Nov 9, 2018
What are the most important things you can do to keep your relationship with your trainer going strong? Perhaps you have an annual goals meeting. Or you make sure to let her know what you appreciated most at the end of a lesson. There are so many facets to a healthy,...
Jun 26, 2018
How to create and utilize a motivation statement Exercept from Tonya’s column “Why do you ride?” “Why do you compete?” Ask two people those questions and you are sure to get different answers. We each have our own personal passion that keeps us involved in...
Jun 1, 2018
Eric Navet is featured in my next article for Practical Horseman Magazine “I think one mistake people make is to try to go faster than the other people [in the class]… Don’t try to do better than the others, do the best you can on your horse in the moment. When...
Mar 7, 2018
When, how and who to hire as a mental-skills professional “As you zipped along the highway going home from the barn today, you had some time to reflect on your riding. It was exciting and a little bit intimidating to realize that you feel ready to get some...
Feb 12, 2018
“We talk to ourselves all day long. We can’t go more than 11 seconds without saying something. It’s usually something harmless, but when it’s negative then you are undermining yourself. You need to learn to be aware enough to censor your own speech because those...
Jan 4, 2018
In this column, I discuss why we may want to rethink our phone use while riding – and share some positive ideas on how to change phone habits at the barn texting browsing FB checking email scrolling Insta taking a cute pic I have occasionally done all of these...
