When I got my first horse (in my 30s) something wierd happened in my brain - suddenly I was scared about everything, worried I was doing things 'wrong' and, at times, could barely bring myself to put a halter on my beautiful boy, Ari. But he was an angel, never put a hoof wrong even though he was only a youngster! Sound familiar?
Never one to admit defeat, I set to and studied and trained in all the things I share with you in this course. My life with my horses transformed.
So what about you?
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I know it is tempting to dive on into the trainings but please do take the time to work through all these introduction files.
The book is there for you as an additional guide; each module references pages within the book so I suggest you read the pages before you begin the module work. Of course you can always read the whole book first!
Enjoy!
This section is all about goals: how to plan them properly, how to set SMART goals, and how to live your goals and dreams right now
Positive mindset and mental resilience are so very important when looking to regain control of your Brave Pants.
In this section we start to look at how we can retrain that brain of yours to discover the good things.
Analysing events to provide feedback, rather than get uber critical of yourself about everything that went 'wrong', can be a game changer.
Also listening out for how you talk to yourself and starting to become your own cheerleader will help you massively - I share with you a little bit of CBT here to help change your language.
If you don't know what you want, how are you ever going to get there?
If you have nothing to look forward to, what is going to drive you?
I know we dug into this in the book, but honestly, learning how the brain is pre-disposed to keep us safe was an absolute game changer for me.
Here, I dig in a little deeper for you.
We all have fears. Fact.
Hiding them away does no good - they just grow and percolate away in your subconscious mind.
Voice them. Explore them. Learn to understand them.
This section is so important to me. It was the basis of how I worked with my horses.
Horses are incredible and we need to realise that they are so highly sensitive to our moods, intent, energy, and congruency.
We can sometimes put pressure on ourselves by thinking of perceived consequences, or indeed the language we use to ourselves when thinking of stuff we 'need' to do. Understanding and exploring this will take the pressure off.
A big thing that I can't stress enough is how things external to your horses can cause you to feel edgy and anxious. The second file in this section is taken from my other book/programme - How To Get Your Sh*t Together.
Here we are going to look at ways to supercharge your goals!
Mindfulness is a great way of steadying yourself when you feel on edge, there are a few tracks here that can give you ideas of how to be more mindful during your day.
We also have a bit of a dig into control and avoidance, both of which can hinder your ability to hitch those Brave Pants when they slip.
This section takes my years of working with rider's bodies and puts together some really important video tuition you can take to your ridden work.
I'm not going to lie, the focal point for many of these videos is the horse's physical wellbeing. Why? Because an uncomfortable horse can only show you by its behaviours that it is uncomfortable, and that can include jigging, fidgeting, all the way to bucking and bolting, which is why these lessons are so important.
I thought I'd drop you some more mindfulness tracks, specifically some to help you banish those doubts and worries.
It is my greatest wish that you have thoroughly enjoyed this programme and that your Brave Pants are firmly in place.
Remember, you can come back to these files at any point, they're yours for as long as you want them.