Title: Success Coach

Gender: Female

Age: Ageless

Sun Sign: Aries

Chinese Sign: Earth Rat

Location: Middle Grove / Hatfield, NY / AR

My Projects:
www.zenguidance.com

www.zenhorsemanship.com

www.musicforte.com/affiliate/darstezg

www.insuresuccess4u.com

www.evacperformance.com

www.clickerbookstore.com

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/zenwealth

And then there's me:
For almost 40 years, I've been following the bread crumb trails the Universe has sent. The first I can remember was finding a match book cover with the words “Become a keypunch operator.”
I went for the test and they told me I was too smart to be a keypunch operator. I should become a computer programmer. The hardware of the day was the IBM 1401. If you remember that machine you are as old as me.

My long career in Data Processing and the Web allowed me to do the things I loved doing. Now, I want to bring what I learned to as many people as want to hear.

Although my first love was always horses, as a young adult, I could not afford my own. Instead, I filled my spare time with dogs in the breeding and showing game, which led me to wins at the famed Westminster Kennel Club. And eventually I became a show Dog Show judge as well.

After meeting my husband, we also took up the sport of Sled Dog Racing. Together, we built a kennel of racing Siberian Huskies and produced a more than average number of leaders by implementing positive training methods that included saying “yes” and rewarding the desired behavior.

During that time of successful competition with dogs, the universe kept gently pushing me back towards horses until finally I gave up the dogs altogether for a new pastime of Long Distance Competitive Trail Rides. With my brave Morgan Stallion Lance we completed several 100-mile competitive rides.

Then, fate saw fit to send me Cadbury! Cadbury was the first son of my wonderful stallion Lance and my own little precious mare Cherry.

Cadbury was born right here on our farm and was different from most horses right from the start. He was independent and athletic and bold on the outside but frightened on the inside. Not all horses are born with the same ability, shall we say, to have conversations with humans. This thought also applies to people in that not all people are equipped with the same skills for having conversations with each other or with an equine. At the beginning of every new relationship, we all bring what we bring—our perceptions, our prejudices, our stereotypes, our fears, and, of course, our agendas and egos.

While learning to speak to and be spoken to by this special horse, I learned what it took to have a relationship with a horse, a person, or a family member. I learned to tap into emotions and the fear that was generated by this horse and learned methods for releasing fear. Now I use this experience of dealing with a difficult animal and her unique methods to help her coaching clients “turn off” their fear using a methods of positive reinforcement and saying yes to what we want.

Cadbury is now one of the premier demo horses for the Clicker horse training and attends Equine Expos as an ambassador of the method.

When my little Cherry, got sick at almost the same time that I lost my mom, I had to find something to help her. I was too late for my mom but not to late for Cherry. I found the solution in Energy Mirrors and now brings that added Perspective to all of my coaching and training work.

Never give up. There is an answer for each of us if we listen carefully enough and are brave enough to follow our own trails of bread crumbs

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