The more I learn about veterinary chaplaincy and ecospirituality or wild churches, the more I realize something that I've always known. While the deities are important to me, and I…
There will be a brief break in podcast recording. Right now I am dealing with a cold/illness and I'm also taking a class on Sunday afternoons, which is when I…
It happens every year. The days get longer and there's a rush of warmth, and I start to see the horses shedding. But just as soon as it begins, the…
The last few months I've been on a mission to stop going shallow. Whether it's with my own writing (fantasy and equestrian fiction) or the work I'm doing with spiritual…
There's been a bit of a break in the show recording schedule in part because I've been dealing with things, and part of that is that I've been thinking about…
It was raining this morning when I went out to do morning chores, for which I was thankful because we really needed the rain. One of our horses (Kitty Kash,…
There's been a shift in what I talk about on this blog, and first off, I want to reassure that I will still be talking about spiritual storytelling, and that…
Hopefully this will be the last weekend of freezing weather for at least a week. I don't know I'm hearing rumors that the polar vortex might "slosh" (puke?) down into…
Note: This will be the first of likely many blogs about dealing with the physical sensations of grief. This initial blog is an overview.
It's a kind of tiredness that's…
Horses instinctively know how to move stress and discomfort through their body. Of course this doesn't mean that we need to stop looking for discomfort or not treat them, but…
One of the main foundational points of body theology is that we are whole and complete as we are and that our bodies are divine. It's a way of thinking…
Doing a web search on the term "systems of care" brings up articles and information related to health care. In fact, most of the articles are related to children's healthcare…
I'll be honest that I'm rather skeptical of a lot of psychology-related studies that are published. First off, there are those who believe psychology is pathology, when I believe that…
Horse vices are undesirable behavior in horses, and often are determined to be ways of coping with stress. In horses that are often stabled, cribbing (biting down on wood and…
Potential CW: This post discusses body acceptance in light of gender and body dysphoria and includes discussions of body size in relation to myself.
I want to preface this post…
Part of nurturing the human-animal bond is incorporating the wisdom that these creatures share with us into our systems of holistic spiritual care. Remembering that holistic spiritual care is care…