with horse trainer and coach, Amy Skinner. From Amy's website: "Amy Skinner embraces a training philosophy based in Classical Dressage and sound horsemanship practices. Amy keeps the best interest of horse and rider in mind, choosing to avoid fads and quick fixes, but to seek continual learning from the best teacher: the horse."
Amy and I discuss topics including
✔️ Horses in the age of social media and short attention spans
✔️ Writing and creative license
✔️ Wearing the hats of professional, mother, friend and student
✔️ Self-care practices, including meditat...
2023-04-241h 16
A Leg Up: The Magic of Horsecraft and Life!Defining Horsecraft Across the Disciplines with Marty GardnerMARTY GARDNER - I had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing someone special for my very FIRST interview EVER, for my podcast and course. I was so nervous, I stayed up all night! Apparently, so was Marty … On the way to the interview, I stopped to do a LIVE Facebook post and tell folks where I was heading. It is part of my process - appearing in the world without an edit button or a filter. I am always as surprised by what comes out of my mouth as you are, I can ass...
2023-01-121h 04A Leg Up: The Magic of Horsecraft and Life!Head Up, Heart Up, Heat Up with William MicklemWhen I met William Micklem in February of 1989, I must confess that I had no idea of who he was. Forgive me, but I was only 18 years old, and the Internet hadn’t been invented yet! Nowadays, if you haven’t heard of William Micklem, a quick Google search will tell you that he is one of the horse world’s most iconic figures. His articles appear in respected publications like The Chronicle of the Horse and cover topics from breeding sport horses to the evolution of our sport, and the importance of producing happy horses...
2022-06-1039 minA Leg Up: The Magic of Horsecraft and Life!Learning New Tricks with Denny EmersonDenny Emerson is an old dog in the horse industry, showing us that it is never too late to learn new tricks. Denny’s life with horses began with the pure pleasure of riding bareback around his neighborhood on his first horse, Paint; then to riding Morgans in saddle seat and endurance races, and eventually to success in international sport that included a Team Gold at the World Championships in 1974. Born in 1941, he was taught by a generation who grew up with horses: horses plowed our fields, horses drove us to town, horses were used in war. As...
2022-06-0344 minA Leg Up: The Magic of Horsecraft and Life!Finding Your Personal Style with Tik MaynardTik Maynard is a lot of things. He is an athlete, a writer, a teacher, a horseman, a husband, a business partner and a father, and as near as I can tell he’s not done! Tik is definitely still open to evolving and wearing more hats. That’s because at his core, Tik Maynard has an insatiable curiosity about life and is a consummate learner. In this episode, we talk about ~ Tik’s philosophy when it comes to pivoting at Life’s crossroads ~ The most important qualities of a good horse trainer ~ w...
2022-05-2742 minA Leg Up: The Magic of Horsecraft and Life!Kim Walnes and Gideon Goodheart on the core of self-trustTo any horse-crazy girl from the 80’s, Kim Walnes is already an icon. Many of us know her as ‘Mother Goose’, famous for her unusual partnership with her horse, ‘The Gray Goose’ and their accomplishments in the world of International Three-Day Eventing. Kim’s unlikely background and her intuitive approach with an ungainly, fearful horse .. .and the odds they overcame together to succeed in the male-dominated world of Olympic level Three-Day Eventing, all with her two young kids in tow … is the stuff of legends! That someone like Kim EXISTED - with her propensity...
2022-05-2052 minA Leg Up: The Magic of Horsecraft and Life!Lesley Grant-Law; Bulletproof Bitch of Eventing … or just like you and me?Get ready to meet and love my friend Lesley Grant-Law. You will resonate with Lesley if you have ever looked at someone else's life and wondered how the hell they did it??? Lesley will tell you! Lesley's superpower is her honesty and ability to be gritty and real. She just LOOKS like a fairy tale princess, and we often assume that anyone who lives a life with horses is living a fairy tale. That is partly true. There IS a dreamlike quality to ANY life we create around horses when we strive to do it to the h...
2022-05-1336 minA Leg Up: The Magic of Horsecraft and Life!Elements of Connection with Carmen TheobaldToday’s show is all about the elements of connection. In my experience as a coach, many riders struggle to access the elusive ‘feel’, instincts and timing needed to work the magic they witness in others and have always dreamed about having for themselves. It turns out, the same ingredients needed to establish these things, are also the foundation of resilience. I know, because I once had the ‘magic’ with horses and lost it, through my response to trauma. Two workshops on the science of sentient communication and nervous system regulation were key to unlocking this lost gift, and to discove...
2022-05-061h 11A Leg Up: The Magic of Horsecraft and Life!The MissionWelcome to the first episode of my first podcast – my ‘Mission Episode’; where you will find out what led to my theories about the magic of ‘feel’ being learnable and to discovering my superpower. Turns out, I can find joy in a shitstorm! I talk about how my life’s trajectory was blown onto a new course by the blow of a young horse’s hoof … and how a little Mustang named Cimarron outed me for having lost the ‘magic’ I was seemingly born with. In the end, you will see that we are all the same, that anything is possible and that...
2022-05-0649 minA Leg Up: The Magic of Horsecraft and Life!Welcome to A Leg Up!Do you look at others and wonder how they do the magical things they do, with their horses? With their lives? They must be Magicians, right! Do You wonder, Will it ever be possible for YOU? Welcome! I’m Paige Wilde and this is my podcast, A Leg Up; the MAGIC of Horsecraft and Life; This is a podcast aimed at helping YOU access the Magic needed to find joy in the shitstorms of your life, AND, to connect like one of the Wizards in the World of Horsecraft. I don’t care whether you ride...
2022-04-2902 min