K I C K Your Fear Of Horses

K.I.C.K. Your Fear of Horses is a guide to help those who are plagued with horse fear get back in the saddle and ride with confidence. The book is based on the authors personal experience as well as the journey of three women who also went from fear into confident horsemanship. The author, Heidi A. McLaughlin, hopes that this book will help others gain the confidence they need to find true joy in the saddle. The book quotes the advice from many accomplished experts such as Chris Cox (who also wrote the Foreword), Stacy Westfall, Richard Winters, Karen Scholl, Mike Kevil, Steve Halfpenny, Dr. Robert M. Miller and Rick Lamb. Heidi explains the meaning of K.I.C.K. in great detail: Keep at it! Don't give up. Invest in a well-trained horse and good equipment Courage needed to gain Confidence. Knowledge needed to overcome the fear. And Heidi presents numerous practical hints to help get you on your way out of fear and into knowledge, which leads to confident riding....fearless riding! Her personal journey as well as her gift for writing makes this heart-warming "how to" book a must-read.

Hazel had been scared of horses for all her life, and an earlier attempt to overcome her fear had ended in failure. She was still overcoming fear in other areas, travelling around the world with her job, reporting on areas recovering from war, famine, disease and catastrophe. And eventually she took up riding again - only to face bigger fears, when illness struck her. Even worse, her father's dementia grew so bad that her mother had a heart attack and Hazel had to put her father into a home. As illness threatened to derail her career, and family tragedy looked likely to break her heart, she was loaned a big old horse called Duke. He stood far taller than her at every point, and she was afraid. Yet somehow, as she rode him through the Hampshire countryside, she found solace and healing. Gradually her fears began to subside.

Are you afraid to ride your horse? Have you been feeling disconnected from your horse and from yourself? Does fear get the best of you every time you go to saddle up?Do you jump out of your skin every time your horse sneezes or shakes? Do you wonder if you'll ever be able to ride again? My book Ride Free: From Fear to Fun may be just what you need to Release Your Fears, Reconnect to Your Horse, and Ride with Confidence.

Have you forgotten what winning with your horse feels like? Do you dream of having a deep beautiful relationship with your horse? Do you wish you could ride fearlessly again? Did you have a fall or traumatic event that has left you afraid to ride? Are you tired of people asking you, "Why don't you ride your horse?", "Why aren't you winning your events anymore?" or even worse, do people tell you to sell your horse because you're not riding him/her? If you are answering yes to these questions then Riding Scared is your answer. There is a way to address your fears that do not include more training for your already trained horse or pushing yourself to just get back on and get over it. Anyone who tells you that has never been where you are. If you want to be comfortable in your saddle and not terrified every time your horse sneezes or perks up his ears you CAN do it! There is no reason to rush, there is no reason to sell your horse and there is no reason to feel ashamed or guilty. You have everything you need within you to beat your fears and ride confidently or compete successfully again. Let's get collected! In this book you'll discover a nine-step program on: - How to identify the fears holding you back and how those fears got there. - How to keep those fears out of your way for good and the tools you use to combat them. - How to forgive yourself and let go of feeling ashamed or guilty. - How to use your God-given gifts to find a deeper connection to yourself and your horse. - How to change your mindset to release your fears around your horse, riding, and competing. - How to use your intuition, visualize your perfect ride and use nature to your advantage. Miranda Velasquez is very familiar with the fears associated with getting back on your horse after a traumatic event. She has been confidently back in the saddle after using these methods herself for the last ten years. She has designed this book to be like a combo of going to a Buck Brannaman or Karen Rohlf clinic mixed with Gabrielle Bernstein's book "The Universe Has Your Back".

"De-Spook" Your Horse An umbrella opening, a tree branch creaking, a tarp flapping in the wind, a dusty shadow in the back of the barn -- what seems benign to the human eye often terrifies a horse. His immediate response? Screech to a halt, buck, twirl, and run like the dickens! What can a rider do but hang on? In fact, there is plenty a rider can do to "de-spook" a horse, and Teaching Your Horse to Overcome Fears tells you how. Following the advice of renowned trainers such as John Lotito, Pat Parelli, and Mark Rashid, you'll learn how to reprogram your horse's fear response so that, when startled, he may unnerve you, but he won't unseat you. These trainers offer proven tips on training your horse in a manner that is gentle, effective, and long-lasting. And you'll delve into the most exciting "alternative" therapies for high-strung horses, including herbal remedies, aromatherapy, shamaniac healing, and body work.

Riding Home:The Power of Horses to Heal, Horse Nation's must read book of 2016, is the first and only book to scientifically and experientially explain why horses have the extraordinary ability to emotionally transform the lives of thousands of men, women and children, whether they are horse lovers, or suffering from deep psychological wounds. It is a book for anyone who wants to experience the joy, wonder, self-awareness and peace of mind that comes from creating a horse/human relationship, and it puts forth and clarifies the principles of today's Natural Horsemanship (or what was once referred to as "Horse Whispering") Everyone knows someone who needs help: a husband, a wife, a partner, a child, a friend, a troubled teenager, a war veteran with PTSD, someone with autism, an addiction, anyone in emotional pain or who has lost their way. Riding Home provides riveting examples of how Equine Therapy has become one of today's most effective cutting-edge methods of healing. Horses help us discover hidden parts of ourselves, whether we're seven or seventy. They model relationships that demonstrate acceptance, kindness, honesty, tolerance, patience, justice, compassion, and forgiveness. Horses cause all of us to become better people, better parents, better partners, and better friends. A horse can be our greatest teacher, for horses have no egos, they never lie, they're never wrong and they manifest unparalleled compassion. It is this amazing power of horses to heal and teach us about ourselves that is accessible to anyone and found in the pages of Tim Hayes's Riding Home. The information and lists of therapeutic and non-therapeutic equine programs, which are contained in the book, are also available at the book's website.

This book describes how every horse can be handled and ridden without the use of fear or force. Starts with an unhandled foal and covers starting a horse under saddle without bucking, chasing and fighting. The book also covers trailer loading, leg handling, riding, leading and common problems people have with horses. This book challenges many of the accepted practices used in horse training today.

A new book especially written for the time-starved 21st-century horse owner! Do you day after day make a promise to train yourself and your horse to be better at something, but when you get to the barn there just doesn’t seem to be enough time? Don’t worry, what really matters is the quality of the training you do manage to fit in. It really is possible to carry out good quality, progressive training with a horse in only three minutes a day. Educator and horse trainer Vanessa Bee’s “light bulb moment” was when she realized that if a training session had a realistic goal, every horse achieved the goal in under three minutes. This led her to create techniques appropriate for use in brief digestible lessons that ultimately produce significant gains in short sessions. This refreshing new method offers 35 ground exercises, 24 ridden exercises, and 25 “real world” exercises that will get you out and about with a safe, sane, well-trained horse.