PART 1 (it’s a long story, folks)

Have you ever met any of your heroes?

What would you do if you did? What would you say to this person who you worshipped from afar? Would they meet your expectations of the Adonis or Aphrodite you believed them to be?

Well, I have met my hero. Two times.

Seriously, because we say seriously when we really mean it. The first time was in Seattle and the second time was quite recently in Denver.

Wanna know the truth? Both times were better than eating twenty boxes of your favorite pasta from your Grandma’s favorite pasta bowl then passing out from carb overload only to wake up and think about finding the nearest Pasta Anonymous meeting. “Hi. I’m Frank and I ate twenty boxes of pasta, passed out, and now wanting more pasta with pesto and those giant prawns still in their shells.” [HI, FRANK!]

Let’s go back to 2004 when my wife and our family of cats, dogs and horses (always in that order) lived in the very wet and very green Pacific Northwest.

It’s a...

What does this even have to do with our business?

Well, a couple things, actually. It’s got lots of horses. Our business has lots of horses (four). 

Vendors have booths. The company where we got our training had a booth - if you went to Stock Show, you saw us in the CINCH Arena/Events Center at the Touched By A Horse booth.

Ashara (far right) with two soon-to-be Touched By A Horse certified coaches

Touched By A Horse is where we got our very extensive training in Gestalt coaching, both with and without horses. It’s a four-year total program, AND we are required to do continuing education, so we never stop learning. It’s based in Colorado, and there are coaches trained in this modality all over the world.

It was so much fun sharing the booth with some of my fellow coaches. In the Denver area, we’re spread from Platteville to Colorado Springs, and there are probably others I don’t even know about. What I’m saying here is that if you want to experience a life-changing experience wi...