Shonna Berk

Stable Connections the Podcast

Society EN ↓ 148 episodes

Do you ever wonder how someone got to where they are? How they overcame struggles or who some of their inspirations might have been along the way? Stable connections is my quest in flipping the conversation to focus more on the things we have in common as individuals, as well as a community. This podcast offers a space for personal perspective and creates room for both the speaker and the listener to share, learn, and process together. Each person featured is asked "What is something you'd like to see evolve or change within the community and how can you help create that change. Stay tuned!

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Shonna Berk

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Society

Latest episode

Dec 22, 2025

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Episodes

Episode 121: Marissa Nielsen 19.02.2024

Marissa Nielsen talks to us about starting Pony Club around 8 years old with her mom, her experience going from Pony Club to Young Riders, traveling to England and Scotland, and what it was like moving her business from the Bay Area to Sacramento, California.   https://www.facebook.com/marissa.yolken https://www.blackdiamondequestrian.com/ https://www.instagram.com/marissa_nielsen_blackdiamond/ Ep...

Episode 120: Premier Equine Center 12.02.2024

Premier Equine Center owners Pat and Amie chat with us about the growth of their rehab facility.. Pat, coming from a 7th generation ranching family and Amie, with no horse family at all and how each of their skill sets have complimented each other over the years.   https://premierequinerehab.com/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100044190082457 https://www.instagram.com/premier_equine_cente...

Episode 119: Brittany Massey 05.02.2024

Brittany Massey talks to us about being super driven to learn everything “horse” starting around 12 years old, why she started her training program out of necessity and what happen right when she leased her first barn that changed her entire trajectory.   https://www.facebook.com/bth.equestrians https://www.bthequestrians.com/ https://www.instagram.com/silver_spur_stable/ Episode Sponsors: https:/...

Episode 118: Ondine Rangel 29.01.2024

Ondine Rangel talks to us about moving to multiple countries in her up bringing, how she’s always had a strong connection to animals, and how socializing and learning “people skills” didn’t get introduced to her until her early 20s. https://www.ondine.horse/ https://www.facebook.com/OndineEquine Episode Sponsors: https://stablemix.com/ https://theequinecreative.com/

Episode 117: Nia Tahani 22.01.2024

Nia Tahani talks to us about early memories of standing out, how she made her way to Oakland, California from the East Coast, and her journey with vintage jewelry.   https://www.facebook.com/gemcorps https://www.instagram.com/gemcorps/ https://gemcorps.com/ Episode Sponsors: https://www.horseontheloose.com/shop https://healthyhorse.co/cbd

Episode 116: Marie-Charlotte Guion-Bluechley “MC” 15.01.2024

Marie-Charlotte Guion-Bluechley “MC” talks to us about being born and raised on a 200+ acre farm in Sonoma County, what her riding struggles are, why she’s more focused on Dressage than archery now. Episode Sponsors: https://amiablesporthorse.com/ www. Goatlandia.org

Episode 115: Camille Kusin 08.01.2024

Camille Kusin talks to us about living in Germany for a decade, her experience with learning the language, why she came back to the USA and what her Dressage training program in Penngrove, California offers now. https://www.facebook.com/camille.kusin/ Episode Sponsors: https://baymaredesign.com/ http://equinebusinessmagazine.com/

Episode 114: Doctor Katie Prince 01.01.2024

Doctor Katie Prince talks to us about growing up being the only girl in a house with 8 siblings, working up until having her C section, going back to work 4 days after having her daughter, and what running her vet practice in Sonoma County has been like. https://canyonlargeanimalclinic.com/about-us https://www.facebook.com/canyonequinemedicalcenter https://www.instagram.com/canyonequinemedical/ Ep...

Episode 113: Shannon Leveroni 25.12.2023

Shannon Leveroni chats with us about her experience with burnout, losing her house in the 2017 fires and evacuating multiple barns, and the bodywork she offers including Acuscope and Myopulse. https://www.slacuscopeandmyopulse.com/ https://www.facebook.com/SLAcuscopeAndMyopulse Podcast Sponsors: https://www.changeyourlead.com/ https://www.theequinecreative.com/

Episode 112: Mike Hayward 18.12.2023

Mike Hayward talks to us about coming to the US from England when he got a job with the Ringling brothers circus doing Footwork for elephants, as well as training both elephants and chimps, and what running his farrier business is like now. https://www.farriermikehayward.com/ Episode Sponsors: https://www.stablemix.com/ https://www.blackhoundequestrian.com/

Episode 111: Maddy Kent 11.12.2023

Maddy Kent chats with us about her five horses and what she’s working towards with each one and what building her program has been like. http://kentdressage.com/ https://www.facebook.com/kentdressage https://www.instagram.com/maddykentdressage/ Episode Sponsors: http://darbybonimi.com/ http://equinebusinessmagazine.com/

Episode 110: Maya Stessin 04.12.2023

Maya Stessin talks to us about what the reining shows were like, her experience on the East Coast and in Texas, what brought her back to the west coast and her recent big life change. https://www.facebook.com/maya.stessin Episode Sponsors: https://www.stablemix.com/ https://wildwilling.com/

Episode 109: Shannon Ray Riley 27.11.2023

Shannon Ray Riley chats with us about how horses helped her heal through family trauma, how she found a horse community who better suited her gentle ways, and her journey with Ayurveda.  https://wildwilling.com/ https://www.instagram.com/wild.willing/ https://www.instagram.com/shannonrayriley/ Photo Cred: https://www.instagram.com/equineoutwest/ Episode Sponsors: http://goatlandia.org/ https://www...

Episode 108: Terry Church 20.11.2023

Terry Church talks to us about her experience going to Germany, her journey with Tom Dorrance, and some insight on land management.  https://www.facebook.com/terry.church.12 https://findingpegasus.wordpress.com/ Podcast Sponsors: https://www.changeyourlead.com/ https://www.theequinecreative.com/

Episode 107: Blackhound Equestrian 13.11.2023

Morgan Caplane and Kate Jutagir talk to us about Blackhound Equestrian, what they have to offer and how their diverse backgrounds compliment each other so well. https://www.blackhoundequestrian.com/ https://www.instagram.com/blackhound.equestrian/ https://www.facebook.com/blackhoundeq Episode Sponsors: http://equinebusinessmagazine.com/ https://www.jshorsewomanship.com/social-media

Episode 106: Joel Stewart 06.11.2023

Joel Stewart talks to us about shoeing horses starting at the young age of 12 in Australia, this trip being his first trip to the US and what he thinks of it so far, and what he feel needs to change within the horse world. https://www.facebook.com/joel.stewart.35110 Episode Sponsors: https://baymaredesign.com/ https://www.instrideproductions.com/

Episode 105: Dr. Carrie Wicks 30.10.2023

Dr. Carrie Wicks talks to us about how relationships with horses have influenced her life and what inspired her to become a psychologist. https://www.carriewicks.com/ Episode Sponsors: https://healthyhorse.co/ https://www.equitherapeutics.com/

Episode 104: Eva Herman 23.10.2023

Eva Herman talks to us about her first anxiety attack and how since then how she has learned tools to get through them, how she handled moving barns and what she’s learned from each trainer she’s been with.  Episode Sponsors: https://goatlandia.org/ https://www.stablemix.com/

Episode 103: Liz Mouille 16.10.2023

Liz Mouille talks to us about her struggles in school not fitting in but finding horses as her safe place, her battle with addiction, including alcohol and overeating while going to 8 different treatment centers before getting clean, and what she offers with Phab Co. https://www.phabco.org/ https://www.instagram.com/phab_co/ Episode Sponsors: https://darbybonomi.com/ https://amiablesporthorse.com/

Episode 102: Katrina Charmatz 09.10.2023

Katrina Charmatz talks to us about how she got started with Rebalance Pilates, a time she dissected a human body, her experience both of her hips resurfaced and what life is like living in siskiyou county mt shasta area. https://www.rebalancepilatesstudio.com/ https://www.facebook.com/rebalancepilatesstudio https://www.instagram.com/rebalancedbody/ Episode Sponsors: https://www.instagram.com/lovei...

Episode 101: John Saint Ryan 02.10.2023

John Saint Ryan talks to us about some struggles growing up- including leaving school at 15 and how his temper made him lose his best friend but then how he got an opportunity to teach martial arts to the Army, jump starting his acting career, and his experiences with both Ray Hunt and Tom Dorrance.   https://johnsaintryan.com/ https://www.facebook.com/JSR2020 https://www.instagram.com/johnsaintry...

Episode 100: Maggie Clancy 25.09.2023

Maggie Clancy talks to us about how she came to own the property she does in Sonoma County, what she offers there and how Enbarr, her new app was born. https://www.stridesridingacademy.com/ https://enbarrapp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/enbarr_app/ https://www.facebook.com/enbarrapp Episode Sponsors: https://wildwilling.com/ https://goatlandia.org/

Episode 99: Amanda Apesos 18.09.2023

Amanda Apesos talks to us about how horses have impacted her life, why she become a chiropractor, her journey with Ben’s Bit Butter and her struggles in 2017 when her and her horse had to evacuate.  https://www.bensbitbutter.com/ https://www.instagram.com/bens_bit_butter/ Episode Sponsors: https://www.phabco.org/ https://www.changeyourlead.com/

Episode 98: Michelle Scully 11.09.2023

Michelle Scully talks to us about why being wide eyed and curious is her favorite thing about herself, her experiences with different clinicians over the years, and how breaking her back shaped who she is now. https://www.facebook.com/titaniumcowgirl https://www.instagram.com/talesofatitaniumcowgirl/ Episode Sponsors: https://wildwilling.com/ https://www.instrideproductions.com

Episode 97: Tina Steward 04.09.2023

Tina Steward talks to us about why she chose to become a veterinarian even though she got rejected 4 times from Davis, how she got into doing medical illustrations, and what she’s doing now. https://www.facebook.com/tina.steward.77 https://www.tinastewarddvm.com/ Episode Sponsors: https://baymaredesign.com/ https://healthyhorse.co/

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