What I Know About Life I Learned from Horses and the Tevis Cup

We learn life’s lessons from our experiences. If we are open, we know about life from everyone who crosses our paths; when we are ready, the teacher will appear. My teachers have been plentiful and have often emerged as horses. “What I know about life I have learned from horses.” My love of animals consumed my childhood. I had an affinity with them that has never wavered, but horses are…

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Fire, Loss and Community

It was Nov 11, 2018, at 1:11 PM an auspicious day, time and hour when I began to write this. We have been in mandatory evacuation since Thursday afternoon for a wildfire. As Californian’s we are accustomed to fires each year, however, this one has come in late for the season, it was fast and furious with the Santa Ana winds fueling it. I  am back home, technically I am not…

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Letting Go of My Superwoman Cape and How I Found my Real Strength

One of my big Let Go moments was about being a superwoman. I could do anything and most everything pretty darn well. And if I couldn’t, I usually found a way to do it anyway. I hated to be needy. I hated asking for help. One day, I had an AH-HA moment—let-go moments are often accompanied by AH-HA moments—when I realized I no longer wanted to do everything. To give…

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The Let Go Way Of Aging With Grace

By: Michele Fieldson Aging with grace can sometimes seem like a big ask, but with age comes so much freedom – freedom to live our lives with purpose, freedom to let go of all that doesn’t serve us, and a freedom that comes with accepting ourselves as we are. “I’m baffled that anyone might not think women get more beautiful as they get older. Confidence comes with age, and looking…

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