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Episode 335: The Rider’s Body – When Your Body Tells a Different Story (Part 2)

Stacy Westfall explores the hidden conversation happening between riders and horses—beyond conscious cues. Using the analogy of learning to float while swimming, ...

Episode 334: The Rider’s Body – Your Cues vs Your Core (part 1)

In this episode, Stacy explores the critical distinction between specific riding aids and your overall body intention. Riders often experience a disconnect ...

Episode 333: The Rider’s Mind – The Critical Balance Between Knowledge and Meaning

This episode explores the two core elements inside the rider’s mind: the information you rely on and the thoughts that either help ...

Episode 332: The Horse’s Mind – From Instinct to Intention (Part 2)

In this episode, I’m exploring The Horse's Mind quadrant, and specifically how horses experience emotion—and more importantly, how they can learn to ...

Episode 331: The Horse’s Mind: What Their Body Tells You About Their Thinking (Part 1)

A horse’s body reveals more than just physical movement—it reflects their thoughts, emotions, and understanding. In this episode, Stacy Westfall explores how ...

Episode 330: The Horse’s Body: Observation vs. Interpretation

When your horse hesitates, pins its ears, or struggles with a movement, what’s really happening? It’s easy to jump to conclusions—assuming resistance, ...

Episode 329: Misdiagnosed? A New Way to Diagnose Riding Challenges

When training your horse, are you treating symptoms or addressing the real issue? In this episode, Stacy Westfall explains why accurate diagnosis ...

Episode 328: The Moment is Gone (But That’s Not a Problem)

Not every ride goes as planned—but what happens after the ride often determines whether you improve or stay stuck. In this episode, ...

Episode 327: The Recipe for Success: Balancing Structure and Intuition in Horse Training

  This episode tackles the challenge many riders face when trying to balance structured training plans with intuitive horsemanship. Stacy Westfall uses ...

I have structured my podcast in 'seasons' that focus on a particular subject. The last episode or two in a season are often focused on answering questions that people have asked about the subject.

Season 1 (episodes 1-11) covers the Riders Mind. Topics include fear, failure, goals, mindset, competency and more.

Season 2 (episodes 12-21) covers the Riders Body. Topics include riders aids, strength, flexibility, breaking habits, muscle memory, bareback riding and more.

Season 3 (episodes 22-34) covers the Horses Mind. Topics include underestimating your horse, how a horse asks questions, training routines, correcting behavior and more.

Season 4 (episodes 35-49) covers the Horse's Body. Topics include forward motion, teaching whoa, disengaging vs engaging, improving steering, hot horses and more.

Episode 50 is a special episode discussing work life balance.

Season 5 is focused on tack and equipment.

Season 6 is focused on how I put these techniques and ideas into use with my horses.

Season 7 is listener Q&A.

Season 8 is interviews with other equine professionals.

Season 9 is Trail Riding!

Season 10 topics are around the Riders Mind.

Season 11 is listener Q&A.

Season 12 is going to the next level, collection, maturity, etc.

Season 13 brings many concepts together discussing physical awareness, skill confidence vs self confidence, patterns, being awkward, etc.

Season 14 discusses life coaching principals, goal setting, and other riders mind issues.

Season 15 is listener Q&A.

Words from our Fans

About Stacy

Growing up, I shared a love of horses with my mother but neither of us knew what we were doing. Over the years we dealt with horses that wouldn’t load into trailers, wouldn’t pick up their leads and wouldn’t stand still to be mounted. I fell off more times than I could count and was bitten, stepped on and run away with before I was old enough to drive a car. There were many, many good times too. My favorite childhood memories all involve horses (and one ornery pony.)

It took me years to develop to the point where I became a successful competitor in a male-dominated industry. The beauty of this is that it proved that true strength is a mental game more than a physical one.

I believe in creating win-win-win relationships. I can show you how to reach your goals faster if you’re willing to put in the work. Whether you love trail riding, have goals of showing or would someday love to understand bridleless riding, I can show you the way.

…and yes I still clean stalls."

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