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17 | 6 Ways To Strengthen Your Relationship With Your Horse
How strong is your relationship with your horse?
In this episode of The Essence of Liberty Podcast, I share 6 powerful ways to strengthen your relationship—3 outside the training space, and 3 within it. Plus, we’ll...
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16 | 5 Ways To Avoid Frustration Around Food Rewards
In this episode, we’re diving into a topic that all R+ trainers face at some point: frustration. But here’s the twist—you don’t need to fear it. I’m sharing five powerful ways to reduce frustration in your training...
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15 | The Path to Collection at Liberty
Ever dreamed of seeing your horse piaffe at liberty? Not because you trained it like a trick—but because your horse felt it, owned it, and offered it from a place of strength, play, and confidence? In this episode of...
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14 | Thinkers vs Feelers: Exploring What Connects and Separates Us
In this episode, we explore the crucial differences between horse and human brains and how these differences profoundly affect communication, connection, and behavior interpretation with your horse. You'll discover...
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13 | Using food rewards with other horses around
Training your horse in the field, surrounded by their friends, has so many benefits! Not only is it easier for you (no trips to the arena 🙌), but your horse feels safest near their herd.
That sense of safety opens...
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12 | Do you need to stop riding your horse when you start liberty?
Have you ever wondered if embracing liberty horsemanship means giving up riding or other activities with your horse?
Maybe you have wondered if starting liberty means that your horse *always* needs to be at liberty,...
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11 | Increasing distance at liberty - 5 strategies
Do you ever feel like your horse is glued to you, making it tricky to ask him to give you more distance?
Or do you worry that your horse will disconnect from you the moment you ask him to increase the distance?
If so,...
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10 | What to do at the beginning of EVERY session
In this episode, I reveal a simple yet powerful practice that I never skip at the beginning of any liberty session—whether I'm working with a horse new to liberty or my own experienced horses. Taking a moment to do...
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9 | Sparking motivation in so-called "lazy" horses - A simple yet powerful technique!
In this episode, we dive into the often misunderstood behavior of so-called 'lazy' or unmotivated horses. I share a simple yet powerful technique that can spark genuine motivation, allowing your horse to engage...
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8 | Empower your horse through liberty!
There are SO many beautiful benefits of incorporating liberty into the time you spend with your horse. Not only does it do wonders for your relationship in many ways, it also helps you learn how to listen to your...
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7 | Liberty on GRASS: How to approach this common challenge!
I'm sure you have experienced this before: You want to do liberty with your horse. You want to grow your relationship together, and you want him to WANT to participate in the training! You start by giving your...
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6 | Decoding Your Horse’s 'No': Why It Happens and What to Do
"Yes" means nothing unless "No" is an option. One of the most beautiful aspects of liberty is that your horse has the freedom to choose—whether to participate or not. When your horse says “yes,” you can trust that...
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