I’ve spent a good part of my life not being very nice to my body. It’s kind of been like a low-grade relationship with the

The night before last, my little boys and I all dived into the outside bath and spent a good 90 minutes star gazing. It’s become

Most of us arrive at our riding from 30 floors up and wonder why the whole experience feels a little left off centre. What do

I was walking back from feeding the horses last night and I suddenly had this acute awareness that I am caring less and less what

Mary Poppins talked about a spoonful of sugar making the medicine go down, and to be honest, she was making a pretty huge point. Medicine

It’s so easy to bash yourself up. It’s so easy to be hard on yourself, to open social media, and compare yourself to every combination

I’m a failure, I’m ruining my horse, I think I should give up, my horse is feeding off my nerves, I had an accident and

I just looked up vitality in the dictionary just now and it was defined as this; exuberant physical strength or mental vigor; the capacity for

Anger has a bad reputation and frankly, I’m bored with it. So many of us have been trained out of our anger. Trained out of

Of all the things I work with on a regular basis, anxiety definitely ranks top of the list but it’s also one of the most

I talk about how important it is to exercise our superpower of showing up a lot, and someone recently asked me what I think the

Who gets to decide? Who gets to decide if Jane Pike is good enough as a horse person? Good enough full stop? Who gets to

Today, I want to tell you about flicking people off the edge of the world. It’s fabulous, trust me. Here’s the deal. When we feel

Outsourcing your power to trainer, clinicians, coaches, people at your barn. It’s a conversation that I am having with riders I work with all the

A lot of the pressure and strain we feel in training comes from approaching things from a linear perspective as opposed to a cyclic one.

Yesterday, I was sitting on the mounting block in the middle of the arena deciding whether or not I would ride. Truth be told, I

Resistance is a natural strengthening mechanism. The specifics of what and how it strengthens can work for and against you.   For instance, resistance combined

Going through the Brave Bucket Challenge has prompted me to post a reminder about the importance of Big Little Things.   Case and point:  

Oh yes, the old mood of the moment. How many of us have set a goal or an intention to work with our horses towards

When I was thinking about what to write this morning, I glanced down at my notes and saw the words ‘the level of tension after

“You have gaits, use them! There is nothing more frustrating for the horse than being held back from expressing his natural gaits” Driving back from

I had a question pop up on Instagram yesterday that I thought would be a great one to chatter about, simply because it’s something that

What if this is all part of it?   What if the heartbreak is necessary   The putting off a part of it   The

Here’s the thing… We can never guarantee the outcome of anything. We can’t even be sure that the time we do put in is going

Some of you are joining me for the Brave Bucket Challenge at the moment and I’ve been inviting you to share with me what your

How’s this for something to practice? When it comes to evaluating or reflecting on a training session, it’s easy to become outwardly focused. “My horse

Yesterday was the first day back at school for Team Pike. I feel like we started strong. 50% of required participants were out of bed

Time spent or time invested? How do you look at it? If we think of our time with our horses as being spent, we are

Want to know a little mantra that I’ve been using this year that has really turned things around for me? Wellness first. The idea of

You’ve probably heard me talk before about the life changing magic of simply showing up, and why it’s so important when it comes to creating

We’ve touched on a few contributing aspects related to anxiety the last few days, but I wanted to throw another into the mix that is

Yesterday, we talked about anticipation anxiety and the delicate process of untangling the experience of it with the necessary next steps to move through it.

Anxiety is such a curious experience, especially when it’s felt in anticipation. The curious part about it is that the trepidation is often felt in