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In Getting Along with Horses: An Evolution in Understanding, you will be challenged to reframecommonly held beliefs about the most effective ways to interact with your horse. A peaceful relationship is something many of us strive for. Yet, some of the lessons we're taught make it difficult to establish the connection we seek, and are based on techniques that are anything but peaceful.Seeing horses for who and what they are is key to cooperative and positive interactions. Instead of relying on antiquated practices or outdated information, you will discover ways to educate yourself and shift your understanding to the horse's point of view. Horses are hardwired to get along. In this book, you will find ideas that will help you to also get along with them.

"An exquisitely rendered tale... A stunner of a book from a writer to watch." - The Prairie Book 5 Star Review Nov 2023"Dianne Adel's use of fantastical elements to reinforce the themes of the narrative hits the nail right on the head..." - Readers' Favorite 5 Star Review Nov 2023When aging rock star, Scotty D. Jones sees a woman's face in the mirror that isn't hers, her already dysfunctional life starts to spiral even more out of control. Little does she know that Anya of Mahet, a High Priestess from 2000 BC sent her a vision from the past to invoke Scotty's part in a Prophecy set through time.In a chance meeting with Dr. Abigail DiGiorno, Scotty is shocked to discover they share the vision of the same face. When Scotty insists on finding out more, Abigail enlists the help of her niece Talia, who admits that she also has dreams of this ancient woman.They travel to the island of Malta to visit the earliest Temples of the Great Goddess, hoping for clarity. There, they each begin a journey that illuminates the Sacred Ways of the Great Design of the Divine teachings of the Ancient Priestesses of 2000 BC.This is a story about the true embodiment of the Sacred Feminine alive in all women. It's a story of remembering what can never be forgotten in the shifting times of patriarchal influence as we each claim our own revered Path to the Priestess Temple.

Spending time with horses can both amplify empathy and activate trauma responses, touching core human emotions. Interactions with them offer both opportunities and challenges to be better communicators. In Getting Along with Rusty, Lasell Jaretzki Bartlett shares her experiences as a human being, a trauma resolution practitioner, a therapeutic riding instructor, and a lover of horses. She weaves a compelling story tracing her healing journey and how a most unexpected partner-her horse, Rusty-taught her about connection and safety on the deepest of levels. Getting Along with Rusty is an intimate, informative memoir. Readers are called to recognize the horse-human connections that are possible when self-awareness, personal growth, and hope become the foundation for improving our relationships.

"Back in the saddle" isn't just a cliché or a metaphor. For Crissi McDonald, it describes where she's spent four decades of her life, and a challenge she wasn't sure she'd still be able to meet.On an ordinary sunny afternoon in 2014, Crissi's world falls apart. Waking up in the hospital after a freak accident with her horse, the doctors tell her that a small bleed in her brain has stopped and that she's dodged brain surgery. As the news sinks in, she realizes the facade of her confidence has crumbled. She's at a crossroads: either find ways to overcome the fear that now engulfs her or give up on horses.Adrift in uncertainty and pain, she discovers that confidence unchallenged is a fragile notion, and that strength can be found in the rebuilding of it. She confronts the reality that if she wants to get back to what she most loves doing, the room of her fears must be smaller. Each day is a choice between giving in to doubt or taking steps toward getting stronger. Continuing the Ride chronicles the lessons she learned and the horses who helped her return to the life she loves. Whether you'd like your confidence to be more robust or you're looking for a good horse story, you'll find this a satisfying account of healing inside and out-and how to get back up after falling down.

After her divorce, Nolee Burnett leaves the dusty plains of West Texas for an island cabin nestled in spruce trees in the Pacific Northwest, determined to craft a new life for herself. Next door is her mysterious neighbor Keet Noland, who owns and is the Captain of a sailboat charter company. Weary of his own unhappiness, Keet plans to leave the island, and the life he's built there, behind.Rumors surrounding Keet intrigue Nolee; he swims in the cold Salish Sea at night and seems as comfortable in the water as the large male orca Nolee spots swimming in the bay outside her cabin. Keet has an unusual affinity with the local killer whales, and Nolee is drawn into his world, even as she rebuilds her own. As Keet and Nolee get to know one another, they embark on an odyssey of discovery, leading them to experiences neither could have imagined. This is a story about choosing to love despite differences, and the liberation that happens when we tell ourselves the truth.

Facing Sunset; a woman's journey back and forward, is a coming-of-a-certain-age memoir framed within sixty-year-old patti brehler's 2016 bicycle tour between her home in northeastern Michigan and Missoula, Montana. Forty years earlier, patti brehler was one of more than 4000 bicyclists taking part in Bikecentennial '76, a transcontinental ride honoring our nation's 200th birthday. Twenty years old, she flew to the west coast joining a group of strangers riding together from Oregon to Virginia. While patti had two self-supported tours under her wheels before Bikecentennial '76, those eighty-four days cemented her ride-her-own-road approach to living. Dipping her front wheel in the Atlantic left her yearning for more: an open-ended adventure, a "Forrest Gump" ride: riding until desire for discovery disappeared. Only then would she be done. Life realities deferred patti's dream. Shorter tours weren't enough. Competing in ultramarathon events such as twenty-four-hour road races, a multiple-day randonnée in France, a seventeen-day-transcontinental crossing from California to Florida, and a February mountain bike race on Alaska's Iditarod Trail, didn't satisfy her longing. Marriage and buying a bike store at age thirty-eight made that Forrest Gump ride a pipe dream. Years later, patti learned of the Adventure Cycling Association's 40th anniversary Bikecentennial '76 celebration. A break between family caregiving responsibilities made for good timing. How cool would it be to ride to Missoula for the party? And after? Perhaps a real chance for her open-ended ride. Off she went, despite a belly full of butterflies, solo and with her husband's blessing. Well-equipped to handle mechanical breakdowns, patti knew how far to push her body. She adjusted her route on the fly, using Adventure Cycling maps, carrying everything she needed for daily camps and meals. Taxed by wind, strangers energized her, while mystical animal appearances assured she was on the right path. More than a bicycle travelogue, Facing Sunset reflects on a rebellious, pioneering life; affirms what a woman can accomplish against physical and metaphorical headwinds; and witnesses the people populating our vast and wondrous country-who are more alike than different when the veils of politics are stripped away. The author traces how a lifelong dream brought her to the right place in her life, "facing sunset," even as the reality of riding her "own ride" wasn't quite what she expected. Interested in a first-hand experience pedaling across the country without actually sweating? Sit with patti on her comfortable recumbent bicycle. Meet headwinds, heat, arduous climbs, thrilling downhills, otherworldly landscapes, and synchronistic encounters. Share patti's positive interactions with strangers, a reminder there is hope for humanity. Struggle with her as she debates what "being done" means, even as she comes to terms with her place in the universe. "I hover among stars at the brink of earth and water, existing in human form this brief moment of time, occupying a nano-space of no consequence, at once all and nothing," she writes her first night out. Her way of being in the moment and trusting herself is an inspiration to anyone finding their own, particular way through life.