Everything Horses & More! Podcasts

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Horses are incredibly intuitive, emotional beings—and when they live in a healthy herd, the bonds they form run deep. They rely on one another for safety, companionship, comfort, and connection. So when a change is coming—especially one involving separation—they feel it. Often before we’ve even said a word.

Recently, we began preparing for two of our horses to leave the herd. And before any changes in their routine were made, the herd knew. Their energy shifted. We noticed anxiety, restlessness, and even sadness. They were picking up not o...

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As a Horse Advocate and High-Performance Wellness Coach, Lidia is thrilled to be featured in the inspiring new movie Zero Limits: The Real Secret To Attracting Miracles, created by motivational legend Dr. Joe Vitale. 

In this film, Lidia discusses how she healed her "incurable" chronic illnesses and how, through equine therapy, the unconditional love of horses can empower you to heal yourself.  

[IN THE MOVIE] She also shares a brief equine-assisted therapy session with one of her clients, illustrating that standing in silence, stillness, and presence with horses can ch...

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There is so much great information these days about horses, from equine psychology, to individual nature, learned behaviors, science-based evidence, training styles, practices and methods. How do you know which one to follow and use on your horse?

I’m not only going to break the process down regarding who to follow, I’m going to give you real science to support your decision when selecting the right one, the best practice for your horse.

Doesn't matter what type of horse you have, young, old, traumatized or needing to be r...

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Welcome to Everything Horses & More! Podcast and my guest, Sheri Scurr.

Sheri resides in Boulder, Montana, where she provides transformative equine-assisted experiential learning, equine-assisted therapy, and horsemanship coaching at her ranch, Heart Connections Horsemanship, LLC. www.hchorsemanship.com and https://www.facebook.com/heartconnectionshorsemanship. 

This podcast will take you down the rabbit hole of enlightenment, personal discovery, transformation, and healing. We will discuss perfectionism and how it affects our personal lives and horsemanship goals. 

This subject is near and dear to many of us and is a co...

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Thanks for joining me, your host, Caroline Beste, and my special guest Elisabeth Johansen.

Elisabeth operates a small farm in Vestfossen (near Oslo), Norway, called Meaning and Mastery Farm, where she engages troubled youth of all ages in hands-on, nature-based education. 

Her farm experience encourages teamwork and respect, offering children values such as responsibility, self-confidence, and the satisfaction of facing and overcoming challenges.

In addition to her work with children and animals, Elisabeth has loved horses since the age of six and has been an ardent student o...

Welcome Dr. Allecia Maine the Animal Heeler! Allecia is a fellow Taoist who like me understands the power, naturalness and magic of being in the Tao with horses.

 Allecia Maine, was living the life of a New York City dweller whose heart was yearning for the mountains out West and the company of animals.

On September 11. 2001, she was in her apartment building on 2nd St and 2nd Avenue when she felt the first plane hit the first tower of The World Trade Center at 8:45am.

Five minutes later she was on her rooftop w...

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Most training styles will NEVER completely FIX your horse and here’s why.  

For starters, they focus on controlling the horse instead of teaching the horse self-control. 

Traditional training teaches you how to control the horse through pain, force, excessive pressure, and mechanics. Don’t agree, get rid of all your aids and develop the horse from start to finish with just a rope halter, lead and lunge whip.

There’s nothing natural about Natural Horsemanship, not when it teaches you how to control the horse through operant...

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Welcome back Lady Apona, aka, Lidia Kuleshnyk and the Divinity of Horses Series! 

Please join us LIVE, Thursday, February 15, 1PM/EST/USA on the Tao of Horsemanship YouTube channel where both Lidia Kuleshnyk and me, your host Caroline Beste, will talk about how to align ourselves with horses, others and the universe!

In this podcast Lidia will talk about how horses lead us into expanded consciousness, helping us connect with our essence, our spirit, so we can trust the  flow of the Universe. She will also talk about accessing ou...

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Welcome everyone to Everything Horses & More! Podcast! 

Special welcome to our guest speakers, Dana Croschere & Krisanna Sexton, of Rescued Hearts Films. Today we are going to talk about The Miracles, The Mystery, and The Science of Healing with Horses. 

Dana Croschere is an award-winning film producer and has spent the last 15 years volunteering at various ranches, immersing herself in the transformative world of equine-assisted therapies and witnessing the healing power, presence, and sacred connection between horses and humans. 

Krisanna Sexton, an award-winning Director with Live Wild Films, is...

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Here we come again! Part V of our Divinity of Horses Series with Lady Apona, aka, Lidia Kuleshnyk. This month we will be talking to Lady Apona about her L.O.V.E. Method of Creating a Sacred Bond with Horses. 

In this upcoming podcast, both Lidia and I will be talking about how we create sacred spaces and bonds with our beloved horses. While Lidia will be introducing her L.O.V.E method, I will be sharing my 8 Transcendental Principles of Horsemanship; Awakening Coherent, Conscious Partnership between Horses and H...

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Another amazing podcast last month with Lady Apona, aka, Lidia Kuleshnyk!

In this upcoming podcast, I will be sharing my 8 Transcendental Principles of Horsemanship; Awakening Coherent, Conscious Partnership between Horse and Human.

These principles are my methodology to developing horses to their fullest potential naturally and holistically, from the inside out, ground to riding, start to finish, rehab to recovery, novice to pro.
This is what I teach in my big MasteryMembership Riding Foundation Program. If your interested in learning what it's all about, this podcast is for...

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Another amazing podcast last month with Lady Apona, aka, Lidia Kuleshnyk! This next podcast is part three of our Divinity of Horses Series, Horses Leading Us Into Expanded Consciousness. 

Lidia will be continuing her conversation about how the divinity of horses leads us into expanded consciousness through connection to our essence, our spirit, the  flow of the Universe, our intuition, our inherent self-worth and our inner power. 

We will dive in deep, discussing how horses help guide us (if we allow them) to operate at a higher level frequency tha...

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Susan’s life is both fascinating and riveting! Her journey as a professional horse trainer, competitive ballroom dancer and world traveler has led her to create an amazing body of work. Here’s an excerpt from Susan that’s sure to titillate you. There’s more to come in our podcast!

“I kept studying dressage because I wanted to get to the essence of true riding  partnership…20 years of ballroom dancing…more searching for the essence of true partnership.  I wanted to improve my feel for riding and find a way to help students...

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Lidia and I share our experiences and insights about the light and love of horses as divine spiritual beings with an emphasis on how horses can lead us naturally and easily into expanded consciousness through love, presence and meditation.

If you love connecting with the heart and soul of horses, you will love my conversation with the amazing Lidia Kuleshnyk  https://www.aponahealingranch.com. 

Lidia is a great conscious leader of our time, a pioneer in healing humans from chronic health conditions through the power of equine healing, nutrition an...

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This month our guest speaker is Lidia Kuleshnyk, also known as Lady Epona. She will be talking to us about her new book “Co-Creating With The Divine - The Divinity Of Horses.”

Lidia has had a deep relationship with horses, animals, and nature her entire life. Since childhood, horses and animals have come to Lidia in dreams, as Pillars of Light. In times of hardship, when no answers could be found, it was through Lidia’s connection with the natural world, and the guidance of the spirits of animals, that Lidia found...

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This podcast is dedicated to learning how to use your intuition to connect to, and make sense of, spirituality and science. My co-host Lydia is our guest speaker.

She’s been reading, listening, and experiencing a lot of really cool stuff lately that has inspired, and stimulated, her intuition. I’m so excited she will be sharing her experiences with all of us! 

Some of our discussion will include:

-          Consciousness

-          Overpowering Connectedness

-          Transcending

-          Clairvoyance

-          Stewardship

-          P...

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This next podcast is dedicated to weanlings, handling, development and training. My last podcast on this topic was recorded March 8, 2023. I’ve included below all three podcasts dedicated to this subject. This one will be part four.

While I’ve talked about raising weanlings, I haven’t spent as much time on this subject and I sure have gotten a ton of emails and questions about it over the years. 

So, it’s time to dive in and talk about the research, stats, natural family dynamic of wild horses, domestica...

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I hope you enjoy an interview by one of my youngest students, Sarah, who is only 17! 

Sarah's interview is for her senior thesis and her horsemanship.

Sarah did an excellent job asking questions. Lunging is an art, the art of movement and in my method, it's also about the art of connection and synchronicity in heart, mind and body energy.

We are all living, energy beings. There is nothing more powerful, magical or healthy than connecting with our horses in heart/relationship, mind/thought and body/movement. 

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Another famtastic podcast with nationally recognized integrative vet, Dr. Rob Silver!

You can learn more about Dr. Silver's knowledge and products from the following websites:
http://nurseyourpet.com/
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https://www.realmushrooms.com/ 

He is offering a 25% discount. Please use code: tao25

It's good for one use and for 25% off of anything in the www.wellpetdispensary.com, and is non-expiring.

More about Dr. Silver...

Dr. Silver educated us on the healing powers o...

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This next podcast is dedicated to young horse development and training. This time I’m going to dive in deeper, simplify some complex areas and give you a clear idea about age appropriate education, handling and training – areas that are important to young horse development, such as emotional fitness, confidence and safety. 

I’ve done two podcasts on this subject already, back in 2020, that cover a lot of common questions, concerns and advice. You can listen here:

Starting Young Horses, Part I How & When (Developing Good Habits) https://www.buzzspr...

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I am super excited to have our next guest, Jonas Feeley! We rarely have men on our podcasts and believe me, this is not intentional, so having Jonas as our guest speaker is super exciting and special. Welcome Jonas!

Jonas is a student, and friend, of mine which makes him a student of the Tao and my Tao of Horsemanship. He became a student with his wife Emily many years ago and together they achieved a life most of us would dream of. 

I hope you join us as w...

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Our next podcast guest is Sonya Spaziani, known as Mustang Meg to her followers.

Mustang Meg (Sonya Spaziani) is renowned for her photography, field research, and ongoing efforts to educate the public on the status of wild Mustangs. Currently, 75,000 wild horses are caught in political, emotional, and environmental controversy.

Mustang Meg is concerned for the future welfare of our wild horses. She chooses no other, but one side, the side of the wild horses and burros. It's her hope and ambition that she can reach at least one person...

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“First You Go with the Horse. Then the Horse Goes with You. Then you go together.” ~ Tom Dorrance

If you’re ready to change your relationship, and your riding, with your horse and in a way that creates the deepest connection, relationship, trust and safety, this podcast is for you. 

What I’m about to share will clearly defines the ingredients, give you an outline, of my way of Being, doing and riding with horses. If you’re ready to dive in and make the changes you need and want in you...

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We are thrilled to have this week’s guest speaker Rahansia Ben Merjuri again! 

Rahansia will be sharing with us her experiences, and understanding, of how the animals that come into our lives are often spirit guides. They have written on a soul level to be with us and assist us in this lifetime. Many times we think we are taking care of them when in truth they are taking care of us.

Rahansia has been in the Healing Arts for over 30 years. She is teaching and doing Massage, {Hor...

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Happy New Year! 

I hope you all had a blessed, safe and joyful holiday season with loved ones.

I wanted to start off this new year with positivity, purpose and connection, especially connecting to the areas in our lives that bring us harmony, ease and fulfillment.

So often we go day-by-day without giving time and attention to the areas in our lives that feed our soul. Especially the time we make for our horses. They feed our souls for sure and often we feel frustrated and disappointed i...

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Thanks for joining Lydia, me and our guest this week, Kris Newkirk for a very special holiday podcast about recognizing, connecting to and honoring our Higher Selves and its relationship to Christmas.

Kris has been practicing for over 45 years in counseling and psychology with a specialization in psycho-spiritual crisis, trauma, and women’s empowerment. Most recently, Kris has become a Certified EMDR therapist integrating EMDR with Transpersonal therapies, with a focus on addiction and spirituality.

If you're looking for some inspiration and spiritual guidance this holiday season, please join us...

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December 7th’s podcast is going to be a little different this time and exciting! I will be doing a collaborative interview with guest speaker Nancy Zintsmaster, expert liberty trainer and co-founder of the Resnick Method Liberty Horsemanship.

Both Nancy and I have a lot in common with liberty training being one of them! We will be sharing our experiences, personal stories, and a few of our secrets to why liberty training is the #1 building block to riding and Riding as One™ with horses.

I hope you join us as w...

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This podcast is going to be a little different this time. Writer and author Carolyn Waller is going to be interviewing me, Caroline Beste.

For those of you who know Carolyn as a repeat guest speaker, I don’t need to tell you that she is a fabulous writer and storyteller. Many from our audience have enjoyed listening to her and always want to hear more of her stories and life as one of the few women guest ranch guides.

I hope you join me, Carolyn and Lydia as we...

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Hi Janine,

 This is such a huge topic in horse training. It’s so big I am dedicating the entire month of my November Facebook daily posts to addressing this topic and why we use it in horse training.

You’ve probably heard about pressure and release training at some point. It’s commonly used in both natural horsemanship and other forms of positive training. It's akin to desensitizing, operant conditioning and flooding.

This is why it's a very misunderstood method of training. Pressure and release...

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We are thrilled to have this week’s guest speaker Carolyn Coleman Waller, pen name Carolyn White, join us again to share her best of the riding wrecks as a guest ranch guide and what she learned along the way. 

Carolyn's writing career began after she got a guiding job on an isolated, off-grid guest ranch outside of Elk City. The first publication, a two-parter for Western Horseman, was on loading mule strings and braiding three-strand cargo ropes.  Many other magazines followed, including Equus, The Natural Horse, IDAHO, Colorado Life, and most...

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I hope you can join me and Lydia, my co-host, for a controversial podcast about teaching horses patience and tying.

I agree that horses need to learn patience, but I don’t agree with teaching them to learn it by tying. I also agree that horses need to learn how to be tied, but I don’t teach them by tying them.

If you’ve got a horse that hates to be tied, is scared of cross ties or pulls back from being tied, this podcast is for you! 

Ho...

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This week’s podcast guest speaker is Carolyn Coleman Waller, pen name Carolyn White, from Cedaredge, Colorado. She started riding bareback in earnest at age six, got her first horse at 12, and after graduating from Ohio University (English and Creative Writing), hauled her horse to Lolo Pass, Idaho, where she attended the Trapper Creek Wilderness Guide School.

Carolyn's writing career began after she got a guiding job on an isolated, off-grid guest ranch outside of Elk City. The first publication, a two-parter for Western Horseman, was on loading mule strings and br...

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Kris has been practicing for over 45 years in counseling and psychology with a specialization in psycho-spiritual crisis, trauma, and women’s empowerment. Most recently, Kris has become a Certified EMDR therapist integrating EMDR with Transpersonal therapies, with a focus on addiction and spirituality.

We will be talking about addiction and spirituality with an emphasis on high functioning addiction and the path that leads us out of it – the path to spirituality.

Here are a couple excerpts from our discussion:

“People can develop addictions to a range of things...

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In our previous podcast (August 17, 2022) we touched on this subject but didn’t dive in like we wanted to so we are continuing the discussion about spirituality and promise to dive deep and talk more about:

- What it means to each of us
 - How spirituality shows up 
 - How we become spiritual
 - And, best of all, how horses lead us into spirituality through their divine intuition and connection to nature, and 5D consciousness

I share my personal experiences with spirituality, totem animals, what it's l...

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Spirituality is a broad concept with room for many perspectives. In general, it includes a sense of connection to something bigger than ourselves, and it typically involves a search for meaning in life. As such, it is a universal human experience—something that touches us all.

The shamans, healers, sages, and wisdom keepers of all times, all continents, and all peoples, in their ageless wisdom, say that human spirituality is composed of three aspects: relationships, values, and life purpose.

My guest speaker, Kate Neligan, and my co-host Lydia and I...

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Thanks for joining Lydia and me as we share our many proven and powerful takeaways from the Medicine of the Horse Online Summit!

Along with other leading global experts in the equine experience, like Anna Twinney, Carolyn Resnick, Stormy May and Linda Kohanov, I was invited to be a speaker at this year's Medicine of the Horse Online Summit (MOH).

The Medicine of the Horse Summit is founded by Helenas Das. Her vision is about teaching us how to consciously partner with horses to help each other grown, heal...

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Bestselling author Cara Whitney shares intimate stories of faith and inspiration from the Nebraska horse farm she shares with her husband Dan, also known as “Larry the Cable Guy.”
 
 Has anyone ever urged you to “walk a mile in someone else’s shoes?” In the pages of Country Soul, Cara witnesses how men and women from across America have turned heartaches into hope and setbacks into victory by turning to God. 

Journey with Cara to meet a Midwestern rancher who survived cancer and heart disease; a wounded warrior who found healing...

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Thank you Jeaneen for the recommendation for our first book review this Summer! Both Lydia, my co-host, and I downloaded the audible book and jumped right in. 

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer’s book reveals his understandings and translations of the Tao Te Ching and has created 81 distinct essays on how to apply the ancient wisdom of Lao-tzu to today's modern world.

So much of my developmental work and training for horses and their human partners is based on a lifetime of study and practice of Taoist teachings, specifically Lao-tzu. Bot...

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Welcome back guest speaker Erika Mason! We wrap up our chakras with discussion about the 7th chakra and higher levels of consciousness, attunement and enlightenment. Erika, Lydia my co-host, and I share our experiences with this chakra and how awakening this energy can be healing and empowering personally and in the relationships we share with others, most of all our horses.

“You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.” - Swami Vivekananda

Ma...

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A tribute to my beloved horses, especially Legend who passed away unexpectedly this past week.

Every horse owner has that one special horse, that one horse who changes everything about them.

A great horse will change your life. A truly special horse will define it. A magnificent horse will show you the way. Legend was the kind of horse that changed my life, helped me define it and guide me along my way. He was truly one in a million. For those of you who knew us together, you...