ByRobyn Harris
This week I thought I would share with you a little about a presentation that I gave earlier this week. It was the last session of 2018 for The Business Haven, a networking group based in Portishead, and was followed by a fun Christmas lunch. The lunch included a draw with many wonderful prizes, donated…
ByRobyn Harris
What are they? Where do they come from? Is there anything we can do about them? This blog has come about because of Dax, one of the horses who lives with us. I’d noticed that he wasn’t himself during this last week, not rushing in for his food as he normally does and seeming to…
ByRobyn Harris
A perfect storm is an event in which a rare combination of circumstances drastically aggravates the event. The term is used by analogy to an unusually severe storm that results from a rare combination of meteorological phenomena. (Wikipedia) Have you ever found yourself in a situation where one thing after another seems to be going against you? It can really zap…
ByRobyn Harris
Since welcoming Dax into my life back in May, I’ve been on quite a learning journey. It’s been a fascinating process seeing how the theory that I’ve picked up over the years translates into applied practice – and how it doesn’t always fit the individual as neatly as the books and training might suggest! This…
ByRobyn Harris
We are still experiencing ongoing technical issues here on the Blorenge mountain – ie we haven’t yet been connected to the internet, so I’ve been relying on cafés, trains and the local library, where I can. We’ve been given a new start date of 26 November, so fingers crossed! Despite the frustrations of being offline…
ByRobyn Harris
Friday 2 November Often, I think, our horses need us to give them more time and space than we realise. An example of this came up just this morning. I was poo picking in the fields and I noticed that Rika was yawning. She seems to have been finding the transition to Wales more challenging…
ByRobyn Harris
Well, we’ve been in our new home for 3 weeks now! In some way the time has flown by and it feels like we’ve been here for much longer, and in other ways it still feels very new. The time has flown by in a blur and at times it has felt very overwhelming. It’s…
ByRobyn Harris
I’d like to apologise for the lack of posting last week. We moved to our new home on 12 October and have not yet been connected to the internet, so everything is being done as and when we can get WiFi or 4G when we’re out and about. Our new home is very beautiful though…
ByRobyn Harris
We have a moving date – and a new addition to the family So, it’s official, we have exchanged contracts and the removal vans are booked for 2 weeks’ time! It has felt like a long wait and I can hardly believe that we’ll soon be in our new home. It’s been a very busy…
ByRobyn Harris
Something that I often hear from clients – and that I’ve felt myself, at times, in my journey with Dax – is a sense of frustration around facing an issue that they thought had been dealt with in the past. It can be rather disheartening to feel that we’re ‘going nowhere’ or that the actions…
ByRobyn Harris
Last week I looked again at some important questions that this journey with Dax has raised recently and the answers that I have found so far. This whole process has been a very interesting one for me. It has caused me to question so many things – myself, my approach, my abilities and my beliefs. …
ByRobyn Harris
Isn’t it interesting how allowing our horses to say ‘No’ can bring up so much stuff – both for them and for us!? Since Dax arrived there have been some changes in his behaviour, as those of you who’ve been following this blog will know. At first he was like a little lamb, meekly following…