Horses Helping Humans

Schelli Whitehouse is an author, coach, and design expert for extraordinary equine-inspired businesses. She has been a certified equine-assisted coach since 2008 and in 2017 turned her focus toward helping other equine-assisted coaches, therapists, facilitators, and trainers weave their personal genius, ambitions, and philosophy into a lifestyle business with horsepower! Schelli's mission is to he...

Kate Neligan is an Equine-Partnered Life/Business Coach who helps her clients with their intuition, emotional intelligence, and empowered leadership both virtually and in-person with horses. Kate left her VP of Marketing career at Lionsgate (and previously AFI) to pursue her calling for the transformation that is possible from the human-animal bond. Kate is passionate about helping women to thrive...

Deana is a psychotherapist specializing in trauma, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, grief, and other mental health struggles. Her practice, Reflections in the Waves, is located in Southwest Florida. It is a place where clients can engage in equine and other therapeutic psychotherapy methods. Her goal is to build trust and confidence in a warm and inviting environment. She holds a PhD in Educ...

Born with Cerebral Palsy, Win Charles has defied the odds by becoming an author. Her memoir I, Win is an amazing story of how she remembers her life through the years of having a condition called "CP". As a competitor in the Kona IronMan Triathlon, CEO of her own jewelry design company, and motivational speaker, Win Charles truly is an inspiration to many. Today Win Charles tours the country, spea...

Leah Dyck has a passion for both human and equine wellness. She is co-owner of Stone Clad Farms, a Master level Reiki practitioner, a Certified Equine Assisted Learning Facilitator, and Teacher of Equus Empowered and Horse Culture & Energy programs as well as associated workshop and session offerings. A generational and lifetime horse person Leah has been educated and participated in various equin...

Mary Paulette, also known as MP, is an animal communicator based in Calgary, Alberta and she is changing the lives of animals and people all over the world! MP took her animal communication gifts to the next level in 2018, when she started her business, Connect with Mary Paulette. She hasn't looked back and continues to dive into her passion each day. She loves her clients just as much as they lov...

A clinical mental health professional, residing in Mohrsville, Pennsylvania, She graduated with her M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Immaculata University in 2018. She became intrigued in equine assisted psychotherapy at the age of 19 through interactions with her very special mare and best friend, Fancy. She remembers thinking, "everyone has to know what horses can do." She has been...

She obtained her B.A. at Franklin Pierce College and her M.S. in Animal Science at Arizona State University, and then went to receive her Ph. D in Animal Science from the University of Illinois in 1989. Today she teaches courses on livestock behavior and facility design at Colorado State University and consults with the livestock industry on facility design, livestock handling, and animal welfare....

Born in Kentucky and raised by the woods in a rural area, my dear friend Sherilyn Tarver has been defined by this environment and this continues to influence how she relates to nature, plants, and animal beings still today.  As a child she was distracted from her nature-based environment and socialized into the church, school, and civilization. Eventually Immersing herself as an adult into the pra...

Kathleen is a Tucson-based life coach, consultant, lecturer and educator specializing in assisting individuals in personal/professional growth and Equine-Facilitated Experiential Learning. Kathleen is dedicated to helping individuals and groups move beyond limiting patterns of thought and behavior, assisting them in the discovery of possibilities to resolve conflict, develop competency, and find p...

Natalie is a communications professional working to erect a life of service as coach, author, and mental health influencer. While she resides in Colorado, she's virtual in most everything she does these days, including hosting her own podcast, and coaching clients in communication with Self and Others through 1-on-1, group and on-demand sessions. Above all, her most important roles are as Mother a...

Rebecca Bailey, Ph. D. is a leading family psychologist and equestrian who has become a world-renowned professional teacher, speaker, author, and entrepreneur. Many of you may know Dr. Bailey from her years of dedication as a psychologist. She is the founder of Transitioning Families, a group of independently licensed mental health practitioners dedicated to Bailey's innovative ideas for helping f...

Here's a little bit about me... Where I started and how I got here today. This episode includes the bit about my breast cancer and the amazing shifts and creativity that came out of my experience.  What came out of it you ask? Well this podcast and my first published book "Through the Eyes of a Horse" illustrated by the amazing Payton Kelly.  Available for purchase at Through the Eyes of a Horse b...

Brad Altherr is a Marine Corps and Army veteran having served eighteen plus years in the service.  A horse lover in his youth, Brad found his way back to horses after leaving the service.  A graduate of the Al-Marah Equine School with an associate degree in Equine Management, he reconnected with horses and found a way to better adapt to civilian life through the lessons the horses provided.   Brad...

Melanie was called to equine facilitated therapy work by her horse Eisen, who has kept her on the path of healing and awareness since their meeting in May of 1996. Melanie and Eisen spent the next several years in training and competing dressage until her introduction to equine facilitated therapy occurred. In 2005, Melanie completed her apprenticeship with Linda Kohanov, author of Tao of Equus, R...

Natasha Lee Martin started working at a young age as a performer, then evolved into directing, writing and producing in television and film roles on networks such as FOX, TLC, DISNEY, NIPPON TV JAPAN and is co-owner of FRICTIONS.TV  along with renowned director and visual effects artist Jean-Marc Demmer and Director of Photography Steven Petitteville.   She has worked with world renowned directors...

Sue Smades is a member of the faculty and staff at Eponaquest, LLC, an international training program in the field of equine facilitated learning.  Eponaquest, LLC is owned and operated by renowned author and developer of The Epona Approach Linda Kohanov. She grew up the inner city of Youngstown, OH and was introduced to a horse for the first time in her mid twenties. This introduction led to an e...