Stable Connections the Podcast

Mia Brown talks to us about her journey with falling in love with eventing, some body dysmorphia she experienced at a young age, landing at Chocolate Horse farm, and her opinions about Safe Sport.

Lizzy talks to us about what brought her first to San Francisco and now to Sonoma County, her journey back into the horse world and leasing horses versus buying, and what she’s doing with Fresh Sonoma offering Fodder to locals in the area.

Hannah Beebe chats with us about how and why she started her photography business, moving her family to Auburn, California and managing her daughters food allergies. 

Giana talks to us about her extensive showing career starting on the East Coast, a horrific experience where she ran away for a bit and got out of the horse world, a failed suicide attempt where she feels horses saved her, and what she’s doing now with “Be The Change in Mental Health”. 

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Kelly Robinson talks to us about getting a bachelors in Psychology, a masters in Counseling,  doing her thesis on Equine Related Therapy and how now she finds herself as an independent Saddle Fitter.

Jordan Sullivan talks to us about being born and raised in a small town, how she’s preparing to leave to farrier school in Missouri and what she expects from it.  

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Marisha Chilcott talks to us about how one plane ride pivoted her trajectory where she now runs “Be The Change in Mental Health”, a non-profit organization making Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation assessable to the public.

Brittany Massey talks to us about being super driven to learn everything “horse” starting around 12 years old, why she started her training program out of necessity and what happen right when she leased her first barn that changed her entire trajectory.  

Ondine Rangel talks to us about moving to multiple countries in her up bringing, how she’s always had a strong connection to animals, and how socializing and learning “people skills” didn’t get introduced to her until her early 20s.

Nia Tahani talks to us about early memories of standing out, how she made her way to Oakland, California from the East Coast, and her journey with vintage jewelry.  

Marie-Charlotte Guion-Bluechley “MC” talks to us about being born and raised on a 200+ acre farm in Sonoma County, what her riding struggles are, why she’s more focused on Dressage than archery now.

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Camille Kusin talks to us about living in Germany for a decade, her experience with learning the language, why she came back to the USA and what her Dressage training program in Penngrove, California offers now.

Doctor Katie Prince talks to us about growing up being the only girl in a house with 8 siblings, working up until having her C section, going back to work 4 days after having her daughter, and what running her vet practice in Sonoma County has been like.

Shannon Leveroni chats with us about her experience with burnout, losing her house in the 2017 fires and evacuating multiple barns, and the bodywork she offers including Acuscope and Myopulse.

Mike Hayward talks to us about coming to the US from England when he got a job with the Ringling brothers circus doing Footwork for elephants, as well as training both elephants and chimps, and what running his farrier business is like now.

Maddy Kent chats with us about her five horses and what she’s working towards with each one and what building her program has been like.

Maya Stessin talks to us about what the reining shows were like, her experience on the East Coast and in Texas, what brought her back to the west coast and her recent big life change.

Shannon Ray Riley chats with us about how horses helped her heal through family trauma, how she found a horse community who better suited her gentle ways, and her journey with Ayurveda. 

Terry Church talks to us about her experience going to Germany, her journey with Tom Dorrance, and some insight on land management. 

Morgan Caplane and Kate Jutagir talk to us about Blackhound Equestrian, what they have to offer and how their diverse backgrounds compliment each other so well.

Dr. Carrie Wicks talks to us about how relationships with horses have influenced her life and what inspired her to become a psychologist.

Eva Herman talks to us about her first anxiety attack and how since then how she has learned tools to get through them, how she handled moving barns and what she’s learned from each trainer she’s been with. 

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Liz Mouille talks to us about her struggles in school not fitting in but finding horses as her safe place, her battle with addiction, including alcohol and overeating while going to 8 different treatment centers before getting clean, and what she offers with Phab Co.

Katrina Charmatz talks to us about how she got started with Rebalance Pilates, a time she dissected a human body, her experience both of her hips resurfaced and what life is like living in siskiyou county mt shasta area.

John Saint Ryan talks to us about some struggles growing up- including leaving school at 15 and how his temper made him lose his best friend but then how he got an opportunity to teach martial arts to the Army, jump starting his acting career, and his experiences with both Ray Hunt and Tom Dorrance.  

Maggie Clancy talks to us about how she came to own the property she does in Sonoma County, what she offers there and how Enbarr, her new app was born.

Amanda Apesos talks to us about how horses have impacted her life, why she become a chiropractor, her journey with Ben’s Bit Butter and her struggles in 2017 when her and her horse had to evacuate. 

Michelle Scully talks to us about why being wide eyed and curious is her favorite thing about herself, her experiences with different clinicians over the years, and how breaking her back shaped who she is now.

Tina Steward talks to us about why she chose to become a veterinarian even though she got rejected 4 times from Davis, how she got into doing medical illustrations, and what she’s doing now.

Simonne Berg talks to us about going to the World Cup Finals, becoming a professional two years ago and deep dives into some experiences with loved ones dying over the years.

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Vijoa walks to us about her long family history of horse trainers and how she went from spending childhood at Anthony Chabot equestrian center to now training and being the concessionaire. 

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Hope Hobday Glynn chats with us about why she thinks there is a flawed system, her opinion on needs to change within the industry and if she thinks she’s a better rider or trainer.

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Jamie Shortz talks to us about growing up with a mom as a Dressage trainer, her journey with Chiropractic school, and what it’s been like raising her son, growing her business and being newly married.

Elena Gaeta talks to us about how she started out in her photography/videography business and her experience posing naked on horseback.

Toora Omahony talks to us about why she moved from Oregon to Santa Rosa, California and soon after got an opportunity to work in France, and how she’s taken what she has learned into becoming the eventing trainer she is today.

Lindsey Close talks to us about why she got into equine nutrition, her first OTTB she struggled with, and how she’s been working through some fear after an accident.

Pippa Callanan talks to us about why she fell in love with dressage, getting really ill at 20 years old which changed her life course from the doctor track to riding and teaching, and how she ended up living in France and working with Philippe Karl.

Deborah Blum opens up about her life experience first in the restaurant industry, then aviation, and how she moved up to Sonoma county, went vegan over night, and is now running Goatlandia.  

Lucretia Daley talks to us about her experience going from being a Lawyer to doing music while working with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and now offering bodywork on horses.

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Melissa Kalember talks to us about how she almost became an Equine Vet and why she chose to become a trainer instead, what becoming a Judge was like for her, and her journey with IEA.

Lorna Goode talks to us about going from working for Levi’s to starting Goode Rider, and how she’s dealt with negative online commenters over the years. 

Jessie Garfinkel talks to us about growing up with a vet and a trainer as parents, some experiences that led her into her path of offering bodywork on horses, and how being a Christian helped with her anxiety. 

Sean Willer talks to us about his experience having two strokes at the young age of 36, how it’s effected his life and how first Volunteering and now working at Giant Steps therapeutic riding center has changed his life.

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Ali telatnik talks to us about her experience going from assistant trainer to head trainer with some struggles along the way and why she is selflessly shifting her life to move to Nevada.   

Sam Durham talks to us about growing up in Washington, why he moved his family to Sonoma County California and what he offers with the farrier center.