Tag: life balance

  • Working with Depression with Belle

    Working with Depression with Belle

    4th June 2025 Belle has fallen into a depression. It is not the first time, but it is deep this time. It feels like a black hole of stuff floating around her spirit with no way out. She is stuck within it, and the longer she stays there, the more depressed she gets. The herd…

  • Teaching an 11 month old that humans are fun

    Teaching an 11 month old that humans are fun

    3rd May 2025 This is Lara’s foal, Maverick. Lara was bought to Faugere with Belle and Apollo, all of who we are working with. Belle will not engage with a human at all. Lara was quite aggressive to start with, and then gave Faugere Association a surprise in Maverick. Apollo is still very young and…

  • Lara : A conversation of peace, joy, trust & touch

    Lara : A conversation of peace, joy, trust & touch

    9th April 2025 The beauty of working with Lisa is her understanding that we follow where the path leads, rather than try and map it out. We started from the perspective of working with Belle many months ago, because Belle is terrified of being approached by a human. But Lara showed us that first we…

  • A look at Control and Chronic Conditions

    A look at Control and Chronic Conditions

    Control, in the world of chronic conditions, is an interesting topic. I am using the term chronic as ‘something that persists for a long time’ and/or is ‘constantly recurring’. Wanting to control is prevalent in all areas of human society, and when it comes to chronic conditions we want to be able to control it,…

  • Communication with awareness creates understanding

    Communication with awareness creates understanding

    There are many definitions of communication but these are my two favourites : Communication is the transmission and interchange of facts, ideas, feelings or course of action. Leland Brown Communication is the sum of all things one person does when he wants to create understanding in the mind of another. It involves a systematic and…

  • Mutual Regard creates Respect

    Mutual Regard creates Respect

    This is the third understanding of Animal Connection and Beyond. You will be regarded and respected by others if you love yourself (Understanding 1), if you are vulnerable to your feelings (Understanding 2), and if you take responsibility for your own boundaries and honour the No. You will regard and respect others who love themselves,…

  • Laminitis : Abandonment of Self – Part 1

    Laminitis : Abandonment of Self – Part 1

    It starts with cats… I have called this part 1 because this is going to be several layers of understanding. I haven’t posted much recently in regard to how emotions and laminitis are linked, but if you are new to this website it may be worth having a flip through some of the older posts…

  • Love, without condition, creates connection

    Love, without condition, creates connection

    This the one of the four understanding of Animal Connection and Beyond and this is my understanding of its underlying meaning at this point in my journey. It sounds simple doesn’t it, love, without condition, or unconditional love? But what does it mean to you? How does it feel to you? Loving without any expectation…

  • Mutual Vulnerability creates Trust

    Mutual Vulnerability creates Trust

    This is one of the four core understandings of Animal Connection and Beyond. The four core understandings have underpinned this site, and my journey, since they came to me at some point in the last decade. In this post I would like to explain/share where I am with this particular one. Lets begin with this.…

  • Into the depths of feeling it all..

    Into the depths of feeling it all..

    A look at how it feels to be captured into something that oversteps your boundaries, even if that intention is peaceful and/or kind. I was still struggling with Timmy’s aggressiveness when this need for a change in perspective came into the forefront of my learning. Everytime I went near Timmy with any intent (whether that…