The Confident Rider Podcast

A little while back, I got to chatting with Lee McLean. At the time, I'd just released a conversation about the things I turn to when the world feels hard or tense, and we were discussing how the lessons we learn with horses often translate into everyday life. I found the conversation so engaging that I asked her to come on the podcast so we could share our thoughts with all of you. For those who...

A few days back, I wrote a list of things that I had mused on, read, or noted down to consider when the world feels hard or tense. I shared it first on Facebook, and then when the time came for our live Q&A in my membership program, JoyRide, I decided to share it there as well.  Today's episode is a repeat of that conversation. It's neither conclusive nor definitive, but I think gives us some idea...

Oh, there are so many things that I have learned from being in coach with a focus on the nervous system.   In this episode, I pick five things that spring to mind as 'standouts'; things you may not have considered or fully understood previously when it comes to being in the world, working with horses and your nervous system health.   We talk about:   1. Why there is nothing wrong with being in fig...

Lovely friend, this is the final session in our Christmas Conversations series.  A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has joined us for the live sessions, and to my incredible guests who given so much love and energy to our time together. I am so grateful to you all. Today, I am joined by an incredible group of women: Tania Kindersley, Kathy Price and Stevie Delahunt. I'm sure you will enjoy this...

Fabulous souls, we are back with our second to last Christmas Conversation and it's another (christmas) cracker (I couldn't help adding that in there). I'm so blessed to be joined by the wonderful trio that is Kimberly Carter, Brigid Piccaro & Terry Kuebler. In all truth, I don't know how to reduce the vast expanse of ground we covered over the course of our time together, so I will leave you to l...

Fabulous souls, welcome back to the fourth session in our Christmas Conversations series. I have been having so much fun with these, I don't want them to end! Today I am joined by Kate Sandel, Elsa Sinclair & Chantel Prat for what was a wonderful conversation- I would love to hear your thoughts also! Happy Listening! xx Jane You can find... Kate Sandel here at Soft & Sound Elsa Sinclair here at Ta...

Welcome back to the third conversation in our Christmas Conversations series. Today, I am joined by the wonderful Christine Dickson, Joell Dunlap & Robyn Schiller. We are answering the questions: What have you held close this year? What has anchored you? What are you being called towards? What would you like to share? I hope you enjoy it as much as I did, happy listening! xx Jane You can find... C...

Welcome to the second episode of our Christmas Conversations series- I'm so glad that you are here! Today I'm joined by the incredible Denise Elizabeth Byron, Gareth Mare and Tayla Mari, once again exploring the questions of... What have you held close this year? What has anchored you? What are you being called towards? What would you like to share? I so appreciated everything that was shared and...

For the month of December, I've gathered together some of my favourite people for a Christmas Conversations Series including my three incredible friends who joined me today- Karen Rohlf, Kathleen Beckham and Barbra Schulte. Together, we answered the following questions: What have you held close this year? What has anchored you? What are you being called towards? What would you like to share? Hand...

When I was considering what overwhelm feels like as an experience in the body, the image that came to mind was one of foggy, misty cliffs; a landscape where we are aware of what lies in front of us but where the weather patterns at play are preventing us from getting a clear sense of the path that we should follow and the direction we should head. In other words, the experience of overwhelm is imm...

What does it mean to begin? What gets in the way of us beginning again? How can we approach beginning with tenderness? This episode is a contemplation, meditation on beginnings; on the challenges we face, the stories we tell ourselves, beginning as an art in and of itself. I hope you find it useful in some way, xx Jane In this episode, I mention an online gathering called Circle. If you are intere...

Since the Western States Horse Expo, Barb and I have spent a lot of time chatting on zoom about life, horses, and the universe. Inevitably, there are many crossovers in our work; patterns and experiences we come across that inform how we approach things, beliefs and understandings that we witness either support people moving forward, or conversely, get in the way. Our conversations on confidence l...

Over the course of 3 days at the Western States Horse Expo, I presented a series of one-hour presentations that spanned everything from returning from injury, to processing big emotions, to looking at the way the nervous system affects our biomechanics. My designated area was the Mind, Body, Spirit tent, one of 3 presentation and seminar tents that sat next to the main arena. The overall expo line...

Lovely people, it felt a little strange to just roll into the next episode of the podcast without mentioning what I'd been up to the last little while. I considered sitting on my lonesome and giving you a debrief (**yawn**) and then had the most excellent idea to contact some of my people and see if they wanted to join me too. With that in mind, with me today is Cutting Horse Royalty, Human Who Ep...

Based on a blog that I wrote this morning,  that I share out loud with you now. xx Jane  www.confidentrider.online   ---- Click below to learn all about my JoyRide membership, to help you think, feel, move & ride differently: https://confidentrider.online/joyride/ For other resources: Website: https://confidentrider.online/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheConfidentRider/ Instagram: https://w...

Modern understandings of anatomy and physiology have allowed us to know our body and mind in ways that have not understood previously. Whilst this is a blessing that sees both horses and humans able to function in a way that maximizes health and wellness, we have to take care that the same information that seeks to liberate does not become reductive. Where we are reduced to a body mobilized by a n...

I found out recently that the phrase "heart on your sleeve" is, in part, from Shakespeare's play Othello-- we have just conveniently lopped off the other half of the sentence which goes on to say "…for the daws to peck at".   These words are uttered by one of the most villainous characters in the play, who, in the process of confessing to treacherous acts, remarks that by wearing his heart upon hi...

Lovely people, I'm back-- Both on the airways with the Confident Rider Podcast more generally speaking, and with two of my favourites, the incredible Tania Kindersley and Kathy Price. If you are familiar with our catch ups from the past you will know that the usual format runs to something like the following:   What do you think we should talk about? I'm not sure, what do you think? I'm not sure e...

"When the old patterns arise, I will dissent. When life convinces me, it is something to be endured rather than enjoyed, I will dissent. And I will show up here, and I will write about it, as a reminder to those wanting to hold hands and do the same." ❤️ Jane www.confidentrider.online --- Click below to learn all about my JoyRide membership, to help you think, feel, move & ride differently: https:...

A gentle reminder to let yourself be new. ❤️ Jane https://confidentrider.online/ --- Click below to learn all about my JoyRide membership, to help you think, feel, move & ride differently: https://confidentrider.online/joyride/ For other resources: Website: https://confidentrider.online/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheConfidentRider/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/confident_rider/

There's a beautiful phrase that I hold gently in my hands, that I've adopted as one of my mottos for living. "Birds coast when they can". Every time I say it out loud to myself, I'm met with the glorious vision of a bird in flight, that proves these words to be true. Birds coast where they can is a reminder to let yourself be supported. A reminder to look for opportunities for ease, and where you,...

Peeps, I'm back with one of my favourite humans, the most loveliest Kathy Price! Kathy and I are teaching a workshop together this weekend, and in our pre-workshop prep decided we could scoop the cream off the top of our conversation and sit down and chatter with you on the podcast.  Over the course of our meandering conversation, we talk about: The evolution of our work and business The principle...

The possibilities for your horse to move functionally and in a way that promotes health and wellness exist only within the range that he is balanced; our job as riders, then, is not only to facilitate balance in them in order that they can carry us without compromising themselves, and to ensure that our balance point matches theirs. The area of study that I've involved myself in is really interest...

The interwoven thoughts of a New Year. Happy New Year, ❤️ Jane  --- Click below to learn all about my JoyRide membership, to help you think, feel, move & ride differently: https://confidentrider.online/joyride/ For other resources: Website: https://confidentrider.online/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheConfidentRider/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/confident_rider/

Beautiful people, it's been a hot minute since we were last on the podcast airwaves. I'm super excited to be back for Season 3, and to share with you all the thoughts, musings and conversations that are swirling round my brainspace. Before we get into that though... At this time of year, it can be really easy to fall into "achievement energy"; the feeling that we have to set our resolutions, refin...