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Heartland Estate We are a multi-functional facility offering a unique blend of growth, leadership development, and equestrian experiences.

Here, we combine personal development with a deep passion for horses.

Fun Day Friday apparently decided to end with a little drama. ๐Ÿ˜‚Iโ€™m trying to beat the rain and finish mowing the pasture...
08/22/2026

Fun Day Friday apparently decided to end with a little drama. ๐Ÿ˜‚

Iโ€™m trying to beat the rain and finish mowing the pasture when the sky starts getting darkerโ€ฆ thunder starts rollingโ€ฆ and not cute little thunder either.

Iโ€™m talking THOR IS COMING thunder. โšก๏ธ

And thenโ€ฆ

The mower dies.

Not because something broke.

Because I ran out of gas. ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ

Naturally, Iโ€™m nowhere near the barn.

And because the electric fence is on, I canโ€™t even take the shortcut. So now Iโ€™m hiking all the way around the pasture, hoping I can find a gas can and get back before the heavens completely open up.

Meanwhile, the mower is just sitting there in the field like:

โ€œYep. Sounds like a you problem.โ€ ๐Ÿ˜‚

Farm life is glamorous, they said.

Peaceful, they said.

Sure. Until youโ€™re racing a thunderstorm with an empty gas tank.

Happy Fun Day Friday from Heartland Estate. ๐ŸŒง๏ธโšก๏ธ๐Ÿด

I am SO excited about what weโ€™re creating for FLOW this fall. โค๏ธBecause teenagers usually donโ€™t need one more adult tell...
08/20/2026

I am SO excited about what weโ€™re creating for FLOW this fall. โค๏ธ

Because teenagers usually donโ€™t need one more adult telling them what they *should* know.

They need opportunities to ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ. ๐€๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž.

Thatโ€™s what this fall session is being built around.

Conversation.
Real-life experiences.
Horses.
Reflection.
Family connection.
And space to actually integrate what theyโ€™re learning.

๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ. ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ.

Fall FLOW is coming soon to Heartland Estate โ€” and I seriously cannot wait to share more. ๐Ÿด๐Ÿ‚

Apparently I can add โ€œ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐šโ€ to my list of skills. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐ŸดAnd ju...
08/19/2026

Apparently I can add โ€œ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ค ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐šโ€ to my list of skills. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿด

And just to make it interesting, the tonneau cover is folded up in the front of the truck bed, so visibility isโ€ฆ shall we sayโ€ฆ less than ideal.

My husband called and said, โ€œThatโ€™s really difficult.โ€

Me: โ€œIt only took me a couple tries.โ€ ๐Ÿ˜Ž

But here's the funny thing about farm life: you get good at doing things you once weren't sure you could do.

You try.
You adjust.
You try again.
And eventually you look around and thinkโ€ฆ

๐‘พ๐’†๐’๐’, ๐’˜๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’•? ๐‘ฐ ๐’…๐’Š๐’… ๐’Š๐’•!!

That's one of the things I love about working with horses, too. Confidence doesn't usually show up ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž we do the hard thing.

It gets built because we did it.

Today's little Heartland Estate win. ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿด

08/17/2026

๐Ÿ”ฅ These temperatures are forcing us to cancel horsemanship sessions again โ€” and trust me, the horses are missing their kids and families too! ๐Ÿดโค๏ธ

Stay cool, enjoy the rest of your summer, and get in touch sooner rather than later to reserve your upcoming Heartland Estate horsemanship sessions. We canโ€™t wait to have you back at the farm!

08/11/2026

Before the horses could experience our newest enrichment toy, there was one small challengeโ€ฆ

08/03/2026

Playtime at Heartland. The boys are feeling frisky today ๐Ÿคฃ Heartland Estate

08/01/2026

I thought Quincy was about to have an epic rollโ€ฆ

Instead, he gave us a half-roll and called it a day. ๐Ÿคฃ

๐Ÿด ๐…๐”๐ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐Œ๐Ž๐๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐‘๐„๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘Anyone who has ever worked with horsesโ€”or tried to learn anything newโ€”knows progress is rarely ...
07/27/2026

๐Ÿด ๐…๐”๐ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐Œ๐Ž๐๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐‘๐„๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘

Anyone who has ever worked with horsesโ€”or tried to learn anything newโ€”knows progress is rarely graceful.

Sometimes you miss the cue.
Sometimes the plan completely falls apart.
Sometimes you find yourself wondering whether you learned anything at all.

But then you breathe, regroup, adjust, and try again.

Success isnโ€™t never falling. Itโ€™s continuing to get back up.

Whatโ€™s something youโ€™re willing to try again this week?

๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘บ๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’๐’ ๐’€๐’†๐’‚๐’“ ๐‘บ๐’•๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’”โ€ฆ ๐‘ฎ๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’€๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐‘ป๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐‘บ๐’‘๐’‚๐’„๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’‰๐’†Holistic Horsemanship at Heartland EstateNew school year. ...
07/10/2026

๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘บ๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’๐’ ๐’€๐’†๐’‚๐’“ ๐‘บ๐’•๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’”โ€ฆ ๐‘ฎ๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’€๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐‘ป๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐‘บ๐’‘๐’‚๐’„๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’‰๐’†

Holistic Horsemanship at Heartland Estate

New school year. New routines. New pressure.

๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‰๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’Œ, ๐’”๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’๐’”, ๐’”๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’”, ๐’‚๐’•๐’•๐’Š๐’•๐’–๐’…๐’†๐’”, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚๐’๐’™๐’Š๐’†๐’•๐’š ๐’Œ๐’Š๐’„๐’Œ๐’” ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ ๐’Š๐’โ€ฆ give your teen a place to breathe, reconnect, and grow.

At Heartland Estate, Holistic Horsemanship helps kids and teens build the human skills AI will never replace:

๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’‡๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’๐’„๐’†. ๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’. ๐‘ฌ๐’Ž๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’•๐’“๐’๐’. ๐‘ณ๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’‰๐’Š๐’‘. ๐‘ป๐’“๐’–๐’”๐’•. ๐‘น๐’†๐’”๐’‘๐’๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š.

This is not just โ€œhorse lessons.โ€

This is where students learn how to slow down, read energy, set boundaries, manage emotions, build confidence, and connect with another living being โ€” without pressure, performance, or perfection.

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž:

๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“ ๐’„๐’๐’“๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’
Your teen learns through relationships, not lectures.

๐‘ช๐’‚๐’๐’Ž ๐’Š๐’ ๐’‚ ๐’๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’š ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’๐’…
Horses help students practice patience, presence, and emotional regulation.

๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’‡๐’Š๐’…๐’†๐’๐’„๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’„๐’‚๐’“๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’Š๐’‡๐’†
What they learn in the arena shows up at home, at school, in friendships, and in future leadership.

๐‘ช๐’“๐’†๐’…๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’๐’†, ๐’†๐’™๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’๐’„๐’†๐’… ๐’ˆ๐’–๐’Š๐’…๐’‚๐’๐’„๐’†
Led by Rhonda Cimorelli, Certified Life & Leadership Coach, NLP Trainer, Speaker, and Equine Assisted Learning Facilitator.
Heartland Estate / A Balanced Life For You received "Equine Guided Personal Development Innovator of the Year" ~2025

We have ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ for students ready to experience connection, care, and calm.

Message me to see if Holistic Horsemanship at Heartland Estate is the right fit for your child or teen.

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