Stacy Westfall teaches people how to understand, enjoy and successfully train their own horses. In her podcast, she shares all of her knowledge in her area of expertise: horses. She offers insights into issues that riders face in their own minds as well as the way they are viewing the challenges and goals they have with horses. She shares tips on becoming a better rider as well as a better leader for your horse. Discover how you can understand things from your horses point of view so that yo ...
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Episode 283: Switching Gears: Mastering Multiple Roles with Your Horse
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This podcast episode discusses the dual roles riders embody: the supportive advocate and the accountable coach. The challenge arises when riders need to switch between these roles depending on the situation with their horse. Using personal anecdotes and analogies, Stacy illustrates how these roles manifest in real-life scenarios, such as encouragin…
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Episode 282-Riding Towards Understanding: the Virtual Tevis Cup Challenge
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In this episode, Stacy Westfall explores the power of goal-setting and learning in layers, using her own experiences and the upcoming Virtual Tevis Cup as examples. She explores how breaking down big goals into smaller, achievable tasks can propel us toward our ultimate dreams., discussing how seemingly unrelated goals can complement each other. Th…
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Episode 281- Earning Wisdom: Two Stories of Personal Growth
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Today's podcast explores the concept of wisdom as something attainable through experiential learning, rather than mere accumulation of knowledge. Through two compelling success stories, you will see examples of how two women have taken the information they were given, applied it to their lives, and have discovered wisdom. Topics include: knowledge …
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Episode 280: Gratitude Amidst Adversity: Caring for Orphaned Foals
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Stacy Westfall shares a deeply personal journey of unexpected challenges and gratitude in her latest podcast episode. Following the sudden loss of her husband's mare Lucy, who left behind a ten-day-old foal named Lefty, Stacy found herself unexpectedly caring for two orphaned foals. She adopted another foal, Stormy, from Last Chance Corral to raise…
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Episode 279-The Pitfalls of Regret: Tracing Its Effects on Thought Patterns
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In this episode, you will hear a segment from a recent Zoom call where Stacy celebrates a student's first horse show experience. Within this conversation, three key themes emerge: the show as an evaluation of training, the challenge of riding within a structure, and the subtle presence of regret. Topics include: How regret can sneak in during good …
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Episode 278: Rushing Forward: Overcoming the temptation to rush
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In this episode, Stacy shares a challenging moment she very much wants to rush through. Drawing parallels between human behavior and equine tendencies, Stacy emphasizes that rushing is not merely a physical action but a way of thinking that can impact emotions. Using her expertise in horse training, she provides insights into how rushing manifests …
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Episode 277: Two ways you may be disconnecting from your horse
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In this podcast, Stacy explains two unintentional releases riders often overlook and the challenges they cause for the horse. These are also things that can happen in your everyday life. Topics include: freezing, shrinking, and withdrawing rider’s lack of awareness of the horse’s experience how to solve for freezing the challenge of lowering energy…
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Episode 276: Resolving Resistance: Believe your horse’s feedback
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In this episode, Stacy explains how to know if your horse is ready to move to a more advanced technique, or combination of cues, or when you should return to the basics. If you find yourself wondering, “Is my horse ready to move on?” or if you have moved on, but your horse shows signs of resistance….this episode is for you. Topics include: Believin…
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Episode 275: The biggest relationship mistake I see riders make with their horses.
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Episode 274: From Doubt to Discovery: See your horse more clearly to bring back the wonder and joy
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Anger, frustration, fear… to wonder and joy. In this episode, three students share their challenges and growth with their horses inside the Resourceful Rider Program. What stands out to me is how the riders are describing that they can see themselves and their horses more clearly. If I say it backward, before they experienced the shift, their emoti…
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Episode 273: “From 'I Don't See It' to 'I See It!’: Breaking Down the Barrier Between Seeing and Understanding"
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Stacy shares valuable insights into how riders unintentionally slow their learning. She explains why many less experienced riders skip what she calls ‘step two’ and try to go straight for step three. She also contrasts this by explaining how pros do the opposite. With actual tips for how to improve, and a blend of humor, expertise, and relatable an…
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Episode 272: Stuck at the Start: the 5 steps riders use to improve and why many get stuck on step one
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In this episode, Stacy explains the five essential steps riders undertake to enhance their horseback riding skills and their training techniques. She emphasizes how each cycle of this process contributes to the continual improvement of a rider's abilities. The focus is on the pivotal first step, where many riders often encounter obstacles. Stacy ex…
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Episode 271: The Unseen Connection: Counting Strides vs. Navigating Emotional States
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In this episode, you’ll hear a conversation that perfectly illustrates the connection between what is going on in our mind, and how it is often reflected in our experience with our horse. In this conversation, Kristen is struggling with riding transitions, specifically, ‘letting the horse go’ or riding bigger, and then transitioning back to collect…
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Episode 270: The Art of Being: Embracing a Way of Being Approach
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In this episode, we will explore how to pursue a feeling state as a goal. Listen in as Stacy coaches Lauren on how to pursue her theme of ‘having fun builds confidence’ as it relates to showing her horse. A way of being goal is an exploration of your experience of life. The direct goal becomes the exploration of your experience, the indirect goal b…
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Episode 269: Catalyst for Change: 3 Steps to Shift Your Way of Being
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In this episode, you’ll learn a simple 3-step process for turning your ‘way of being’ into something actionable. Examples of “Way of being goals.” include: do what is best for my horse have a closer relationship with my horse ride confidently without anxiety understand my horse's behavior better to enjoy showing again The problem or challenge with …
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Episode 268: Seeing your horse dream on a daily basis
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Episode 267- Dream bigger, measure backward, and let things count.
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An important part of setting future goals is reviewing and learning from the past. This episode includes an 8-step process for reviewing and learning from your past year, as well as in interview. Diana and Riece join me, and we discuss the lessons that can be learned from reviewing, which can be carried forward into the next year. This episode is s…
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Episode 266: Red zone, yellow zone, green zone
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If you notice that you find yourself thinking or saying, ‘look, I messed up there’ or ‘my timing could have been better there’ and you have an underlying feeling of disappointment, this episode is for you. In this week's episode, we discuss a simple tool that can help reduce the fear of mistakes and the trap of perfectionism. As riders develop the …
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Episode 265: Raw reactions vs. rewarded responses
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In this episode, Stacy Westfall delves into the intricacies of raw reactions versus rewarded responses, using her new yearling horse, Ember, as an example. She emphasizes the importance of understanding and influencing a horse's mental state alongside their physical actions. Stacy shares her approach to teaching Ember to stand quietly when tied, hi…
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Episode 264: The hidden cost of how you treat you.
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Dread. Disbelief… Disappointment. In this episode, Stacy shares an incident where she felt these, and she shares how understanding your responses in ‘every day’ life will show up when you work with your horse. Both of you will have thoughts and emotions when interacting. By knowing yourself, you can begin to see your reactions separate from your ho…
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Episode 263-Messy Middle or normal process: reducing frustration and increasing fun
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Episode 262- Unlocking Potential: Recognizing the layers of training
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“…there are hundreds of exchanges that are happening between horse and rider, and being able to observe those in as much detail as you can really helps you unlock what's happening with the communication.” In this episode, two students join me, and we discuss the breakthroughs that are possible when the rider begins seeing the layers of training. Th…
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Episode 261: Becoming congruent: The skill of shifting your perspective
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Three students join me and share their challenges, and life lessons learned through horses. As you listen, pay close attention to the choices these students have made and how being part of a community supported this change. Topics discussed include: The wordless connection with horses Money Learning at your own pace The approach we learn with ourse…
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Episode 260- Frustration dissolves when you learn to structure and evaluate your rides
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Frustration is an emotion that many riders report they feel. In this episode, Kathy and JoAnn share their personal journeys, which include leaving every ride feeling fulfilled and happy. Listen for the challenges AND for how they navigated their way to the break thoughts. Notice the determination exhibited when learning to self evaluate, and the mi…
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Episode 259- The value of seeing the whole process
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In this episode, you’ll have the opportunity to experience a glimpse behind the scenes into the lives and journey of two students inside the Resourceful Rider program. Through these heartfelt conversations, you'll gain insight into their personal journeys. They'll share their stories of overcoming challenges, celebrating successes, and experiencing…
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