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…
For many people 2025 has been one wild and not so fun roller coaster of a year. Certainly it has been here. And as I review my year, given that…
It's interesting how words become defined into narrow corridors of meaning when language is constantly evolving and shifting. Like a lot of things in our culture, spiritual has become cordoned…
Three times I day I bend at the waist, step through the gate, and enter the horse pasture because I don't want to open and deal with the heavy 16'…
We tend to think of our mental health and physical health as separate. The same thing is true of our spiritual story and our mental health. Quite often modern therapy…
There is wisdom to be found in the non-human world, and when we are looking to craft our own systems of spiritual care it is extremely helpful to look at…
When our nervous system is unreglated, often we are disconnected from our body, even though we may experience physical symptoms. For those who are neurodivergent, something that often comes up…
We're about two weeks away from the winter solstice, but the horses' coats started getting longer back in October as the light began to quickly fade. Fortune always grows a…
I've long called my horses my physical and occupational therapy. Let's be honest, they are often my emotional/mental health therapy too because of how being around them can really calm…
I'm getting ready to defend my thesis on Friday and one of the core aspects of it is personal gnosis, commonly called unverified personal gnosis or UPG. Gnosis comes from…