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This blog invites you to question old ideas, clear up common myths, and see horses through the honest lens of wild herds. Find real insights and clear examples you can use every day to live and lead in a way that makes sense to your horse.
Belonging Can’t Be Trained – It Can Only Be Invited
Many of us try to create connection through gentle training. And that has it’s place. But wild horses don't use methods or exercises to train each other into trust. They don't ‘schedule’ connection or earn it through performance. They simply live together, every hour...
Challenging Old Ways: When Others Criticize You For Being Gentle
You might have experienced this too: You’re at the barn, chatting with other horse people, or you post something about your gentle approach online - how you let your horse make choices, how you focus on trust, how you don’t believe in dominance-based training. Maybe...
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but we’re not meant to live like this.
And neither are our Horses! Like us, domesticated horses no longer live the way they were designed for by evolution for hundreds of thousands – even millions of years. This disconnect leads to anxiety, overwhelm, loneliness, or repressed anger. For both of us, humans...
From Insecurity to Connection: Lessons From My Mustang Mare Cinder
Like many young girls, I rode horses in my youth. But by the time I was sixteen, I stopped. I couldn’t stand how they were treated - obedience was always put before relationship. Years later, in my mid-thirties, I rediscovered my love for horses. This time, I wanted...
How We Unintentionally Desensitize Our Horse to Wild Horse Signals: The Join-Up
Many people who practice natural horsemanship believe that working a horse in a round pen, particularly using the 'join-up' method, establishes trust and leadership. But is that really true? Let me take you into the world of wild horses and see, if we can find a...
The Rise of Dominance: What Fear-Based Leadership Means for Horses – and for Us
The Return of Fear-Based Leadership We’ve come so far. For years, the tide was shifting - away from fear-based leadership and dominance, away from control, and towards a leadership model based on trust and collaboration. More and more people began using trust-based...
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Natural Leadership | Evolutionary Psychology | Wild Horses
Hi, I’m Britta, and probably like you, I’ve always wanted to communicate with my horse peacefully and naturally, just like with my best friend. This led me on a journey away from trying to create an obedient horse, towards a completely natural way of interaction.
But this journey wasn’t easy or linear. I often struggled to balance tolerance with confidently making clear decisions. Only now, after years of research, trial and error, have I developed my own unique approach: a blend of evolutionary psychology, relational leadership, and of course the direct, observed wisdom of wild horse herds.
Now, I’d love to share this with you through Being Herd.
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If something in the blog made you curious, or you’d like to share your own story – just send me a quick email. I always enjoy hearing from you: britta(at)being-herd.com.