7 tips to stay motivated

By Annette Paterakis
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Sometimes you can’t seem to find any fun in it anymore. Maybe it becomes a drag or the last couple of times it didn’t go as planned. To keep you motivated, here are zeven tips to get you back in there.

What to do when you’ve hit a plateau

By Annette Paterakis
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There are times when you might experience very little improvement or the same results over and over again. It is possible that you have hit a plateau, which means your progress has stagnated. Not knowing how to move forward can be frustrating, unless you understand how growth works. Here are 5 things you might want to know about growth.

5 exercises that help you deal with horse show anxiety

By Annette Paterakis

Our mindset, beliefs and past experiences have a big impact on how we feel about competing. Sometimes just thinking about going to a horseshow can already cause us to freeze and feel anxious. This physically unpleasant feeling is our survival mechanism at work. This mechanism has developed over thousands of years and helped us survive. However, when we are on a horse, this “fight or flight” response is not very helpful. Although this survival mechanism is pretty powerful and it takes some practice to overrule, the following exercises will help you create a more manageable amount of pressure.