Kathleen Choe
The Large Blue Horses
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. ...
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Kathleen Choe
- Aug 8
- 6 min
Thomas and Jed
“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...
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Kathleen Choe
- Jul 23
- 6 min
Mamas and Mares
I first meet four year old Anneke when her worried father brings her for an Equine Assisted Psychotherapy session after her mother was...
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Kathleen Choe
- Apr 16
- 4 min
Sterling: Seeing the World Through One Eye
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...
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Kathleen Choe
- Mar 18
- 4 min
Spirit: a little strawberry roan appaloosa who loves to rock and roll!
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...
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Kathleen Choe
- Mar 12
- 4 min
Horses and Humans Research Foundation Interview with Nahshon Cook
I recently had the privilege of participating in an online interview arranged by the Horses and Humans Research Foundation with Nahshon...
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Kathleen Choe
- Dec 9, 2023
- 4 min
The Tiger's Whisker
At the Sacred Landscapes Natural Lifemanship Conference I had the privilege of hearing gifted story teller Bill Woodburn share a Korean...
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Kathleen Choe
- Oct 24, 2023
- 4 min
Horses and Humans: A Unique Partnership in Therapy
The earliest recorded mention of equine therapy is found in some writings by Hippocrates, a physician born in 460 BC in Greece, who wrote...
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Kathleen Choe
- Aug 13, 2023
- 7 min
On Longing and Belonging
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...
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Kathleen Choe
- Jul 22, 2023
- 4 min
The Story of Copper's Herd Mate: Chief
The sport of horse racing has come under even more intense scrutiny recently after a string of multiple and mysterious deaths which...
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Kathleen Choe
- Jul 22, 2023
- 3 min
The Adventures of Copper: A Curious and Courageous Quarter Horse
While I was adjusting the automatic waterer on my horses’ trough, my curious Quarter Horse, Copper, came over to see what I was doing. ...
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Kathleen Choe
- Sep 1, 2022
- 6 min
Star
They arrived together in a trailer one morning, two small, wide-eyed, scrappy Appaloosas who had been dubbed Cherokee and Apache along...
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Kathleen Choe
- Aug 3, 2021
- 3 min
The Twinship of Grief and Love
“Love, where it ever existed before, doesn't cease to exist. To speak of love in the past tense is not to know love at all. Love goes on,...
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Kathleen Choe
- Jan 15, 2021
- 2 min
What Did You Do With Your Dash?
What did you do with your dash? I recently heard an interview with the Reverend Michael Curry, where he described the engraving on most...
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Kathleen Choe
- Nov 1, 2020
- 5 min
New Beginnings
For many of us the pandemic has been about multiple endings involving a great deal of grief and loss. Norms and expectations, our usual...
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Kathleen Choe
- Aug 2, 2020
- 4 min
The Lone Sunflower
At first it was just a slender green shoot, pushing bravely up through a crack in the sun-baked cement. It was in fact the only glimpse...
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Kathleen Choe
- Jul 2, 2020
- 3 min
No Fear in Love
Webster’s Dictionary defines fear as “an unpleasant, often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger.” While some...
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Kathleen Choe
- Jun 26, 2020
- 3 min
Subjective/Objective
In last week’s email I made a humble attempt to condense and simplify some of the neuro-science behind our affective states when we are...
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Kathleen Choe
- Jun 18, 2020
- 3 min
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
As I was checking in with a client at the beginning of our therapy session by asking how she was doing, I noticed there was a long pause...
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Kathleen Choe
- Jun 12, 2020
- 4 min
Reflections of an Immigrant
People are often surprised to find out that I am immigrant. Because I am white and do not have an accent, they assume that I was born in...
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