I’m constantly walking the line between overdoing it and pushing myself to improve my tolerance and strength. Some days I just flat out do too much. I don’t take into consideration including breaks in my day. If I’m feeling even just medium I have a tendency to just power my way through. If you have … Continue reading TBI&Emotional Crash Days
I know from both riding horses and my TBI recovery, that making note of milestones on your riding journey is important. It is cool to see how far you have come. I bet you have had a lot more milestones than you think. The Decision Making the decision to start riding is a milestone in … Continue reading New and Returning Rider Bootcamp- Milestones!
Old pictures, new pictures, random inspiring pictures I picked up from one place or another. My week in pictures! Continue reading Random Pictures From My Week
Today is one of those days that I woke up feeling like I was going to have to decide that I’m going to have a good day. I have a bad headache, my muscles are sore from PT and Yoga. It feels like a day that I would rather just lock myself in the house … Continue reading Things I’m Focusing On Today
Turn Your Negative Energy Into Positive We all have those days. Days we are upset, depressed, frustrated with life. Any number of things can cause us to have a bad day. I know that the best way to make myself feel better is by focusing my energy on doing something nice for someone else. We … Continue reading Feeling Down?
I Got This Idea From An Instagram Post This post is based on a calendar that I saw posted on Instagram. It was posted by Action for Happiness. All of the things on their calendar are simple but actual actions that you can take throughout the month to ensure that you continue to be happy. … Continue reading An Action a Day
Being a horsewoman and now a TBI patient, I recently got to thinking about how horsemanship and TBI rehabilitation have a lot in common. You Never Know What You Are Going To Get On any given day with horses, you never know what you are going to get. Sometimes they are great, sometimes they are … Continue reading Horsemanship and TBI Recovery Aren’t So Different
I’m a reader. If I’m not writing I’m reading. I’m sure you can guess what it is that I like to read about. You got it, horses! Mostly fiction. Sometimes I might randomly read some non-fiction or nonhorse book. Not this month! Show Barn Blues Series- By Natalie Keller Reinert 1.Show Barn Blues 2.Horses in … Continue reading May Reading List
You Probably Think I’m Crazy! I might even be crazy. We have bought two new horses in less than a month. Both of the horses we bought, Magic and Tic Toc, are fabulous for beginner and intermediate lessons. We bought Magic first and had it in the back of our minds that the second horse … Continue reading I Looked At Another Horse Yesterday!
It Has Two Different Meanings To A TBI Patient If you are someone who has experienced a TBI or is living through Post Concussive Syndrome, ” crash” is a word that you are probably quite familiar with. Crash Definition A This is the crash in the literal sense of the word. In other words, you … Continue reading Crash
