Meet Our Natural Lifemanship® Team
Founders and facilitators of Trauma-Informed Equine Assisted Services
We are a team of practitioners and professionals with more than 40 years of experience supporting clients in overcoming the effects of toxic stress and trauma.
Having found more effective and humane approaches to incorporating horses in our work with clients, in 2010 we founded the Natural Lifemanship Institute to teach other professionals a better way.
Through intensive trainings and courses, we guide you on a journey of personal growth and professional development to help you form deeper, more connected relationships with horses and humans—the foundation for healing.
We are honored to walk beside you, and guide you through our process to enhance the impact you have on the world. Together, we are a force.
Meet Our Staff
Our full-time Natural Lifemanship staff is made up of equine professionals, mental health practitioners as well as others in the healing professions, and administrative and technology support, who help you embody the principles of Natural Lifemanship—and train you in transferring those principles to your horses and clients.
Co-founder of Natural Lifemanship
Tim Jobe
Tim has over 40 years of experience training horses and effectively partnering horses with humans to promote healing and healthy relationships.
Co-founder and CEO of Natural Lifemanship
Bettina Shultz-Jobe, LPC
Bettina has over 18 years of experience effectively treating traumatized populations through Equine Assisted Psychotherapy and complementary therapeutic modalities.
NL Director of Equine Professional (EP)
Development & Director of Media
Tanner Jobe
Tanner has a lifetime of training experience with young and/or untrained horses.
Director of Operations
Kaye Barefield
Kaye is particularly passionate about contributing to work that promotes healing and recovery for hurting populations.
Chief Operating Officer
Laura McFarland, PhD
Laura’s passion and expertise are related to transformative learning—the understanding of self, others, and the belief systems that influence our ways of being and seeing.
NL Director of Trainer Development
and Community Engagement
Kate Naylor, LMFT
Kate has a lifetime of horse experience in multiple disciplines including eventing, dressage, and polo—and specializes in children and families.
Rhythm and Art Education Coordinator
Mary Oliver
Mary is a trained facilitator for group drumming and is passionate about using the arts as a tool for nurturing others toward self-expression, spirituality, and wellness.
Membership Services & Event Coordinator
Clair Gose
Clair is a lifelong horsewoman, born and raised in TX, certified equine sports massage therapist and reiki practitioner with a background in film production.
Steward of People & Place
Laura Hutler
Laura’s love for all that brings us closer to nature, horses and each other, undergirds her deep desire to embody and share Natural Lifemanship’s principles of healthy relationship.
Steward of People & Place
Chip Hutler
Chip has always enjoyed being in nature, outdoor recreation, and wilderness camping. His drive to mentor appreciation of nature and the outdoors has lead him to a career directing summer youth and family camps and retreat centers.
NL Lead Instructor for Online Learning
Alyssa N. Rowe, LMSW
Alyssa is a Licensed Master Social Worker and Educator with over 20 years of service to children and families through education and mental health support.
Meet Our Natural Lifemanship Trainers
Thoughtful and experienced professionals who are ready to guide you on your journey to personal and professional growth and transformation.
Our trainers are invaluable to the work we do to educate others in Equine Assisted Services.
Joining us from various walks of life, they each contribute unique experiences and expertise—and embody the Natural Lifemanship philosophy and principles.
As you move through trainings, you will have the opportunity to learn from these passionate and purposeful teachers as they walk alongside you.
Courtney White
Courtney is dedicated to working with others that suffer from alcoholism and drug addiction.
Jenn Pagone
For over 15 years Jenn has specialized in treating women with complex trauma. She is the founder of Whispering White Horse Stables and is certified in both IFS and EMDR.
Kathleen Choe
Kathleen has been working in the mental health field for the past twenty years and focuses on treating eating disorders through trauma-informed care.
Sara Sherman
Sara has been in the mental health and equine-assisted therapy fields for nearly 19 years, studying and practicing various modalities of therapeutic human and animal interaction.
Shannon Knapp
Shannon is founder and president of Horse Sense of the Carolinas, Inc., an internationally-recognized leader in the field of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy and Learning.
Reccia Jobe
Reccia is dedicated to helping individuals and families end destructive relational patterns that create generational trauma in families and societies.
Britt Palmer
Britt, founder of Our Happy Place, has conducted equine assisted psychotherapy with an inpatient psychiatric hospital, and eating disorder and trauma treatment clinic.
Beverly Walsh
Knowing that people learn better experientially, and that horses are great teachers, Beverly moved out of the office and into the pasture to help people experience stable relationships.
Rebecca Hubbard
Rebecca has served families for more than 20 years using trauma-informed EAP—and as a gifted writer, she often writes or tells therapeutic stories to facilitate the healing process.
Gabby Remole
Gabby uses experiential therapies and employs a systems-based perspective to help children, teens and families who have experienced trauma.
Jennifer (Weiss) McPeak
Jennifer is an experienced equine professional with 20+ years in both recreational riding and training, and has particular experience working with adolescents and their caregivers.
Ready to work with our incredible team of NL trainers?
Learn more about our upcoming trainings.
