I was the little girl who begged my parents every moment I could to get a horse. Ever since I could remember. I started riding when I was about7, as my friends had horses and I would spend as much time with them doubling up and riding around all weekend long. My uncle used to always whisper in my ear that “Before you go to bed each night, think about your horse. One day it will appear” I thought of my horse all the time, I dreamed of us all the time.
I got my first horse when I was 8, Jed was like my best friend, we did everything together unfortunately our time was short-lived, but then my heart horse arrived not long after. I had this horse up until the end of High School, his name was Fell short for Fella. We joined pony club, done some competition’s, we tried campdrafting, we did showjumping and dressage. I spent every moment I could with him. In Hindsight he helped me get through school life, he was my unbiased, kind, loving companion, unlike my school peers, where I was bullied and beaten most of my primary school days. He saved me.
All I wanted to do when I grew up, was work with horses, I was blessed to have a vet who use to live next door, so Vet Nursing is what I did straight out of school. When I left High School, I had a period without horses to concentrate on my career with animals and working towards specialising in horses. I still had my friend’s horses to ride and hang out with, but I did not get another horse of my own till after having both my children. In 2002 I rescued a young Colt off the racetrack who was doomed for the kill pen. This is when things started to change, I had left an abusive relationship and my new partner who is now my husband supports my crazy horse ways, I was at the top of my career in a clinic, but was yearning for more. I was running my own dog obedience classes and doing some horse-riding lessons on the side, but I wanted more this is where my entrepreneurial flame started to burn, for I wanted to be my own boss, I wanted to work with horses I wanted to work at home, and I longed for my own property.
I was given an opportunity in 2006 to help start a family business in Townsville, it meant uplifting everything we had on the gold coast hinterland and moving. I thought this was it, we can find land, build stables and live my dream with my horses, but the yearning in the pit of my stomach, was telling me that what I was doing, was not my passion, I worked so much, I no longer had time with my own horses, and I was feeling disconnected and lost. Even though moving to Townsville seen my start Karate with our son, I soon found a passion and a way of self-expression, that made me feel empowered. I achieved some amazing accolades in karate and had the oppotunity to represent our country. But there was a missing part to all this success, animal connections. Then 10 years after starting the family company I was out.
I was now 40 and it felt like I was starting life all over again, I went back to what I knew best vet nursing and I was lucky enough to work at an Equine Specialist Centre and work my way to working exclusively with the horses for 5 years, before I retired at the end of 2022. Those years working back as a nurse opened a gateway to personal development, I had no idea even existed, this also coincided with my attempt at my black belt at the age of 40. I notice my mental health was not great, I was struggling to know who I was and what was my purpose, I had the burning desire to really fulfil something that I felt deep inside, so I started coaching people in the health and wellness space alongside my karate, this coaching gave me immense joy and pleasure seeing people thriving and getting out of their stuckness and finding their way in life and in 2020 the universe provided me with a solution to what I wanted to do, Equine Assisted Psychotherapy. I could help people get out of this stuckness to thrive in life alongside of my herd of horse’s.
This is also when I found how disconnected I was with my herd. My past allowed for some deep reflective realisations of how horses have helped me through my trauma in school and the domestic violent relationship I was in. This is when I seen the true power of the horses, to help heal humans. This lit my soul alight and this amazing opportunity to train in the modality. I feel this is my life work, from my personal experiences myself and with raising our children who also struggled at some point during their childhood. This life path is forever evolving as I learn more about trauma, regulation and furthering my qualifications. I am so blessed to now be able to share my life skills with you, to guide you along with the wisdom of the horses
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