Riding From the Inside Out - Listening To Our Horses & Ourselves

In this final episode of Riding From the Inside Out I share where I've been, what's next for me with my horses and work, and I offer a heartfelt goodbye. You can find my ongoing work at The Inner-Led Life With Michelle Waldo on Substack—my community where I share real-life stories, insights, & conversations for those feeling called to live, create, and lead guided by the knowing of their heart, body, and soul. While The Inner-Led Life is not exclusively horse-focused, I continue sharing about my horses and horse life there. I continue the conversation we started in Riding From the Inside Out about how we can benefit from listening to ourselves—our inner self—and how our horses can benefit from this as well. You can check it out and subscribe at: https://michellewaldo.substack.com/

Today I’m talking about how someone else’s way – regarding our horses – doesn’t have to be our way. How I’ve found that I’m best served by listening to my own inner self and my own horses in discovering what’s right for us. And yet how others’ ways can sometimes offer a piece of the puzzle – or can be a step along the journey – of me discovering what’s right for me and my horses. . . . Thanks for tuning in today. While you’re invited to listen to all episodes of the show available here, know that this podcast is no longer being actively published. You can find my ongoing work at _The Inner-Led Life With Michelle Waldo—_my community on Substack where I share real-life stories, insights, & conversations for those feeling called to live, create, and lead guided by the knowing of their heart, body, and soul. While The Inner-Led Life is not exclusively horse-focused, I continue sharing about my horses and horse life there. And I continue the conversation we started in Riding From the Inside Out about how we can benefit from listening to ourselves—our inner self—and how our horses can benefit from this as well. You can check it out and subscribe at: https://michellewaldo.substack.com/

Today I'm talking about finding answers within us. Answers related to ourselves and our horses. Finding a wealth of resources that give us tools, solutions, know-how, skills, abilities, awareness, feelings, confidence and more to experience what we truly want to experience. . . . Thanks for tuning in today. While you’re invited to listen to all episodes of the show available here, know that this podcast is no longer being actively published. You can find my ongoing work at The Inner-Led Life With Michelle Waldo—my community on Substack where I share real-life stories, insights, & conversations for those feeling called to live, create, and lead guided by the knowing of their heart, body, and soul. While The Inner-Led Life is not exclusively horse-focused, I continue sharing about my horses and horse life there. And I continue the conversation we started in Riding From the Inside Out about how we can benefit from listening to ourselves—our inner self—and how our horses can benefit from this as well. You can check it out and subscribe at: https://michellewaldo.substack.com/

I'm discussing how we can, in listening to our horses & ourselves, come to see that the things we truly want may not be what we thought we wanted. And how while surprising at times, that realization can help us experience a deep sense of peace and wellbeing. . . . Thanks for tuning in today. While you’re invited to listen to all episodes of the show available here, know that this podcast is no longer being actively published. You can find my ongoing work at The Inner-Led Life With Michelle Waldo—my community on Substack where I share real-life stories, insights, & conversations for those feeling called to live, create, and lead guided by the knowing of their heart, body, and soul. While The Inner-Led Life is not exclusively horse-focused, I continue sharing about my horses and horse life there. And I continue the conversation we started in Riding From the Inside Out about how we can benefit from listening to ourselves—our inner self—and how our horses can benefit from this as well. You can check it out and subscribe at: https://michellewaldo.substack.com/

Today I talk about how I started listening to myself and what that even means. I discuss that sense of knowing within us, that when we tune into it, helps us experience a sense of clarity and feeling OK about our horses and ourselves - right here, right now - just as we are. . . . Thanks for tuning in today. While you’re invited to listen to all episodes of the show available here, know that this podcast is no longer being actively published. You can find my ongoing work at The Inner-Led Life With Michelle Waldo—my community on Substack where I share real-life stories, insights, & conversations for those feeling called to live, create, and lead guided by the knowing of their heart, body, and soul. While The Inner-Led Life is not exclusively horse-focused, I continue sharing about my horses and horse life there. And I continue the conversation we started in Riding From the Inside Out about how we can benefit from listening to ourselves—our inner self—and how our horses can benefit from this as well. You can check it out and subscribe at: https://michellewaldo.substack.com/

In today's show I'm talking about how my cats can help me listen to my horses more. And how that can benefit both me and my horses. . . . Thanks for tuning in today. While you’re invited to listen to all episodes of the show available here, know that this podcast is no longer being actively published. You can find my ongoing work at The Inner-Led Life With Michelle Waldo—my community on Substack where I share real-life stories, insights, & conversations for those feeling called to live, create, and lead guided by the knowing of their heart, body, and soul. While The Inner-Led Life is not exclusively horse-focused, I continue sharing about my horses and horse life there. And I continue the conversation we started in Riding From the Inside Out about how we can benefit from listening to ourselves—our inner self—and how our horses can benefit from this as well. You can check it out and subscribe at: https://michellewaldo.substack.com/

Today I share an ode to the wild horses in the world and what they can teach us about "the wild" that exists in all horses as well as ourselves. And how embracing "the wild" in our horses and ourselves can serve both of us. . . . Thanks for tuning in today. While you’re invited to listen to all episodes of the show available here, know that this podcast is no longer being actively published. You can find my ongoing work at The Inner-Led Life With Michelle Waldo—my community on Substack where I share real-life stories, insights, & conversations for those feeling called to live, create, and lead guided by the knowing of their heart, body, and soul. While The Inner-Led Life is not exclusively horse-focused, I continue sharing about my horses and horse life there. And I continue the conversation we started in Riding From the Inside Out about how we can benefit from listening to ourselves—our inner self—and how our horses can benefit from this as well. You can check it out and subscribe at: https://michellewaldo.substack.com/

Today I talk about many things including what my inner self helped me see about horses and how to live more harmoniously with them, and that the process of doing so has always been an inner-led experience for me. . . . Thanks for tuning in today. While you’re invited to listen to all episodes of the show available here, know that this podcast is no longer being actively published. You can find my ongoing work at The Inner-Led Life With Michelle Waldo—my community on Substack where I share real-life stories, insights, & conversations for those feeling called to live, create, and lead guided by the knowing of their heart, body, and soul. While The Inner-Led Life is not exclusively horse-focused, I continue sharing about my horses and horse life there. And I continue the conversation we started in Riding From the Inside Out about how we can benefit from listening to ourselves—our inner self—and how our horses can benefit from this as well. You can check it out and subscribe at: https://michellewaldo.substack.com/

Today I talk about what a pony in a field reminded me of regarding connecting with horses, listening to myself, & how both can happen in unexpected ways. . . . Thanks for tuning in today. While you’re invited to listen to all episodes of the show available here, know that this podcast is no longer being actively published. You can find my ongoing work at The Inner-Led Life With Michelle Waldo—my community on Substack where I share real-life stories, insights, & conversations for those feeling called to live, create, and lead guided by the knowing of their heart, body, and soul. While The Inner-Led Life is not exclusively horse-focused, I continue sharing about my horses and horse life there. And I continue the conversation we started in Riding From the Inside Out about how we can benefit from listening to ourselves—our inner self—and how our horses can benefit from this as well. You can check it out and subscribe at: https://michellewaldo.substack.com/

Today I discuss how to move past the past into new ways of being with our horses. New ways of listening to what they, and what we, truly want. How do we do that? How do we begin living more in alignment with our heart and soul connection with our horses and our own inner self? And how do we deal with the times when we realized we weren’t doing that? As part of this episode I talk about some practices that help me slow down and listen to my own inner self more, which in turn helps me slow down and listen more to my horses more. I share these practices in a free 5-day audio program I created that you can get here: https://michellewaldo.com/innerselflistenmore . . . Thanks for tuning in today. While you’re invited to listen to all episodes of the show available here, know that this podcast is no longer being actively published. You can find my ongoing work at The Inner-Led Life With Michelle Waldo—my community on Substack where I share real-life stories, insights, & conversations for those feeling called to live, create, and lead guided by the knowing of their heart, body, and soul. While The Inner-Led Life is not exclusively horse-focused, I continue sharing about my horses and horse life there. And I continue the conversation we started in Riding From the Inside Out about how we can benefit from listening to ourselves—our inner self—and how our horses can benefit from this as well. You can check it out and subscribe at: https://michellewaldo.substack.com/

In today's episode I talk all about slowing down with our horses. How we can do it, why I've discovered it's important, and the benefits we can experience when we do this. As part of this I talk about some practices I've learned that help me slow down and listen to my own inner self more, which in turn helps me slow down and listen more to my horses. I share these practices in an audio program I created that you can get for free here: https://michellewaldo.com/innerselflistenmore . . . Thanks for tuning in today. While you’re invited to listen to all episodes of the show available here, know that this podcast is no longer being actively published. You can find my ongoing work at The Inner-Led Life With Michelle Waldo—my community on Substack where I share real-life stories, insights, & conversations for those feeling called to live, create, and lead guided by the knowing of their heart, body, and soul. While The Inner-Led Life is not exclusively horse-focused, I continue sharing about my horses and horse life there. And I continue the conversation we started in Riding From the Inside Out about how we can benefit from listening to ourselves—our inner self—and how our horses can benefit from this as well. You can check it out and subscribe at: https://michellewaldo.substack.com/

Today I’m discussing the question: are we operating with our horses out of fear, or out of love? As part of this episode I talk about my journey with horses & how they taught me to listen to myself and them, and how to create a connection based on love & trust. . . . Thanks for tuning in today. While you’re invited to listen to all episodes of the show available here, know that this podcast is no longer being actively published. You can find my ongoing work at The Inner-Led Life With Michelle Waldo—my community on Substack where I share real-life stories, insights, & conversations for those feeling called to live, create, and lead guided by the knowing of their heart, body, and soul. While The Inner-Led Life is not exclusively horse-focused, I continue sharing about my horses and horse life there. And I continue the conversation we started in Riding From the Inside Out about how we can benefit from listening to ourselves—our inner self—and how our horses can benefit from this as well. You can check it out and subscribe at: https://michellewaldo.substack.com/

Today I’m reflecting on the idea of whether our interactions with our horses are based on trust or compliance. Whether they experience a true sense of trust with us, or a desire to just do what they’ve been trained to do because they have no choice. As part of this I share a story about my horse Dakota and how we had a recent opportunity to test this out. And I talk about a horse we had named Lux who helped me start listening to myself, and my horses, even more. In this episode I also talk about some significant differences I see in the horse world today that I didn’t see years ago. How not having horses in my daily life for a number of years, while painful, also gave me new perspectives and awareness that I’ve benefitted from since my return to the horse world. And how that time away let me clarify why I really want horses in my life, and the kinds of experiences I want to have with them moving forward – experiences based on true trust and love. . . . Thanks for tuning in today. While you’re invited to listen to all episodes of the show available here, know that this podcast is no longer being actively published. You can find my ongoing work at The Inner-Led Life With Michelle Waldo—my community on Substack where I share real-life stories, insights, & conversations for those feeling called to live, create, and lead guided by the knowing of their heart, body, and soul. While The Inner-Led Life is not exclusively horse-focused, I continue sharing about my horses and horse life there. And I continue the conversation we started in Riding From the Inside Out about how we can benefit from listening to ourselves—our inner self—and how our horses can benefit from this as well. You can check it out and subscribe at: https://michellewaldo.substack.com/

Today I talk about the simplest thing that is at the root of our relationship with our horses - if we want it. If we wake up to it. I talk about how I was reminded of this on a cold winter morning the other day as I dragged my tired self outside to feed my horses. And how in that moment I woke up to how asleep I'd been with my horses lately. How we can sometimes wake up with a jolt to what felt like a dream, and we can move into a magical moment of connection with our horses - who have been patiently waiting for us to join them there the whole time. . . . Thanks for tuning in today. While you’re invited to listen to all episodes of the show available here, know that this podcast is no longer being actively published. You can find my ongoing work at The Inner-Led Life With Michelle Waldo—my community on Substack where I share real-life stories, insights, & conversations for those feeling called to live, create, and lead guided by the knowing of their heart, body, and soul. While The Inner-Led Life is not exclusively horse-focused, I continue sharing about my horses and horse life there. And I continue the conversation we started in Riding From the Inside Out about how we can benefit from listening to ourselves—our inner self—and how our horses can benefit from this as well. You can check it out and subscribe at: https://michellewaldo.substack.com/

Today’s episode is about morphing or transforming our perspective on our horses: what we want to do with them, how we want to live with them, how we can help them thrive, and more. This episode is about the journey we can go on to move from one perspective about our horses to another perspective that serves our horses and ourselves even more. In this episode I talk about my journey of morphing my perspective on horses via my 17 hand off-track Thoroughbred Nilo. How my journey with Nilo (with all of its unexpected twists and turns) helped me learn how to listen more to him and my own inner self. How my journey helped me begin to morph my perspectives to better serve him and and all of my horses. And how each of us can do this as well. Tune in to hear the details. . . . Thanks for tuning in today. While you’re invited to listen to all episodes of the show available here, know that this podcast is no longer being actively published. You can find my ongoing work at The Inner-Led Life With Michelle Waldo—my community on Substack where I share real-life stories, insights, & conversations for those feeling called to live, create, and lead guided by the knowing of their heart, body, and soul. While The Inner-Led Life is not exclusively horse-focused, I continue sharing about my horses and horse life there. And I continue the conversation we started in Riding From the Inside Out about how we can benefit from listening to ourselves—our inner self—and how our horses can benefit from this as well. You can check it out and subscribe at: https://michellewaldo.substack.com/

Today I'm sharing one of the best and most simple ways I've learned to listen to my horses and myself. It doesn't require a lot of fanfare or preparation. It's something we can choose to do in any moment. And it leads to some of my best-feeling moments with my horse. Tune in to hear the details. . . . Thanks for tuning in today. While you’re invited to listen to all episodes of the show available here, know that this podcast is no longer being actively published. You can find my ongoing work at The Inner-Led Life With Michelle Waldo—my community on Substack where I share real-life stories, insights, & conversations for those feeling called to live, create, and lead guided by the knowing of their heart, body, and soul. While The Inner-Led Life is not exclusively horse-focused, I continue sharing about my horses and horse life there. And I continue the conversation we started in Riding From the Inside Out about how we can benefit from listening to ourselves—our inner self—and how our horses can benefit from this as well. You can check it out and subscribe at: https://michellewaldo.substack.com/

In today’s episode I share what I’ve learned about listening to my inner self and my horse even when I’m surrounded by a sea of “evidence-based,” “science-based,” certificate-based, and similar messages calling me to listen to and trust them. I share how I’ve come to discern what is right for me and my horse, and what is happening when I feel pulled to listen to “evidence” or “science” or what is currently popular in the horse world. . . . Thanks for tuning in today. While you’re invited to listen to all episodes of the show available here, know that this podcast is no longer being actively published. You can find my ongoing work at The Inner-Led Life With Michelle Waldo—my community on Substack where I share real-life stories, insights, & conversations for those feeling called to live, create, and lead guided by the knowing of their heart, body, and soul. While The Inner-Led Life is not exclusively horse-focused, I continue sharing about my horses and horse life there. And I continue the conversation we started in Riding From the Inside Out about how we can benefit from listening to ourselves—our inner self—and how our horses can benefit from this as well. You can check it out and subscribe at: https://michellewaldo.substack.com/

In today’s show I’m talking about what our riding coach, instructor, or trainer can’t teach us, that our own inner self can. As part of this I talk about what I’ve come to realize that teaching really is, the role others can play in teaching us things, our role in listening to our own inner self, and so much more. I dig into a lot in this episode so tune in to hear all of the details. . . . Thanks for tuning in today. While you’re invited to listen to all episodes of the show available here, know that this podcast is no longer being actively published. You can find my ongoing work at The Inner-Led Life With Michelle Waldo—my community on Substack where I share real-life stories, insights, & conversations for those feeling called to live, create, and lead guided by the knowing of their heart, body, and soul. While The Inner-Led Life is not exclusively horse-focused, I continue sharing about my horses and horse life there. And I continue the conversation we started in Riding From the Inside Out about how we can benefit from listening to ourselves—our inner self—and how our horses can benefit from this as well. You can check it out and subscribe at: https://michellewaldo.substack.com/

Today I'm talking about how I discovered that listening to ourselves while listening to our horses is the most beneficial path, even when we're surrounded by lots of others' opinions and experts. I talk about how I learned that listening to myself and my horse has always served me the most, time and time again. And how you can benefit by listening to yourself and your horse, as well. . . . Thanks for tuning in today. While you’re invited to listen to all episodes of the show available here, know that this podcast is no longer being actively published. You can find my ongoing work at The Inner-Led Life With Michelle Waldo—my community on Substack where I share real-life stories, insights, & conversations for those feeling called to live, create, and lead guided by the knowing of their heart, body, and soul. While The Inner-Led Life is not exclusively horse-focused, I continue sharing about my horses and horse life there. And I continue the conversation we started in Riding From the Inside Out about how we can benefit from listening to ourselves—our inner self—and how our horses can benefit from this as well. You can check it out and subscribe at: https://michellewaldo.substack.com/

Today I'm talking about how our horses can help us get out of comfort zones that aren't serving us. I discuss what I mean by a comfort zone that isn't serving us. And I talk about how our horses can be an intrinsic motivator to move us out of that comfort zone, and how our own inner self can guide us in understanding this. As part of this episode I share an experience I had with this today while feeding my horses. How what started as a seemingly mundane daily activity turned into a wonderful experience of magic and connection with all three of my horses. And I talk about how you can open yourself up to experiences like this as well. Tune in to hear the details. . . . Thanks for tuning in today. While you’re invited to listen to all episodes of the show available here, know that this podcast is no longer being actively published. You can find my ongoing work at The Inner-Led Life With Michelle Waldo—my community on Substack where I share real-life stories, insights, & conversations for those feeling called to live, create, and lead guided by the knowing of their heart, body, and soul. While The Inner-Led Life is not exclusively horse-focused, I continue sharing about my horses and horse life there. And I continue the conversation we started in Riding From the Inside Out about how we can benefit from listening to ourselves—our inner self—and how our horses can benefit from this as well. You can check it out and subscribe at: https://michellewaldo.substack.com/ This podcast is powered by Pinecast.