by Jodi Freeman | Aug 24, 2025 | Coaching with Horses, Emotional Intelligence, Equine Therapy Nebraska, Life Lessons, Mindset Shifts, Teen Support Nebraska, Wisdom from Horses
When I was a child, my grandparents had a plaque hanging in their home that read: “When you pray for potatoes, have a hoe in your hand.” For many years, I took that to mean that if I wanted anything in life, I had to work for it. That interpretation fit perfectly with...
by Jodi Freeman | Aug 17, 2025 | Coaching with Horses, Emotional Growth Teens, Emotional Healing & Self-Discovery, Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Support, Equine Therapy Nebraska, Mindfulness Tools, Spaces of Stillness, Teen Support Nebraska, Wisdom from Horses
The Power of Quiet Moments I’ll be the first to admit — sitting quietly does not come easy to me. The troll voice in my head echoes “Quiet moments mean you’re lazy. You’re not working hard enough” For nearly 35 years, I’ve worked incredibly...
by Jodi Freeman | Aug 9, 2025 | Coaching with Horses, Emotional Growth Teens, Emotional Healing & Self-Discovery, Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Support, Equine Therapy Nebraska, Mindset Shifts, Spaces of Stillness, Teen Support Nebraska, Wisdom from Horses
We live in a world that rewards fast answers and constant doing. But in coaching – especially the kind that happens in the presence of horses – something entirely different is asked of us. Presence. Not performance. Not advice. Not fixing. Just presence....
by Jodi Freeman | Aug 2, 2025 | Coaching with Horses, Emotional Growth Teens, Emotional Healing & Self-Discovery, Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Support, Equine Therapy Nebraska, Mindset Shifts, Teen Support Nebraska, Uncategorized, Wisdom from Horses
When people ask me what kind of coaching I offer, I often start by sharing that my work is rooted in the Equine Gestalt Coaching Method®. But it doesn’t stop there. My practice blends this powerful, experiential method with other intuitive and therapeutic tools—all...
by Jodi Freeman | Jul 28, 2025 | Coaching with Horses, Coping with Anxiety, Emotional Healing & Self-Discovery, Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Support, Equine Therapy Nebraska, Mindset Shifts, Teen Support Nebraska
This morning, as I was driving out to Rock Creek, a song called My Anxiety came on the radio. At first, I wasn’t paying much attention—but then a few lyrics hit me in a way that made me pause. The song focuses on numbing anxiety with drugs and alcohol. While that part...
by Jodi Freeman | Jul 21, 2025 | Emotional Growth Teens, Emotional Healing & Self-Discovery, Emotional Intelligence, Equine Therapy Nebraska, Mindset Shifts, Teen Support Nebraska
Many of us have spent years trying to “figure it out”, to understand why we feel stuck, anxious, angry, or disconnected. Traditional talk therapy can offer valuable insight, but sometimes insight alone doesn’t create the shift we’re truly seeking. Leave It in the Dirt...
