“Straight From The Horse’s Mouth”

Burnout and the Healing Power of Horses
Nicole Schaefer Nicole Schaefer

Burnout and the Healing Power of Horses

This blog is about burnout. Its symptoms and characteristics, my personal story and experience with it, and the role horses and equine-assisted coaching can play during revival.

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Finding the Positive in Frustration
Nicole Schaefer Nicole Schaefer

Finding the Positive in Frustration

This blog is about frustration and how a generally negative feeling, one that typically attracts even more negative feelings, offers a silver lining that can lead to creativity, innovation, and a positive new way of seeing things.

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Everything is Connected!
Nicole Schaefer Nicole Schaefer

Everything is Connected!

This blog takes you along on a journey to explore our ancient connection to nature and all that is alive - and why this connection is so essential for our well-being.

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The Role of Emotions in Decision-Making
Nicole Schaefer Nicole Schaefer

The Role of Emotions in Decision-Making

How important are emotions in our decision-making? This blog is about the role emotions truly play when we make decisions, the influence emotions have on how we respond to and interact with others, and how increased emotional awareness can be a game changer for our personal development and growth.

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Direction vs. Dominance
Nicole Schaefer Nicole Schaefer

Direction vs. Dominance

What is the difference between providing direction and becoming dominant, and what are the respective effects on people and relationships?

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Change of Plans
Nicole Schaefer Nicole Schaefer

Change of Plans

Today’s blog is about leadership qualities such as establishing goals and developing plans to achieve them - and the equally important qualities of being humble, learning from one’s own or others’ mistakes, and acknowledging when plans aren’t working and must be adjusted.

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The Beginning
Nicole Schaefer Nicole Schaefer

The Beginning

This blog takes you on a journey back to the original spark that ignited the idea for offering equine-assisted coaching through Spiegelbild.

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