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Saving vs. Rescuing
I tried to save someone once . . . It almost cost me everything: My marriage My family My friends My career My faith...
Kathleen Choe
6 days ago6 min read
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For the Love of Horses
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...
Kathleen Choe
Jan 283 min read
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Horses, Humans and New Year's Resolutions
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...
Kathleen Choe
Jan 14 min read
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The Year of the Deer
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...
Kathleen Choe
Dec 30, 20244 min read
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Horses and Holidays
Many people love including their animals in holiday celebrations, and horses have long played a central role in holiday traditions across...
Kathleen Choe
Nov 19, 20243 min read
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Do Horses Grieve?
Star and Spirit November is upon us already, and many of us are looking forward to celebrating the upcoming holiday season with the...
Kathleen Choe
Nov 13, 20244 min read
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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. ...
Kathleen Choe
Aug 24, 20242 min read
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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...
Kathleen Choe
Aug 8, 20246 min read
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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...
Kathleen Choe
Jul 23, 20246 min read
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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...
Kathleen Choe
Apr 16, 20244 min read
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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...
Kathleen Choe
Mar 18, 20244 min read
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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...
Kathleen Choe
Mar 12, 20244 min read
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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...
Kathleen Choe
Dec 9, 20234 min read
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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...
Kathleen Choe
Oct 24, 20234 min read
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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...
Kathleen Choe
Aug 13, 20237 min read
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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...
Kathleen Choe
Jul 22, 20234 min read
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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. ...
Kathleen Choe
Jul 22, 20233 min read
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Star
They arrived together in a trailer one morning, two small, wide-eyed, scrappy Appaloosas who had been dubbed Cherokee and Apache along...
Kathleen Choe
Sep 1, 20226 min read
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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,...
Kathleen Choe
Aug 3, 20213 min read
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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...
Kathleen Choe
Jan 15, 20212 min read
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