Camps, Clinics and Workshops
One of the aspects of my job that I enjoy most is attending various camps, clinics and workshops to talk, off horse, with riders about confidence and mindset. In these […]
READ MOREOne of the aspects of my job that I enjoy most is attending various camps, clinics and workshops to talk, off horse, with riders about confidence and mindset. In these […]
READ MOREYesterday evening we hosted another Pre-Season Mindset boosting evening at Lindores with all ticket sales, once again, going to Rider’s Minds. We had such a nice mix of new faces […]
READ MORECongratulations to Horse Riding with Confidence Scotland (i.e. to me) on TWENTY fabulous years of working with riders, off horse, in order to help them to grow in confidence with […]
READ MOREAs a human being we are all hard wired with a tendency to focus on the negative. Throughout evolution, over the millennia, we have been aware of threats and dangers […]
READ MOREI recently shared some ideas about how to mindfully review your year in order to best help you to learn and plan for 2024. I have carried out this exercise […]
READ MOREThe end of 2023 is fast approaching and Christmas will be here before we know it. This is the time of year when I see lots of riders looking for […]
READ MOREThere seems to be some doubt about who the quote “Comparison is the thief of joy” can be attributed to. It’s often said to be Theodore Roosevelt, but a quick […]
READ MOREHere at home, this year, we have had two major projects completed and, at times, the progress on each of them was PAINFULLY slow! Project number two was finally finished […]
READ MOREHave you ever wondered what you can expect when you get in touch with me at Horse Riding with Confidence Scotland ? Perhaps you’ve been thinking about getting in touch […]
READ MOREThank you to Katie Allen-Clarke of Horse & Country for the following useful advice as we approach the Autumn and Winter seasons. Everything we, as horse owners, can do to […]
READ MOREHorse Riding with Confidence Scotland will soon be twenty years old! What began as a vague idea that riders might appreciate what I was learning personally, has grown into something […]
READ MOREI get asked fairly frequently about my own personal riding and horse owning experience so here we go. Here’s “My Horsey Life”. I first started learning to ride when we […]
READ MOREOur memories are complex and fascinating with a deep knowledge of how the brain makes and stores memories being an enormous topic studied by psychologists and neuroscientists all over the […]
READ MOREOVERWHELM – to be flooded by intense emotion which is too challenging to manage or overcome. In this post we are looking at why you can handle a certain amount […]
READ MOREProcrastination is the act of delaying or putting off a task or a set of tasks. We may have something which, one one level we wish or know we ought […]
READ MOREAs a rider your coach may often advise you to visualise what you wish to happen perhaps riding a dressage test or rehearsing a course of jumps. This may sound […]
READ MOREWelcome to the second in this series of Back to Basics rider mindset and confidence skills. We can learn these useful skills at the beginning of a confidence journey but […]
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