Listen With EquiTeam

After a recent post in the EquiTeam Connected member's group, Liz and Lou chat about the word 'should' and when it can be damaging.  'Should' can be a really pressure-fuelled word as the duo chat about self-pressure, external pressure, and why the most important part of training is positive repetition. Remember that your journey is your own and should be taken at your own pace. Maybe the only thin...

It's Female Health February so what better reason to revisit one of our most popular episodes from 2022. Can we be the last generation of women to suffer in silence when it comes to the peri-menopause and menopause? This was a question put to us by the wonderful Caroline Wilson as she shared her experience of peri-menopause with Liz Daniels and Liz Somerville from EquiTeam. For Caroline it all sta...

EquiTeam's Liz Daniels chats to Sarah Giddings about how her ingrained passion for horses inspired her to found The Stables Retail Consultancy in a bid to help other equestrian businesses. Juggling horses alongside school, college and a degree in Fashion Marketing, Sarah went on to work for some major high-street brands including Next, before following her heart to the equestrian industry. Now Sar...

Join EquiTeam as we celebrate 100 podcast episodes. Liz, Lou & Liz discuss the top three most downloaded episodes as well as share their own personal favourites. We aren't stopping here though, the team have lots of exciting plans for the show and would really appreciate your feedback on how we can make Listen with EquiTeam even bigger and better. We have put together a short survey and everyone t...

Scottish Amateur Eventer, Jo Heaton, chats to EquiTeam's Liz Daniels about Badminton 2023, and qualifying for 2024. Although Jo fully admits to feeling like she is winging it, she is certainly doing a very good job, juggling a busy home life, a business move and full time job around her competing. After watching Badminton on TV for many years and dreaming about riding there one day, Jo shares what...

In this week's episode Liz Daniels chats to Jade Leahy, Author of award winning inclusive equestrian children's books about the inspiration behind the books and special horses who stole her heart. As someone who has navigated additional challenges, Jade wanted to use the books, 'Horses can roll but they can't rollerskate' and 'Horses can do ballet' to help others realise that they are not alone an...

As Horse Riding with Confidence Scotland approaches its 20 th Birthday, EquiTeam's Liz Daniels chats to confidence coach Jane Brindley about the changing landscape of mindset in horse riders and coaches. The pair take a little trip down memory lane to chat about how confidence is viewed and how mindset techniques have evolved. You can contact Jane at https://horseridingwithconfidencescotland.co.uk...

On this week's podcast we meet Huggy the Shetland Pony, and owner Caeleigh, who are taking the work of therapy horses by storm, one hug at a time. As a horse owner and rider herself, Caeleigh had previously tried to keep the horses separate from her young son, Johnathan who has Cerebral Palsy, but after a physio encouraged her to allow Johnathan to be around the horses she couldn't believe the dif...

Or is it just a good opportunity to set yourself some goals?   Christmas has been and gone, the bells have rung in 2024 and the EquiTeam trio are back to chat about goal setting. Whether you look at New Year as an opportunity to start over or just another day, it is the one time of year when lots of us think about setting ourselves some new goals. In this episode we discuss how to get started with...

This week Liz, Lou & Liz are back with a fun filled, relaxed Christmas episode. Sprouts… yes or no? Christmas traditions, real or fake trees plus the best bits of confidence advice we have heard this year.   Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas and we'll see you on the other side!

Today's podcast with Kate Osmaston blew our brains (no pun intended), as we discover more about Brainworking Recursive Therapy. Kate became a Brain Working Recursive Therapy Advanced Practitioner after discovering the permanent life-changing benefits of it for herself. In line with current ground-breaking thinking about neuroscience, Kate brilliantly explains how BWRT works at a subconscious level...

This week we are back in the Vet's Corner with Hugh Somerville from Loch Leven Equine Practice chatting about joint medications. Done on a very regular basis in equine practice to help our horses maintain athletic function and manage them as they get into their golden years, but often misunderstood especially on some of the social media platforms! Liz and Hugh discuss how equine vets will go about...

When we saw Christa Dillon's brilliant article on being a neurodivergent equestrian, published by the Irish Field, we knew we wanted to invite her to the Listen with EquiTeam podcast. The statistics say that 15-20% of the world's population is neurodiverse (although likely to be higher) – but what does it mean to be neurodiverse, how do you know if you are neurodivese and what support is available...

It's November and yes we are talking about Christmas, or more specifically EquiTeam's Christmas Advent Calendar, which this year is back, bigger and better than ever! Liz, Lou and Liz get together to share some of their exciting plans for this year's calendar which already has over £1200 of amazing prizes to be won plus content, top tips and fun from some of our top professionals. Running througho...

On Anti-Bullying Week (13-17 th November 2023) we chat to Mental Health Coach and Riders Minds Consultant, Sylvia Bruce about the sensitive topic that is bullying. Most equestrians have experienced or witnessed bullying within the industry, but it is not something that people like to talk about and still makes people feel uncomfortable. But what exactly is bullying, and what is it not? Bullying ha...

When functional nutritionist, entrepreneur, and author of Hungry Woman: Eating for good health, happiness and hormones, was our guest on a previous EquiTeam podcast the response we had was unchartered. Her pragmatic, yet achievable approach of making small changes to invest in your mind and body for better sleep, mental health and hormone balance resonated with the EquiTeam Connected group as we a...

In this week's humbling episode Liz Daniels chats to Jennie Sharpe about the journey that led her to being shortlisted for the Inspiration Category of the FEI Awards 2023. In 2018 Jennie suffered a spinal injury, which led to life changing challenges, and an on-going battle with her mental health, resulting in an attempt to take her own life. But less than 12 months later Jennie has ticked some am...

Prompted by a brilliantly written Facebook post on Team Oakden 's page, Liz D & Liz S get together to discuss Austin O'Connor's epic win at Marylands 5* . But it was what Austin said in his interview afterwards that has really got people talking.   Join us to talk about self-doubt, how to recognise the different forms it might take and what, as Team Oakden put it, you can do to start believing tha...

Whether you love it or loathe it, clipping season is here once again and it is a subject that EquiTeam's Liz Daniels could chat for hours about! While Liz Somerville is trying to rein Liz D in, the pair chat about their clipping experiences including Liz D being a clipping demonstrator for many years at Your Horse Live. We've tried to condense it so in this episode you will find lots of helpful ti...

Join EquiTeam's Liz Daniels and Louise Gillings as they talk all things mental health and well-being on World Mental Health Day (10 th October). The duo looks at what mental health means to them, why saying hello to a stranger might make a difference to their day, and share some personal experiences. Liz's shameless plug for Riders Minds has a strong messaging about the mental health and well-bein...

Join EquiTeam's Liz Daniels and Liz Somerville as they discuss a current topic that has seen a bit of debate on social media – is it time to stop talking about rugging? From over-rugging, not rugging for welfare purposes to rugging for practical reasons – Liz and Liz share their own thoughts, as well as some research from Dr Marlin, on this hot topic – no pun intended. While Liz S holds her hands...

The episode that blew our minds! Pauline Cox, functional nutritionist, entrepreneur, and author of Hungry Woman: Eating for good health, happiness and hormones chats to EquiTeam's Liz Daniels about bad habits and three simple things that can change your health. How many of us are guilty of being fuelled by multiple cups of tea, crave the next biscuit, suffer from a lack of sleep/feel tired all the...

Just how does someone go from doing their first BE90 to competing at 3* in just two years? George Bartlett did! EquiTeam's Liz Daniels chats to event rider George about his incredible journey and the pinnacle of his career so far – an impressive third place in George's first 3*L at Blair International Horse Trials.   Based at Caunton Manor Stud with Victoria Wright and her team, George first got s...

In today's episode Carmen Cumminskey, Managing Director and Founder of FOMO Protection chats all things body protectors, from creating the prototype as a final year Sports Engineering Student using a £12 sewing machine purchased from Amazon, to creating an award-winning business. Carmen explains the theory behind some of the technology and design, and shares how being a horse rider herself inspire...

Most of us will suffer setbacks, a crisis of confidence or loose our mojo at some point and whether it's because we are in the thick of the competition season or at the end of a busy summer with the kids off school, or trying to juggle work, life and holidays, there are plenty of people going through it right now. Both of EquiTeam's Lizs' have experienced this over the last few weeks in different...