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…
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…