Beth Burgmeyer shares a reflection on the profound impact Mark Taylor and NL's Life on Land: Vertebral Patterns had on her life There are some experiences that are hard to explain unless you’ve felt them in your own body. This was one of those. I recently attended a...
Finding Our Feet in Ever Changing Winds: Why Learning Secure Attachment is Necessary for Therapists, Helpers & Healers
by Kate Naylor | Mar 10, 2026 | Applied Principles, Basics of Natural Lifemanship, Equine Assisted Trainings, Personal Growth, Testimonials & Reflections
Within each day, sometimes moment to moment, the wind changes. Blowing first this way, then that. Rushing straight across our path, or swirling around us. Sometimes it is so quiet we don’t even notice the air around us, other days it threatens to topple us. Whenever I...
NL for Young Children & Parents: Growing Connection, Healing, and Hope
by Bettina Shultz-Jobe, LPC, NBCC | Sep 17, 2025 | Equine Assisted Trainings, Parenting and Counseling Children, Testimonials & Reflections
Every parent longs to see their child thrive. Yet often, the tools they are given either fall short or leave them feeling conflicted. One message says, “Be firm.” Another says, “Be gentle.” Parents are left swinging between extremes, unsure of what will truly help...
What it Means to Truly Do the Work
by Kate Naylor | Jan 31, 2025 | Equine Assisted Trainings, Personal Growth, Testimonials & Reflections
“100% the best training I have ever attended in over a decade of practicing equine assisted psychotherapy!” – Jacquelyn Kaschel, Eagala Adv. MH/ES
These Boots are Made for Workin’
by Bettina Shultz-Jobe, LPC, NBCC | Jan 8, 2024 | Basics of Natural Lifemanship, Equine Assisted Trainings, Testimonials & Reflections
These boots are made for workin’ and that’s just what they’ll do. . . 🎶 You can learn so much about a person by the shoes they wear. Really. . . think about it. I, for example, spend a lot of my time in crocs, Haflinger clogs. . . and round toed, rubber soled, Ariat...
What Really Matters for Good Therapy?
by Kate Naylor | May 26, 2023 | Testimonials & Reflections, The Latest in Equine Assisted Therapy and Learning
While it can cause plenty of frustration (for both professionals, researchers, and clients alike), we find time and again that the benefits of therapy are not due to specific techniques learned or specific modalities used - they are due, in fact, to the quality of the...
The life-changing impact of Natural Lifemanship for Sarah Willeman Doran
by Bettina Shultz-Jobe, LPC, NBCC | Apr 20, 2023 | Case Studies, Personal Growth, Testimonials & Reflections
One of our dedicated Natural Lifemanship practitioners, Sarah Willeman Doran, recently authored a chapter in the new book, Integrating Horses into Healing that details her transformational healing journey with horses and specifically, her transformational experience...
Tim Jobe’s Story of Personal Transformation
by Bettina Shultz-Jobe, LPC, NBCC | Mar 6, 2023 | Applied Principles, Basics of Natural Lifemanship, Horsemanship, Personal Growth, Testimonials & Reflections
This week, we opened registration for the NL Intensive. One of the big questions we always get from our community is how the NL Intensive is different from the Fundamentals of NL. The simple answer: Fundamentals teaches you a new way of thinking about your...
“It is life-changing…”
by Kate Naylor | Aug 11, 2021 | Equine Assisted Trainings, Testimonials & Reflections
“NL continues to be the gold standard for training in EAP and continues to show that their principles and the fundamentals align within all aspects of life and relationship.” -Renee Bouffard, LCSW/Executive Director, Healing Hoofbeats of CT, Inc. The reviews are in...










