Kathleen Choe, LPC - S

"Religion is the map, but spirituality is the journey." I did not grow up in a household that espoused any particular religious or spiritual beliefs. In fact, I do not remember my family ever having a conversation about God or what happens after death or anything remotely falling in this realm of discourse. As an immigrant from the Netherlands, when I didn’t understand the references in literature to stories like “David and Goliath” or “Daniel in the Lion’s Den,” I assumed

I am considering this question as I sit outside under the sheltering branches of a weathered oak tree at the farm where I engage in...

I tried to save someone once . . . It almost cost me everything: My marriage My family My friends My career My faith...

Valentine’s Day falls in the month of February, and has come to represent either a day to commemorate love and romance for those who have...

The month of January is typically a time when people enter the new year with a slew of resolutions they plan to implement, despite their...

When I first moved into my current neighborhood, I was struck by two observations: the lack of flowers in people’s front yards and the...

Many people love including their animals in holiday celebrations, and horses have long played a central role in holiday traditions across...

Star and Spirit November is upon us already, and many of us are looking forward to celebrating the upcoming holiday season with the...

Franz Marc’s Blue Horses by Mary Oliver   I step into the painting of the four blue horses. I am not even surprised that I can do this.  ...

“I’m sorry, ma’am, but this is bullsh*t.”  The combat veteran is trying to remain polite, but his face is flushed and his fists are...

I first meet four year old Anneke when her worried father brings her for an Equine Assisted Psychotherapy session after her mother was...

I am a handsome quarter horse and Copper’s best friend. My human named me Sterling Silver because I am black with flecks of silver in my...

My name is Spirit and I am Copper’s best friend.  (My herd mate Sterling also thinks he is Copper’s best friend but I think he just...

I recently had the privilege of participating in an online interview arranged by the Horses and Humans Research Foundation with Nahshon...

At the Sacred Landscapes Natural Lifemanship Conference I had the privilege of hearing gifted story teller Bill Woodburn share a Korean...

The earliest recorded mention of equine therapy is found in some writings by Hippocrates, a physician born in 460 BC in Greece, who wrote...

Connection. It is at the heart of our longing to belong. We experience it as a felt sense of being seen, heard, valued, not alone. When...

The sport of horse racing has come under even more intense scrutiny recently after a string of multiple and mysterious deaths which...

While I was adjusting the automatic waterer on my horses’ trough, my curious Quarter Horse, Copper, came over to see what I was doing. ...

They arrived together in a trailer one morning, two small, wide-eyed, scrappy Appaloosas who had been dubbed Cherokee and Apache along...