Equine Insights, Helpful Tips, and Words of Encouragement

I'm looking forward to visiting with you in this “blog.” I'd love to hear your thinking on these topics. Just send me an email. Together we can explore some of the subtleties that make our life with horses so engaging and inspiring.

Visit my “Carrots for Courage” blog on myhorse.com

Some months ago, the website that is home base for four magazines — Perfect Horse, The Trail Rider, Spin to Win Rodeo, and Horse Journal — asked me to blog on their site, and several of my regular Inspired by Horses readers have asked me how to find it. You can read “Carrots for Courage” on myhorse.com. “Carrots” is consistent with my theme of helping people to develop faith and confidence through their horse connection. Feel free to share the link. Let me know how you like it, and any topics you’d like to see me write on. Thanks for reading. Maureen

Road Safety for Horsemen

Tips and downloadable resource sheets for horsemen and motorists to help prevent accidents on the road

"it's a permission thing" applies to life and horses.

When my chiropractor said, "It's a permission thing," I knew his comment applied to more than adjusting my neck.

Services provided by Maureen Gallatin or Inspired by Horses

Maureen provides consultant, counseling, marketing, and editing services to individuals and businesses in the horse industry.

Inspired by Horses for Professionals in the Horse Industry

Brand development and professional guild for horse trainers and riding instructors.

Why equine professionals need a website

An effective website for equine professionals requires more than an online brochure. I'll be glad to show you what makes the difference.

You Don't Have to Dance to be a Trainer

Have you wondered if you'll ever be good at using body language to talk to your horse? Don't worry. Just be yourself.

Over the course of many years of watching various horse trainers, I've come to appreciate the trainers who are just themselves, who don't do what I call, “the trainer's dance.”

Are you Focused, or “On the Muscle”?

There's an old racehorse term that I find helpful in describing human behavior as well as equine. A horse is said to be “on the muscle” when he's ready to race. His adrenaline is pumping and he knows something big is about to happen.

Find it in the Bible

Search the Bible for a favorite scripture

I'm Sending My Inner Critic Packing

Recently I audited a Centered Riding Instructors clinic, taught by Sue Harris. If you get the chance to ride with Sue or attend a clinic she's teaching, take advantage of it. She's not only a gifted teacher, she's a genuinely nice person, and has well honed her craft. You “can't not” learn something valuable while you're there.

So Who Is the Best?

I'm wondering if there's any such thing as “the best.” For years, I worked hard at becoming the best. It's certainly not that I wanted to look down my nose at anyone. It's that I wanted to be right, to feel good about myself and my accomplishments, and everyone always encouraged me to be “the best.” Of course, with a goal that vague, I was doomed to failure. ...

meet Rex Gallatin

Music and horses have a lot in common

Horsemanship is a unique blend of wisdom, skill, and an ethic of behavior.

Horsemanship is a unique blend of wisdom, skill, and an ethic of behavior.

Meet Vernon Purdy

Information about Vernon Purdy's horseshoeing and views on horsemanship and faith.

Maureen's favorite Bible verses

Maureen's favorite Bible verses

Meet Sue Truitt

Meet Sue Truitt

Working with horses teaches us about life.

Lessons about life that we learn as we work with horses.

What does two years of training really mean?

Insight about how preparation for doing something isn't quite the same as getting it done.

horse puzzle

horse puzzle

Faith on the Trail

Opening page for discussion of the Christian faith, as seen with the help of horses.

Horses give us a sense of normal in a changing world.

Horses give us a sense of normal in a changing world.

Helpful advice regarding selling your horse

Helpful advice regarding selling your horse

As we remember horses we've loved, we honor them.

Inviting people to share a photo and a few words to celebrate the special horses in their lives.

Midnight

Midnight

New converts often go a little overboard.

New converts often go a little overboard.

Pearl gets a new job

Liz hated to part with Pearl, but Pearl found her true calling.

Best Horse Books

Books that begin with horses but lead to inspiring pictures of the real world

Riding with Reagan — recommended reading

Inspirational book about the Secret Service protecting Reagan while riding.

Send us the story about the horse you'd like to honor

Send us the story about the horse you'd like to honor

Barbaro inspired us in many ways

Barbaro's courageous battle inspired us and told us that life was worth struggling for.