Women Who Run with Horses (Hillary Schneider)

The Medicine of Rudy.

How do we overcome the woundings of our past so we can embrace a fresh future? On this episode I speak to an experience I had with one of my geldings Rudy, that gave space to moving through a wounding of the past.  If you find yourself getting stuck in a past wounding, this episode will be impactful for you.

On our latest podcast episode we are excited to be joined by the gifted artist Nica Ware.

Nica shares her journey of following her passion of art and horses and how it grew into the success she has today.

We don't always know where our journey leads us, but we have to follow the urges we are given.  

Nica's story is a really beautiful telling of an authentic journey of finding our success by following the callings of our purpose. 

On Episode 6 we are speaking with Chloe Rachel Gallaway who shares about her journey of growing up in the wilderness and being raised atop a mountain.  

Chloe who is also the author of  The Soulful Child: Twelve Years in the Wilderness, is an intuitive writing coach and the founder of The Winged River Writer, writing services. Her book is making a global impact, spreading throughout the US, the UK and Canada. As a Intuitive Writing Coach and facilitator of the writing process, Chloe combines her experience of growing up connected to nature with her training in mindfulness tools and literacy-based writing techniques to deliver a powerful process of self-transformation and empowerment through writing. She is making a worldwide impact inspiring others write their story. Leading the VOICES book series movement, she is helping women, men, and youth to move from fear to courage and brave it all to share their message. For information about her programs and Retreats, visit ChloeRachelGallaway.com.

This past week I was introduced to the wounded woman archetype.  She was birthed through a painful lesson I had to witness in myself and in a pattern.

Her space of wisdom was anchored in partnership with a big beautiful lead mare that has found her way into our herd.

This podcast is about illuminating our wounded woman, embracing her and learning how she manifests in us and others.

It is a powerful anchor for us women to allow us to uncover our shadow parts and to recognize it in others.

Listen as I share my own interpretation of this archetype and where it might land for where you are travelling with in your own experience. 

On today's episode I am joined by fellow horse woman and educator Alyssa Aubrey.

Alyssa is the Founder and Program Director of Medicine Horse Ranch, an educational experiential learning center incorporating horses in human self-development.

She is a seasoned facilitator with broad experiences that arise from personally coaching over 6500 clients in equine- guided learning processes.

Alyssa is the HorseDream®USA license holder, and facilitates HorseDream® Train the Trainer and licensed partner training for qualified candidates. The HorseDream® concept is horse assisted education designed specifically for teams, businesses and corporations.

She serves as a board member for the CBEIP (Certified Board for Equine Interactive Professionals), the only national credentialing body for horse/human practitioners, (certifying mental health and experiential

Alyssa is the co-author of the bestselling book,” The Road to Success” with Jack Canfield.  The book is currently available on Amazon.com, BN.com (Barnes and Noble) as well as many other online bookstores. Download a free chapter here:  http://alyssaaubrey.theroadtosuccessbook.com

You can also find her at: www.medicinehorseranch.org

Money and purpose are connected, with money often being a catalyst for us to face our discomfort and fear around owning our gifts.

My own journey around the connection between the two are something I deepen on this episode to inspire and bring light to how these two worlds are joined.

As I mention on the podcast, if you want to journey with me and money this year, you can join me in my healing with money circle that you can find in the link below.

https://hillaryschneider.mykajabi.com/healing-with-money

On our latest podcast episode, an intimate share of what we have lived through and navigated over the past couple of months.

A wildfire broke out across the road from us this summer, forcing the evacuation from our herd, it was a trying and challenging experience that taught us much, and I unpacked the learning of it here.

When we face trauma and challenge, it can be hard to know where to root ourselves, I hope in this share to be able to offer observation and a process that was helpful for me, gained from the wisdom from our herd.

When I was 23 years old I found myself travelling to the Buffalo Woman Ranch on a journey that would change my world.

It was here that I was told I was a healer, the first time anyone ever said such things to me.

It began a journey of awakening into my soul's path that I speak about in this episode and the journey that we take to become the embodiment of it.

We are all healers, teachers, and guides, and the invitation for us is always to witness that more deeply in ourselves and know how to step into that in our world.

If you are seeking to be reminded of who you be in the world this is a powerful podcast to listen to.

On today's episode we are introducing a new conversation around the archetypes of leadership.

Women Who Run with Horses is a journey of evoking and understanding where the medicine and space of horses support and empower us in our own evolution as human beings and as leaders.

What is the power of the horse and what is the space that they invite us into?

This conversation is a share around one of our horses Shiva whom we call the destroyer, named after the powerful hindu god, we start here as a way to look at how do we master our own fears and what is the process we are being given an invitation to when we find ourselves feeling deeply uncomfortable with them.

In it we share as well about Shiva's journey and how that mirrored our own and what he represents as an archetype in this conversation of our own inner leadership and self mastery.

On our latest podcast episode we share a reflection of the last 10 years of our journey since making the leap to begin our own practice with horses.

How do we sustain our vision and dreams?

What is the true path to building our success?

How can we stay the course when things get hard?

A few thoughts and a transparent share on the last 10 years.

On our latest podcast episode we are unpacking our experience of leading retreats for our local first nations community.

We deepen into this.

Often when we are faced with trauma and wounding, it can be easy to drown in the pain of things, one of my horses gave me this lesson that the most powerful thing we can do is to hold a lens of strength to that what we witness in pain.

I talk about how I recovered here and the application of this lesson that we can hold not just towards our clients, but also ourselves and the world.

Since I was a young girl I have felt moved to pursue a calling of purpose.  At the age of 35 I find myself on an 80 acre retreat centre living a life of purpose and that I dreamed of as a little girl.  

On this podcast I will share about the journey to purpose and what helps us to have the endurance and perseverance to stay on the path.

I share transparently my own journey to get to where I am today on this ranch and creating though the medicine of horses, the high's the lows and what has aided in my capacity to create this life that speaks deeply to my own calling to purpose.

On our latest podcast we are joined by a fellow horse woman and creator Angela Saieva to speak about looking at our business as if it has it's own intelligence.

For those that have a business and are feeling like you are struggling with it, or feeling resentful of it, we dive into how we can shift how we hold and relate to our business that is also the holder of our purpose.

Angela and I also share about us coming together to create a new container to empower other women in holding their business this way and our hope is this conversation opens up a shift and re-inspires your vision and confidence with what you are creating.

On our latest podcast episode we share about our past and journey in our Horse Breeding past and schooling and how that gave me lessons for life.

Sometimes the path we journey through we are not always sure how it leads us to growth and also wisdom for what is to come in the future.

A reflection for me is the realization that what I learned in horse breeding school gave me some life lessons for buildling my vision and success in the future.

On our latest podcast episode we are sharing a powerful story and perspective shift around where we dissociate in connection to our high sensitivity and empathy.

For many of us that are high sensitives, to escape the overwhelm of what we feel, we flee our bodies.

During a session this past week with a client we landed on a powerful teaching around how dissociation is the opposite of the wisdom our body is telling us in connection to our high sensitivity.

If you struggle with knowing how to stay grounded within the intensity of what you feel, this podcast will offer you some valuable wisdom around a different way of being in relationship with your sensitivity. 

What happens when two mares, one the current lead and the other the one day lead, come into close contact with one another?

Todays episode is a conversation around the space and dominance of two lead mares, our current and one day lead.  Both mares have dominant energy and both spaces hold wisdom.

I speak about the wisdom and medicine of Indy our young mare who will one day be lead, in her challenge and defiance with our lead mare Aponi.  What strengths and observation in her behaviour aides in our own quest to push boundaries.

Then I go deeper into speaking about Aponi our current lead in her force of dominance and the medicine behind that.  Both energies have wisdom, this is a way of us looking at the deeper symbolism behind the lead mare energy and where it is creating invitation for us.

A personal reflection of a mirroring of horse medicine in the form of my wild filly Indy. I share on this episode her message to me about embracing my inner wild woman and how to integrate this wisdom into where I am being challenged in my life.

If you have ever wondered how the medicine of horses impact our journey's this is a deep share of what it looks like to integrate and apply this wisdom.

It may also be a message for you in where your own inner wild woman is speaking to you.

On our latest episode we share about a journey of trauma and healing with our horses Indra and Malachi and also ourselves.

Living through a fire and evacuating our horses obviously created some trauma for ourselves as well and that was part of our process to move through.

We share about the journey of how we held that space for our horses and ourselves to provide some insight on how we tend to our trauma in us and those that we care for.

As a side, we are not an expert on a trauma or a counsellor this is us merely sharing our own experience.

On our latest podcast episode we are joined by Carly Rae Beaudry, a gifted women's health practitioner.

I met Carly last year when she came to one of our horse medicine leadership teaching retreats with her desire to bring the space of horse medicine into the work she did with women.

We believe that the knowledge and support Carly provides around women's health an their anatomy to be essential, we cannot find our own seat of power if we don't access all parts of who we are.

Join me as Carly speaks about her work, why we need to support and know about our own anatomy as women and the deep healing around it.

You can find more about Carly on her website Carly Rae and her instagram under carlyraebeaudry.

On Winter Solstice of 2022 we gave birth to our daughter.

We wanted to share the journey of our birth and the experience we had of bringing the gift of our daugther into the world.

Our birth was not one with some complications but it was empowering none the less.

This episode is a share of that journey.

We are back with a new episode after a hiatus while we run our busy retreat season.

Our first episode back we are sharing how we are holding the transition of our gelding Jack.

With each horse that we walk this path with, we gain a different lens of understanding how they hold death and what they want us to learn from it.

Jack is holding this as his ascension to being a horse ancestor, as if he is being crowned.  This is his journey of sharing his wisdom and also our process with him.

Our hope in sharing is that it continues to support when we ourselves are faced with this journey with our beloved companions and to honor the wisdom our horses have to share when they are walking this path with us.

This week we welcomed a new mare into our herd named Grace.

We talk about her medicine on the podcast and the importance of following the invisible threads of intuition that guide us on our journey.

If you are needing a sign to listen to your urges and the nudges that are beckoning you forward on your journey, this is it.

It takes courage to follow our inner urges but there are great rewards when we do. 

How do you hold the space of death?

On our latest episode we are sharing the recent journey we have been on with 3 of our horses as they have transitions from physical form to a spiritual form.

How do we hold death when we are in the midst of it?  How do we listen to those that are asking us to tend them in this space?

This podcast is a share of the messages, wisdom and teaching received from our beloved horses Aine, Jack and Shiva that all departed their physical form this week.

Join us as we share our journey with them and how horses continue to teach us to tend to and hold the space of death alongside of them.

Join me as I speak with Tanis Frame founder of Decide to Thrive Movement. Tanis Frame is relentlessly curious about what cultivates thriving and what gets in the way. Her mission is to support others to thrive so our families and communities can thrive in turn. A long time facilitator, she has a background steeped in science ranging from biology to environmental health, applied positive psychology and conflict resolution.  Tanis is a master at weaving together leading edge science and wisdom traditions to carve through complexity and get to the heart of things. She serves up science with a whole lot of soul! You can find her at www.tanisframe.com

On today's episode I am joined by Rebecca Tracey of The Uncaged Life.

On today's podcast we are speaking with Alexa Linton. 

A life-time animal lover and completely horse-obsessed, Alexa Linton has dedicated her fifteen-year career to the well-being of animals and their people, becoming an international facilitator, the author of Death Sucks: A Straight-up Guide to Navigating Your Pet’s Final Transition, the host of The Whole Horse Podcast, co-founder of the Cowgirl Re-union, creator of The Whole Horse Apprenticeship, and continuously continuing her education and practice of animal therapies and animal communication.

She has a degree in kinesiology, a certificate in Equine Sport Therapy, five years of advanced work and facilitation in BodyTalk, and has completed 2.5 years of a five year osteopathy program. She is also the only facilitator trained to teach Laura Bird’s One Spirit Animal Communication: Activation course. Thank you Laura for trusting me to share your amazing course! Within the horse industry, Alexa strives to shed light on unworkable, harmful systems and practices and to provide healthier, more sustainable and understanding ways to move forward with the horses in our lives.

Alexa lives at beautiful Firefly Farm on unceded Coast Salish territory in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island in Canada with her two dogs Reilly and Solo, her mare Diva and her cat Parker.

You can find Alexa at:

www.wholehorse.ca

www.cowgirlreunion.com

www.alexalinton.com/apprenticeship-2019

In our first podcast episode of 2024 I share a little bit of wisdom of the difference between stretching our capacity and listening to where we are being asked to grow, versus when we are burning out.

How do we know the difference or discern whether we have the capacity for something or not?

Why should we listen to our capacity limits?

How do we avoid burnout and following every idea or vision that comes to us?

Why is it important for us to know the difference?

I share some personal stories around my experience with this to deepen into this topic as well.

As I mention on the podcast, I will be diving more deeply into the wisdom of the last 8 years on the ranch if you feel called to join me.  

https://hillaryschneider.mykajabi.com/8-years-reflection-virtual-retreat

On this podcast, a reflection of lessons and wisdom from a private retreat that took place over a span of a week.

A core theme we explored is the permission to lead and guide a space, forgiveness and how it was blended into the path and gifts of Angela in her bodywork with horses.

How do own the space of our work, hold space for it and interpret the relationship and connection between horse and human, some deep places of wisdom to tune into.

The invitation of motherhood, a podcast sharing the transparency of where I am being moved to hold space for this journey.

In this episode I share how my mare Dharma and her medicine ignited a reflection in this journey and offered some wisdom around how do we move through resistance and fear when a big dream and space of purpose is calling us.

I unpack my own process and fear around becoming a mother and how to interpret the wisdom of dharma where her medicine is landing for you today. 

In our latest podcast episode we are sharing wisdom from the herd around the space of being held, in our vulnerabilities and the importance of rest.

This comes on the heels of us navigating a month of loss and transition and seeking out a space for ourselves.

We need to be reminded at times that we need a space held for us, perhaps this message is something you needed to hear for yourself today.

On today's episode I am talking about the journey of answering the calling of purpose.  

What stops us from honouring the calling our soul and of the wisdom we are meant to bring into the world?

We are often our greatest adversaries in our journey to purpose and stepping into where we are being called forward, today I share about my own relationship with this, how horses have empowered me through it and how we can overcome our own doubts and insecurities to honor where we are being moved to lead.

On this episode I share about the medicine of one of our horse Chiron, named after the wounded archetype healer.

I had an episode, a moment of intense emotion, rage, it didn't make sense, I didn't understand it and then Chiron met me at the gate.

I knew with his medicine it meant I hit a sore spot, a core wound that I needed to hold space for.

So I sat in the field and I let myself feel it and the wisdom around it.

We must know how to hold space for our wounds, to travel with them so it doesn't create chaos in our lives. This is what I speak to on this podcast.

On our latest podcast episode we speak about the wisdom and difference between two fears.

The fear that is an authentic emotion and the false emotion appearing real.

Fear is a wisdom keeper and ally on our journey and it is important for us to know the difference between the two fears that we experience.

I share some of my own personal journey and reflection and give examples of how we discern both so we know which fear to heed and which one to support and move past.

On today's episode I am joined by Angela Geddes, Life and Leadership Coach and Equine Guided Facilitator.  Angela runs and owns Soul on Fire Equine Wellness Center in New Brunswick.

I invited Angela onto the podcast to share her journey through a recent health crisis and how that lead to a deeper claiming of her purpose and priorities in life.  A deep reminder of how important it is for us to listen to the messages our bodies give us and the consequences if we don't.

You can find out more about Angela and her work at https://www.angelageddes.com.

Initiation is a journey that is uncomfortable,  unforgiving at times and can also bring us deeper into ourselves.

On today's episode I was moved to speak about the spaces of initiation we find ourselves on, whether it be a deeper invitation of purpose, of self mastery, of independence and how we move through it.

If you find yourself wondering about why something is happening for you right now and what is being called forward.

This episode will speak to that.

On our latest podcast episode we are joined by Tara Davis of Unbridled Goddess.

A few months ago we saw a post she shared on her instagram sharing the journey of transition and grief with her horse partner and was moved by it.

In a world where we don't often know how to honor this journey or walk this path we thought it would be a deeply beautiful experience to have Tara come and share about her journey.

This conversation is vulnerable and holds so much beauty in hopes to provide a path of healing for others that are going through something similar.

Whether you are grieving or in the process of holding that path of transition for a horse partner or another being or person, we hope this conversation supports that journey for you.

On today's episode we sharing transparently of how we are navigating the transition and end of life process with one of our horses Rudy.

The cycle of loss and death are hard, even harder when we are the ones that have to hold that space, I have learned from the herd how to hold this journey with intention and wisdom.  

We are sharing here how Rudy wants us to hold this space and hw we are traversing it at well.

We hope these words and episode are supportive if you are moving through this cycle as well.

On our latest podcast we share the transparency of our own journey and the wisdom of holding grace for ourselves as we navigate change, new birthings and life.

I share what has been coming up for me lately in what I feel called to create in my business and how I support myself through the vulnerabilites around creating.

The power of softley supporting ourselves can be what helps us to move past paralysiis and fear that keeps us stagnating.

On our latest episode we are sharing the expansion of medicine from our mare Dharma.

We have experienced in the last month another layer to Dharma and what she suppports, we share the journey that she has been on and some messages she has given for perhaps a theme and guided energy for the new year.

A beautiful share of expansion of gifts from Dharma as an invitation and reminder that we too are expanding in who we are.

On today's episode we are joined by Melissa Costello who is a Transformational Eating Coach, Author, Speaker and Holistic Nutritionist. 

Her years of work as a private, plant-based chef for celebrity trainer, Tony Horton creator of P90x organically led her to work with her clients on a much deeper level when she recognized the struggles they had with consistent, healthy eating and sustainable weight loss. Her mission is to empower busy professionals to stop the struggle with yo-yo dieting, weight loss and food obsession so they can live a life of freedom without restriction, deprivation or rules. 

Melissa’s in-depth training in Spiritual Psychology, Clinical Nutrition and holistic coaching along with her own personal struggles provides the foundation for her clients to experience powerful breakthroughs and sustainable, profound transformation.  To learn more about Melissa and her coaching, visit www.karmachow.com

On our latest episode we are taking a journey into speaking about the fears that keep us paralyzed from moving forward on our path and how we can overcome them.

Our fears are often the things that keep us from moving forward, from pursuing our path of passion and purpose and can be the greatest challenge for us to move past.

What do we do when we feel our fears are too great to overcome? How do we find strength to continue to pursue something that feels deeply important to us?

This podcast is about finding our way through the places of our fears and how we can create a different relationship with them so they don't paralyze us or prevent us from living a life that we feel called by. 

A tender episode for our latest podcast in a share around how we are navigating and moving through both the physical loss of our beloved gaurdian dog Odin and the journey of conversation of transition with our mare Ostara.

It felt important to honor both of these wise beings by sharing their journey and our hopes is it will help provide some comfort if you are also walking this path.

How do we honor the journey of our animals when they choose to leave, regardless of the journey they take?

How do we tend to our own grief?

How do we navigate that inquiry of is it time yet?

Gratitude to Odin and Ostara for offering their wisdom through this process.

Boundaries is a space that many of us can struggle with and that there are layers too.

Indra came forward in his mastery to offer up a different lens of boundaries, sacred space and discernment.

Today's episode is deeply personal.

I wrote a piece of facebook when I was in the midst of feeling despair and anger around the space of horse rescue that is a part of my purpose.

It is a vulnerable share around all the places I get impacted by this work and a deeper conversation around this mission of how we hold horses and the consciousness around them in this world.

What is a collective message for us to lean into for 2022?

During this episode I share some messages from our herd for what themes and collective messages that came through for all of us to land in.

We also share the announcement of our herd wisdom deck that is ready for order! You can check those out here https://www.hillaryschneider.com/shop/horse-cards.

Kali one of our mares also came with a message and we did a video with her as well to deepen into for those that want to experience her medicine more deeply you can watch that here.

https://youtu.be/eEuGJgyZ6uk

We are looking forward to a new year with all of you and see what 2022 has in store for all of us! 

On our latest episode we are joined by Nicole Romero, a creative and equine guided mentor that speaks about her path of following her purpose.

Nicole shares her journey of leaving a corportae design job to follow her calling with horses and letting her creativity and purpose lead the way.

If you are in a space of thinking about pursuing a greater calling of the heart, this is a beautiful podcast to tune into.

You can find nicole at:

https://www.nicoleromerocreative.com

On today's Episode I am joined by Ciel Ellis. Ciel is the founder and CEO of The Ellis Institute.  Her story is one of the wounded healer rising above the events of her life that were threatening to consume her brilliant future.  The first 25 years of her life were spent in varying degrees of trauma, while the net 25 years have been coming the process of coming back to herself.  Now she is on a mission to reveal the path to freedom so that other women can find their way to this place of empowerment, purpose, and passion. 

On the episode we talked about how we move past our traumas and the importance of moving beyond our the stories and past so we can step into our brilliance and potential.

If you are moved to learn more about Ciel after listening you will her contact below along with some books that were made referenced during our conversation together.

A wild interaction with a pair of coyotes in my field with my guardian dog inspired my latest podcast episode.

Coyote is the trickster that inspires and serves chaos in our world, but to what purpose?

Join me as I share some insight into what I believe coyote medicine is giving us around the chaos of our world and how to powerfully partner with it's medicine.

On our latest podcast episode, we are sharing the journey of holding transition for our mare Ostara.

Joined by animal communicator and horse medicine facilitator, Brittany Ashworth we speak about the messages Ostara shared in prepartion of her transition, and how helpful it is to have someone hold the space for transition.

It is also another share of a journey of a horse consciously choosing her transition process and how we have walked alongside of her through it.

Our hope is sharing this journey is supportive for anyone navigating the journey of transition and to share some final messages from Ostara.

On today's episode I am speaking with Kristin Meek, founder of WYLD leadership. Kristin is the CEO and founder of WYLD Leadership, a boutique coaching company that guides individuals, teams, and businesses in the intentional design of how they spend their time, use their talents, build a tribe, and personalize their environments. 

Kristin and I met during a CTI leadership program and her work in what she does in WYLD had a big impact on my own journey of purpose and leadership.  

Join us as we talk about purpose, finding our core strengths in life, the importance of doing so and a share about our own personal discovery blending knowing who we are and what we bring to our contribution and the world and the power of horse wisdom.

You can learn more about Kristin and her work at https://www.wyldleadership.com

And to explore more about the retreat we talk about in this episode, that blends the experience of horse wisdom, with finding our strengths follow this link.  

http://www.hillaryschneider.com/epona-wyld-retreat

On today's episode I am joined by a brilliant and soulful horse woman Jayne Roberts.

Jayne is a gifted space holder who brings together science and soul to ignite healing and awareness in our relationship with the medicine of our bodies and the gifts of horses.

Join us as we bring awareness to the space of somatic healing and why as women it is important for us to deepen into.

You can learn more about Jayne's work below:

On today's podcast a share a personal reflection of my journey of making my dream of having a property with horses a reality.

There are many times where people ask me how did I do it, on the quest of them attempting to make their own big visions a reality, I answer that question on this episode.

If you are in a place where you need affirmation and a way forward, take a listen. 

On our latest podcast we are joined by brilliant horse woman Kim Hallin as she shares about her journey into horses and the teachings and life lessons they have given her in her own journey and also in her work.

Kim Hallin is the founder and equine-inspired soul guide at Unbridled, LLC.

An accomplished horsewoman who advocates for creating compassionate relationships that uphold the integrity of the horse, Kim loves facilitating transformational healing experiences between horses and humans.

Kim is a naturally gifted mentor and guide who specializes in nurturing supportive learning environments that shift perspectives while ensuring all participants (human and
equine) feel safe, honored and supported.

You can find out more about Kim and her work in the links below

Patreon site: https://www.patreon.com/join/KimHallin?

On today's episode we are sharing a reflection on the 6 year anniversary since buying our dream property.

There is an in depth and vulnerable share about our year, the loss we have had to navigate and the wisdom of getting to 6 years at our retreat ranch.

Our relationship with money is often one that is fraught with a lot of baggage. On today's Episode I am joined by Megan Hale, CEO mentor and leadership coach, to speak about how we as women journey with money.

How we hold space for money is important, our purpose and our capacity to support our lives is dependent on it.

There are a lot of great nuggets shared on today's episode on how we move through some of our core wounding with money and some practical exercises to support your shift.

About our guest..

What is the essential ingredient to us creating a "successful" outcome for our lives both personally and professionally?

On today's episode I speak to the importance of having ritual in our lives and creating space for us to find our centre and our balance as we build into our visions and our purpose.

What is ritual, how do we create it, what are some examples of how we can hold it for ourselves and what's the purpose behind it are just some of the things I speak to on today's podcast.

On today's podcast I have the pleasure of speaking with holistic nutritionist and consistency coach Sara Best.

Known to many as "the Nutritionist who never talks about food," Sara has worked with women around the world through her popular Change Your Brain - Change Your Body program to help them reprogram and rewire the way their brains think about food. Sara is the author of the book, Turning Off the Tap: Overcoming the Real Reasons we Overeat and the founder of the Consistency Coach School. www.sarabest.com

Our relationship with our bodies and our food is an integral aspect of being able to hold deep spaces of our purpose, I speak to my own journey with it and allow Sara to share her wisdom as well.

To learn more about Sara or join her community check out the links below.

In the summer of 2017 two horses were rescued from the BC wildfires and then separated during adoption.

On April 26th they were reunited at our retreat space after being separated for 2 years.

On today's podcast we are sharing about the journey of reunion of these two horses and the medicine of Aponi who joined our herd.

To read support their journey visit the link below.

https://www.gofundme.com/cpgy9g-help-reunite-2-bc-wildfire-rescue-horses

On today's episode, a raw share around the journey of vulnerability and what happens when we find ourselves faced with a season of change in our lives.

What does it mean when we feel tender in our lives, or find ourselves losing our centre in the midst of change.

How do we hold space for our vulnerabilities and how do horses and their medicine provide a safe space for us to journey through our growth?

I speak to this in relationship to my own journey through vulnerability and what has unfolded in my own growth these last two weeks.

Transition.

Life is always changing around us. Transition is a constant and rarely something as human beings we can be with gracefully.

On today's episode I share about the medicine of transition, the wisdom of it, the gift of it and how we can be more graceful and intentionally of how we move with it.

The delivery of this message as always is blended with the wisdom of horses.

Enjoy!

What does it mean when we are questioning our gifts and our value or feeling insecure in what we hold space for?

In our latest episode we speak about those moments of vulnerability and what it means when we question ourselves, what we hold space for and whether we should continue forward.

We hope that this episodes supports the exploration of when we are feeling a lack of confidence in ourselves, how to reclaim it and what it actually means when we find ourselves there.

On our latest episode we are excited to be joined by Shari Teigman, a woman who we have known for 8 years.

We began our journey in the online business space around the same time and quickly realized that we didn't fit the one size fits all way of doing things and was craving a space that empowered a more intuitive and maverick way of doing things.

Shari and I will be joining forces for an upcoming retreat and we speak about our journey both collectively and individually and what we hope to inspire and empower in other women forging their way with their visions, purpose and business that are feeling lost or out of alignment in how they are showing up or leading themselves and what they feel is theirs to hold for others.

Today I am joined by a brilliant woman who shares her journey of discovering her gifts and what she has learned from horses in her work of how we need to hold partnership with them.

Ginny is an Equine Medicine Facilitator and Animal Communicator who specializes in working with traumatized horses and assessing horses for their fitness to participate in equine therapy and education programs. You can read more about her and her work at www.heartofthehorse.us

On our latest podcast we are sharing our personal process and reflection when we are being faced with resistance and invitation to shift in the midst of creation.

Over the last couple of months we have been creating a new container, we started to share about it and then felt as if something needed to shift.

Instead of pushing through or sitting with this is a failure, we instead are being with the invitation of what do we need to shift to be in greater alignment.

Sometimes the things we create are leading us somewhere, can we be with the process of creation and opening without attachment to outcomes and making it about our failures?

How do we sit with resistance and find the clarity in it when we are there, and be able to create space to do so?

How do we read what wants to happen in what we are creating without our ego getting involved?

Some pieces of reflection we are sharing on this episode.

The space of purpose can be a powerful anchor for our lives and for our practices.

How do we know what our purpose is? How do we define it and what's the invitation that purpose is giving us in this moment?

We explore this conversation and inquiry on this podcast episode to get us into a space of knowing and letting our purpose guide the creation and leading of our world.

Since I was a little girl I had this appreciation that there was something unique about being in relationship with horses, I felt at home there.

I have spent the last 20 years immersed in the equine industry, from spending time at summer camps, to receiving education in equine science, to working in the breeding shed and now to running a retreat space where we partner with horses to empower self awareness and leadership, and the horses have taught me much.

Whether you are a seasoned horse person, or someone that is new to the path and curious as to why we are drawn to the language and space of the horse, this podcast will speak to you.  In it I talk about the layers of language of horses, how they speak to us, how we can deepen into this partnership and what is the symbolism of them when they start to show up in our lives.

Tune in as I speak to the symbolism and language of horses and how we can begin to understand them in a more conscious way.

In our latest podcast we are catching our listeners up to speed on the new season of our lives and what wisdom we have gained since entering motherhood.

We are calling this episode a new beginning and going into season 3 where we can begin to share more of our journey with our community.

We look forward to sharing the wisdom of this season and taking you all for the ride with us.

On our next episode we are joined by gifted interspecies animal communicator and body worker Guliz Unlu.

Guliz and I have been friends and kindred sisters for 6 years and share our own journey of being in our wounds and the power of witnessing that in another.

Guliz is gifted in her connection and shares with how she communicates with animals in the body.  

A vulnerable and open conversation held by two women sharing about the topic of how we be in our wounds.

We share about our upcoming retreat that if you feel called to come join us you can explore in the link below.

www.hillaryschneider.com/wounded-woman-retreat

follow Guliz in her work at www.equuarius.com

In September of 2022 Anne arrived at Epona for a women's retreat that was being lead by a master coach.

Anne is a life coach that attended the retreat here and had a profound impact with the herd, we asked her to come on and speak to her experience with the herd and how it still impacts her until this day.

It is a beautiful accounting of the experience coming from a woman that does not have horses in her life to hear about just how deeply the space with the horses land for those who come here.

If you feel moved to connect with Anne and her gift as a coach you can find her info below.

Anne Ghayour
anneghayour@yahoo.com
@anneghayour Instagram
Anne Plaut Ghayour -Facebook

On our latest podcast episode, we are sharing the journey of transition with our equine partners and how that journey and path can manifest with each horse.

We were inspired to share this episode while speaking to the story of our gelding Shiva, and his own journey of getting close to transition and then deciding to stay.

Transition is a fluid path and it is unique to each journey and being that is walking that path.

How do we be present to the space of transition for thte being we are walking and holding space for and also ourselves?

We share a few stories of our horses and their journey to support where perhaps you are walking this path as well.

On today's episode I am sharing a couple of personal stories of my experience with reincarnation with some animal companions of mine, and also where we get signs of spirit when they leave us.

If you have ever wondered about or needed a sign around reincarnation and spirit, perhaps you will receive what you are needing to hear in this episode.

On today's episode I am joined by Nikki Groom.

NIKKI GROOM is on a mission to help you own your voice and use it to grow your business and make an impact.

She is the host of Movement Makers, a podcast featuring in-depth conversations and unfiltered stories from business leaders and entrepreneurs who are making a difference on the planet, and founder of The 100 Stories Worth Telling Project, which seeks to amplify the voices of underrepresented entrepreneurs all over the world.

Nikki is passionate about the power of storytelling as a way for thought leaders to humanize their businesses, build relationships with the people they most want to serve, and inspire readers into action. She is also a firm believer that all businesses should lead with empathy.

Nikki has been hailed as “a force of nature”, “a rising superstar” and “one of the best” in her field. She appears in the book Winning the Battle for Attention by Stuart Atkins, was a contributing writer for the book End Sex Trafficking by Erin Giles, and has been featured by over 40 online publications and podcasts.

You can find her @NikkiGroom just about everywhere.

On a weekend in July during my women's retreat, one of the women a caregiver, experienced a deep and important teaching around holding space.

As women, as space holders, coaches, equine guided facilitators, healers, our work can often be depleting for us, but it doesn't have to be.

In this episode I share the teachings of my lead gelding chief who offers us a different perspective in how we hold and give our energy in the leading and guidance of others.

If you struggle with depletion and burn out with your work, listen in. 

Since opening up my retreat centre I have had people asking me what does Epona mean?

A series of events happened a couple of weeks ago that inspired me to do a podcast to talk about Epona, what that is and the symbolism that it holds for what we hold space for with the horses.

An emotional episode for us to record but an important one.

On this week's podcast I weave the story of one of our horses Rudy and the medicine he brought into our world.

After a week of feeling wobbly around what I do in my work and purpose, I entered into the horse field to be greeted by this big beautiful bay gelding.

I share about his journey to our herd, the symbolism of his medicine and the connection and message he gave me when I was in my own doubt around what my purpose was.

On our latest pocast we are joined by Elyse Granik who attended a retreat with us in May 2023.

Over the last couple of months since the retreat Elyse has been gracious in sharing her experience with the horses post retreat.

We asked Elyse to come and share about her time here and how the horses and her experience with them has integrated into her life.

We are grateful for Elyse coming on to share her experience and her journey with the horses and their medicine. 

On out latest podcast we were inspired to share a space around where we can be wounded in our role as mentors and also where we have been wounded by a mentor.

The reflection around our shadow work of this role is important, because this can often be what stops us from sharing our gifts and from stepping into a space with a mentor that feels deeply supportive.

I speak about my own experience in this on our latest episode.

Each year when we approach new years, we perhaps start to think about our new years resolutions, intentions and word of the year.

We wanted to share a different process and journey that we have found to be more powerful and perhaps authentic as we approach a new year.

Instead of us choosing our intentions and resolutions, what if we were able to receive that energies were showing up to guide us in a new year?

This journey has us to be open to what signs from nature, and the energy around us that is showing us and giving us signs as to what we need to partner with in order to succeed with our goals and intentions in a new year.

On this podcast I share about this process, what horses are emerging as guiding forces for myself and perhaps our community and some messages that were coming forward for all of us.

I also mention that I will be running a virtual retreat experience to share about this process, if you are curious or called to join us, here is the link to do so.

https://hillaryschneider.mykajabi.com/aligning-our-guiding-energies

On today's episode...

It has been awhile since our last episode and today we share about what has been going on and the vulnerability around exposing and being with our pain.

In our journey we will have to face things that are painful for us to move through, it is important that we acknowledge it without taking full responsibility and owning what is not ours to hold.

Listen in as I share about my summer and medicine I received from my herd around being with my own places of pain.

On this week's episode I am sharing the story of my first horse Indra and how he came into my life.

Indra was not what I would have thought would have been my first horse, he didn't fulfill the fantasy I had made up in my head on who that horse would be, but he was perfect.

In this episode I am sharing the journey of how he came into our world and what he taught us about this partnership with horses and also what he grew in us.

It is an intimate and powerful share about the power of horses and also this particular horse who changed my world.

On today's episode I am joined by Schelli Whitehouse.

Schelli considers herself a spiritual cowgirl as she studies and integrates the presence and clarity of horse wisdom into her transformational work with humans.

She has been a certified equine assisted life and business coach for the past 10 years, as well as teaching equine facilitated learning skills to other practitioners.

Most recently she has turned her attention to support the professional presences of the equine inspired industry by assisting other practitioners in the development of their own successful practice.

 Schelli is on a mission to make equine inspired transformation the go-to modality for spiritual, personal and professional development. As popular as yoga and Starbucks.

The first step in this endeavor is with the release of her Amazon International Bestseller, “The Business of Coaching with Horses ~ How to Reach More Clients, Feed Your Horses and Change the World! It is presently on Amazon Kindle and will be available in bookstores this December.

Website: https://schelliwhitehouse.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EquineInspiredLife/

It has been awhile since we recorded an episode, and we had some space and wanted to delve into a personal reflection and also a share around what it means when we stagnate.

Stagnation doesn't always mean we are failing, sometimes it means we are being invited into re-alignment and shifting.

We don't have to fear stagnation, we simply need to be curious to where it is leading us.

We also unpack on this episode of what do we do to continue to support ourselves, our business and our offerings when we are also in the midst of change, evolution and stagnation.

Hopefully this gives a shift of perspective that you might also find powerful.

On our latest podcast episode we are grateful to have Elsa Janney of Wolf Winds join us to speak about the journey we take with our beloved animal companions.

The souls and journey's of our animals are part of ours, we can deepen our relationship with them by being in tune with this consciousness for both of our healing.

Join myself and Elsa as she shares about her sacred work of opening up the pathways for us to commune with our animals and the wisdom that comes through when we do.

You can explore more of Elsa's work at https://www.wolfwinds.com

Today's podcast I am joined by Ashley Maven Success Mentor and Psychoneurologist, as she shares her own journey of creating a life of fulfillment and giving permission to what brings you joy.

I didn't have ambition to be a leader, yet here I am.

On today's episode I am speaking about my journey to leadership and a share about a different way we can be in relationship with it.

I didn't always see myself as a leader, and in fact I was mostly resistant to the idea, but when you run an 80 acre facility, a business and have a vision in place, you need to.

Leadership can come in different forms, and we can hold it in a way that feels supportive instead of a burden or something that feels uncomfortable to us.

If you are someone who has difficulty in seeing themselves as a leader, or has some ideas and beliefs about it that make it uncomfortable to step into, you might find today's episode to be powerful to listen to.

On our latest episode we take a deeper look into how we journey and partner with horses and what it truly means to allow them to lead us in our partnership and also in our facilitation.

What does it look like and how do we create an environment where our horses are true partners to us in every way?

For my equine guided facilitators what does it look like for us to allow our horses to lead us in their wisdom?

Take a listen and let us know what resonates!

You can find more about our equine training at www.horsemedicineleadership.com 

On our latest podcast we weave in an update of our current landscape of motherhood and holding space for our business while also sharing how to be with chaos.

A personal share of how we be with the discomfort of life and times where things feel chaotic and hard to dance with and how we find our way through while holding our center.

On today's episode we speak transparently about the space of self care and self nourishment.

Self sacrifice, depletion and burn out are common maladies for space holders and also in life and it doesn't have to be held that way.

This podcast is a conversation and leaning into the importance of holding space for ourselves and the consequences of not doing so.

On our latest podcast episode we are speaking about the wounds we hold around money.  

I am speaking personally on this podcast about my own journey with money, the highs and lows and what I did to shift my relationship with it.

A continued series on the wounded woman archetype, this episode is a powerful conversation around how we hold money, the baggage we carry, and the impact of continuing to relate to it through our wounds.

In this episode we share what happens in our annual women's retreat.

Over the last few weeks we have had women inquire about our retreats, what happens there and we thought we would go into the space we hold with our herd.

What we speak about is the symobilism and medicine of the horses, how we hold space in a retreat, and what calls us to them.

If you feel called post episode to come and journey with us in person you can explore our retreats here https://www.hillaryschneider.com/retreats.

The beginning of season two I share about the journey of courage for us to listen to where we are being asked to and create the depth of the work we are meant to lead in the world.

Many of us can suffer from fear and doubt that paralyze us from being open to witnessing our own gifts and medicine.

In the first episode of this season I share about my own process of moving beyond fear and the affirmation of what happens when we are courageous enough to acknowledge our gifts and create the containers of our sacred work. 

On our latest podcast episode, we are sharing a story of one of our horses Cheveyo and his journey with us.

The theme of his wisdom and medicine on this episode is about owning and acknowledging our intuition and who we are.

This horse and how he came to be and who he is has taught me a lot about how we see ourselves and acknowledge our deep inner knowings.

In 2007 I found myself in a space of depression and disconnect from my path, in this podcast I share my personal reflection of moving through a low place in my life and how I was able to overcome my dark night of the soul.  This journey is through the lens of my own perspective and experience with depression, it is not a professional diagnosis nor expert perspective of how to deal with depression. 

On today's episode I speak about trust, how do we find our way back to trust when we have lost it.

Whether it is a broken heart or a shattered dream, we can find it difficulty to open ourselves up to trust our paths once we have had devastation.

I share about my own perspective of trust and how one of the horses in our field offered us some wisdom of how we reclaim it and deepen ourselves into trust once more.

3 years ago I bought a ranch, it was a dream come true and an amazing accomplishment.  However the dream quickly turned into chaos as the reality of running a facility sunk in.

3 months after moving I lost one of my beloved equine partners I share his story of death, the chaos around the reality of building a dream and how we can find wisdom and gifts alongside the mess of life.