by Jodi Freeman | Sep 14, 2025 | Coaching with Horses, Coping with Anxiety, Emotional Growth Teens, Emotional Healing & Self-Discovery, Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Support, Equine Gestalt Coaching, Equine Therapy Nebraska, Mindset Shifts, Teen Support Nebraska, Wisdom from Horses
I don’t know about you, but this past week felt heavy. Yes, there were good moments sprinkled in, but overall life just carried extra weight—personally, nationally, and collectively. So, what do we do when the “ick” sets in? Freebird’s muddy mess perfectly...
by Jodi Freeman | Sep 8, 2025 | Coaching with Horses, Emotional Growth Teens, Emotional Healing & Self-Discovery, Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Support, Equine Gestalt Coaching, Equine Therapy Nebraska, Life Lessons, Mindset Shifts, Teen Support Nebraska, Wisdom from Horses
“Hon, those horses are a gift…” I had no idea when my Grandpa shared those words with me in a dream where it would take me. I believe with all my heart he knew what horses had to offer before anything therapeutic was ever even a glimmer. This week, I want to share why...
by Jodi Freeman | Aug 31, 2025 | Coaching with Horses, Coping with Anxiety, Emotional Growth Teens, Emotional Healing & Self-Discovery, Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Support, Equine Therapy Nebraska, Mindset Shifts, Teen Support Nebraska, Wisdom from Horses
When we sit quietly in the presence of a horse, something shifts. Their size captures our attention, their calm presence quiets our mind, and their awareness invites us into honesty. Horses don’t ask us to be anything other than who we are in the moment—and that’s...
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....
