Joy Rides Coaching

08/24/2025

This will be an amazing event! If anyone wants to go and share an Airbnb, let me know!

🤠 The conference your horse wants you to attend is just around the corner! The Best Horse Practices Summit is back in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from October 31st to November 2nd! 🔥

Join top presenters Katrin Silva Dressage, Patrick King Horsemanship & Dressage, Dauphin Horsemanship, True West Horsemanship and The Masterson Method, Integrated Equine Performance Bodywork as we dive into academic arena presentations, dynamic Q&A's and a unique opportunity to get up close and personal with each presentor as we dive into everything from horsemanship to equine research.

⏰️ Time is running out! Snag your spot while you still can! Tag your riding buddies, share this post, help us get the word out! Click the link in our bio to learn more and secure your spot!

08/22/2025

I’m having one of those summers where I feel like I’ve been gone more than I’ve been home.

I have to remind myself that it’s ok to stop planning and just be still.

Maybe after my next trip (says me every time!)

08/19/2025

My horses are kind of like dogs. They won’t roam too far away from me - even if there aren’t fences around. We’re all pretty content to hang around each other. They can enjoy a bit of grazing and I can enjoy the beauty of wide open spaces!

Win/win!

08/12/2025

Beauty can be found anywhere. Sometimes it hits you in the face with majesty and awe and sometimes you just have to pay a bit more attention.

08/11/2025

Ok all, registration is open for Portugal! I can only take 7 people with me so this is going to be a small, fun group of like-minded horsey folks. 3 spots are already gone so I only have 4 left!

Ride the rhythm of Portugal ~ forests, villages, mountains and sea: June 6th-14th, 2026 Ride through the soul of Portugal on the back of a magnificent purebred Lusitano, a horse of ancient lineage, famed for its nobility, keen intellect, and gentle spirit. Your partner for the week will carry you th...

08/08/2025

I’m just finishing up the details of my ride in Portugal next summer! June 6th-14th with 7 days of riding to places not yet discovered by your typical tourist.

Everything should be up and ready for registration by Monday. Let me know if you want me to personally send you all of the info.

Happy weekend all!

08/07/2025

Just for anyone who needs to hear this today 😊

Your way of integrity might be to raise one happy child—or for that matter, one happy kitten. Or you may surprise yourself by becoming a social activist, or a healer of bodies, hearts, systems, the planet. You’ll want to make the world a kinder, healthier, fairer place. You’ll want to do it all the time.

—Martha Beck, The Way of Integrity
https://marthabeck.com/the-way-of-integrity/?utm_source=Martha_Beck&utm_medium=Facebook

08/06/2025

On this hot summer day, I’m dreaming about somewhere nice and cool in the mountains. Montenegro was the best for beautiful mountain weather!

08/05/2025

My little office cat left with my daughter this week to start their new journey and now my hands are left a bit empty.

I’ve been wanting to learn how to weave rugs for years and I think now is the time!

Who wants to join me in New Mexico for a weeklong weaving retreat? You’ll pick your colors and design and be led be master weavers. And then come home with your very own 4x6 rug!

Classes are often sold out way in advance, but I’m hoping for sometime this winter when it would feel cozy to sit inside and weave together!

08/04/2025

I read a sentence in my book today that’s been running through my mind. It’s kind of the essence of what I do as a coach and what I practice in my own life. Not always successfully of course, but always a work in progress.

What if adding more peace and joy to your life was as simple as “noticing when your thoughts are unhealthy” and actively working to change them?

It’s with our thoughts that we have the most control and if we can change them, we can change everything.

If you’re ready to try this, all you have to do today and this week is NOTICE! See how many times your mind goes to the negative. This is the gathering of information stage and I’d love to hear what you’re noticing.

07/30/2025

What do you want to add to your life?

When we think about healthy habits, we often think in terms of what we need to stop doing. Like, I need to stop eating these bad foods, I need to give up sugar, I need to stop being on my phone so much, I need to stop sitting around so much and so on…

Well, the truth is our brains don’t like the idea of deprivation. We’re evolutionarily wired to stay away from that concept.

Our brains do like the idea of adding though. So instead of telling yourself what you shouldn’t be doing or having, tell yourself what you want to add. If you really want that piece of cake, you get to have it. Just add in some fruits and veggies first and then I bet that piece of cake will be smaller because your body feels more satisfied.

Or if you want to add in more reading or exercise to your life, that means you’ll have less time on your phone, or TV, and your body and mind will feel more satisfied.

These are just two examples of how to add instead of subtract, but you can use this tool for so many different things.

Try it and tell me how it goes!

07/29/2025

My Cotswolds trip is sold out again. Thanks to folks for getting the word out!

And now I realized that I don’t have any trips actually available for 2026 yet. I’ve been back and forth a lot because there are so many incredible places to go, but I’ve finally found the perfect place in Portugal!

We’ll ride on the beach, through the hills, amoungst the forests, exploring small local villages all along the way. It will be lots of horse time, lots of nature and lots of Portuguese culture!

This again is a very small outfit and I can only take 6 riders. 3 of my spots are already full. Who wants to be 1 of the other lucky 3??

Mid June 2026. It’s not up on my website yet, but if you have any questions, I can answer them personally.