When I left Montreal to live in the country, I would joke that the only things I missed about the city were the three F’s: family, friends, and food. My most recent interview, however, made me a bit nostalgic of my days living in NDG, the Montreal community where I grew up. Living in NDG …
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Growing up as an only child, I often spent more time around adults than I did other kids. Many of our family’s friends became aunts and uncles to me - I loved it. As a “grown up”, I have stayed connected to many of these greatly supportive figures in my life, and recently one set …
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I could say a lot of negatives about social media, but sometimes it serves a beautiful purpose. A couple of weeks ago, I received a heartfelt message from Victoria Korsos, a woman I haven’t seen in many years. In fact the last time we saw each other we were twelve years old, graduating from Willingdon …
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I’ve always loved music. Over the years, I’ve gravitated towards different instruments: piano as a kid, trombone in high school, and finally guitar after realizing that trombone isn’t quite as much fun around a campfire. Although it took me a while to pick it up, the guitar has become more than an instrument, it is a …
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Good friends are rare, especially those who stand the test of time. While in high school, I experienced significant bullying in the earlier grades. I attended an all-girls school which proved many of the stereotypes true: intense cliques, backstabbing, harmful group-think, and low self-esteems that resulted in higher than normal percentages of eating disorders and …
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Returning from Arizona after completing my final Eponaquest Instructor's course was bitter sweet. The sweet: I love coming home to my farm and reconnecting with my human and horse family. Getting back in the swing of farrier life has its physical challenges - it doesn’t take long to get out of shape! Despite the workout, it feels …
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Blue skies and full sun have been filling my days here in Arizona. I am back for my fourth and final session at Eponaquest, completing my training to be an Equine Facilitated Learning (EFL) Instructor. I don’t want it to end. So many moments here have enriched my life, and it has stretched me to …
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As a farrier, continuing education is important to me. Every year my business partner, Rodd, and I travel to various clinics and conventions in Canada and the United States so we can keep learning, improving, and helping the horses we serve. A few years into my farrier career, I attended the International Hoof Care Summit …
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In my last post My Horse Heart and Yours, I described what horse-heartedness means to me, and why I will be doing a series of audio interviews with people who also try to live by their own hearts. As a great start to this, I had the pleasure of interviewing Santi Espinosa. Santi doubles as …
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“My Horse Heart” not only refers to my love of horses, it symbolizes a way of being. The average horse’s heart is at least ten times the size of a human’s. Sometimes I envision my own muscular organ growing and expanding to that size so that it can completely encompass all the magnificent attributes of these …
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My Horse Heart 