A Story of Addiction, Dysfunction, Codependency… and Horses
Ahead of talking to Elise Chand of Because Of Horses for her wonderful podcast, I got a lil bit nervous. So I wrote myself a note: just a few things to keep in mind as I prepared to be on the other side of the questions for once. I was most worried that I'd start …
Continue reading "Note to Self [Literally]"
The opposite of love is not hate, according to Carl Jung, but the will to power. This concept reasserts itself on an annual basis, likely because it has to do with being assertive as opposed to aggressive. This post was in reaction to an earlier post about a power struggle with Maverick back in 2007; in …
As I gaze longingly out the window right now, the sun is shining and I don't have my lesson until much later. SIGH. This is the perfect weather for a lesson: sun, blue skies, cool temps. I have long been obsessed with the weather, but since taking up horseriding it has leveled waaaay up. Not …
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Delighted share this link: The Gloss Magazine appears monthly with the Saturday Irish Times and between that and the wonderful photo shoot* with Kieran Hartnett, this is one of the highlights of my press year thus far. Please do click through! *Sadly, Cathal wasn't available to model, and his replacement wasn't 100% up for it. …
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I talk a lot about the brain in MBF (as I like to call it), as well as the body. For me, horseback riding has been a union of the two, which came as a surprise because I hadn't been aware how separate they were, for me. The paradox is that I have become united …
Hmmm, can't immediately recall when this was (too lazy to for a trawl through the posts), but it's a while ago — cannot imagine getting Cathal round a course of 80s at this stage... *** We didn't jump on Tuesday, and we didn't jump on Saturday, and I woke up on Sunday wondering, Do I …
Continue reading "No Pictures, No Ribbons, No Nothing — But a Really Good Round"
This will stand, I think, as my annual IWD greeting. Delilah figures largely in Many Brave Fools, so even more fitting, then. When going over the proofs I came across the part where I was talking about how I had gone to back to riding her after an injury, because I wasn't 100% and couldn't …
