Episodios

  • Equestrian Mama Episode 3: The Postpartum Experience

    Equestrian Mama Episode 3: The Postpartum Experience
    Jul 12 2024
    In this episode of Equestrian Mama, Lucy talks about her postpartum experience and how it changed her life as a professional rider and trainer. Lucy discusses the mental and physical challenges she faced after giving birth and the parts of postpartum life she wasn’t expecting. Lucy stresses the importance of focusing on the good things in difficult times and using horses as therapy throughout this process. Lucy shares some of the changes she made to her daily work schedule and a few products that helped her through the first few months of being a new mom.
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    38 m
  • Equestrian Mama Episode 2: Riding While Pregnant & Postpartum Recovery with Dr. Kathleen Bertuna

    Equestrian Mama Episode 2: Riding While Pregnant & Postpartum Recovery with Dr. Kathleen Bertuna
    Jul 5 2024
    In this episode, Lucy talks to OBGYN Dr. Kathleen Bertuna about riding while pregnant and postpartum recovery. They discuss the risk vs. reward of riding while pregnant, how a rider can minimize the risk during different stages of their pregnancy, and the importance of being in tune with your body and knowing when to not push the limits. They also discuss the difference between recovering from a c-section and a vaginal birth and how each woman’s timeline for getting back into the saddle varies.
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    51 m
  • Equestrian Mama Episode 1: Navigating the First Pregnancy

    Equestrian Mama Episode 1: Navigating the First Pregnancy
    Jul 5 2024
    In this episode, Lucy talks about going through her first pregnancy and how she navigated running her dressage training business while simultaneously preparing to be a mother. She discusses struggling with the idea of taking time away from riding and how she had to design a system that allowed her to stay involved in her business throughout the pregnancy. Lucy talks about feeling alone and a lack of control throughout the process, but that it showed her how much she was capable of.
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    33 m
  • Riders Unscripted: Forgiving Yourself for the “Failed” Horses

    Riders Unscripted: Forgiving Yourself for the “Failed” Horses
    Jun 20 2024
    In this episode of Riders Unscripted, Natalie works through visualization exercises with one of her clients, who is feeling guilty about the horses in her past that have had soundness or health issues and fears that her current horse will have the same fate. They discuss the misunderstandings that were established in her childhood and how she can heal her younger self in order to find unconditional safety and love from within. Natalie guides her through an exercise to help her forgive unfortunate circumstances with past horses and understand that it is not her fault, so that she can show up for her current horse with presence and vulnerability.
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    43 m
  • Season 2 Finale, Episode 4: Finding Strength in Vulnerability

    Season 2 Finale, Episode 4: Finding Strength in Vulnerability
    Jun 10 2024
    This is the fourth and final session of Equestrian Mastermind with top riders Lauren Sprieser, Olivia LaGoy-Weltz, and Lehua Custer guided by transformational life coach Natalie Hummel. This episode was recorded on March 18th, 2024. Natalie prompts the group to talk about detaching their identity from the highs and lows of their ego. In the fourth episode, they discuss approaching situations from a place of unconditional belief in themselves and reflect on the improvements they’ve made through this process: • Discussing where each person identifies on a 1-10 scale of how conditional their ego is. • Learning to embrace negative thoughts and emotions so that they can come back to wholeness and complete tasks from an all-in place. • A visualization exercise that helps them approach their goals from a place where they are willing to feel everything and not make projections of the past or future. • Reflecting on everything they learned through this process and each person’s takeaways. Join Natalie, Lauren, Olivia, and Lehua in this exciting conversation on finding strength and wholeness in their vulnerability.
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    1 h y 29 m
  • Mastermind Season 2, Episode 3: Widening the Nervous System’s Window of Capacity

    Mastermind Season 2, Episode 3: Widening the Nervous System’s Window of Capacity
    Jun 3 2024
    This is the third session of Equestrian Mastermind with top riders Lauren Sprieser, Olivia LaGoy-Weltz, and Lehua Custer guided by transformational life coach Natalie Hummel. This episode was recorded on February 19th, 2024. Natalie prompts the group to talk about the avoidant strategies their nervous system uses in moments of high stress. In the third episode, they reflect on the mindset shift from the previous episode and discuss how they can widen their nervous system’s window of capacity to create peak performance: • How they have used the tools they’ve learned in previous sessions in the real world. • Myths about the practices that create peak performance. • A visualization exercise that helps them turn towards the feelings they avoid so that they can create a nervous system that can hold in the reality of competition. • Learning to stay present in a stressful competitive environment. Join Natalie, Lauren, Olivia, and Lehua in this exciting conversation on widening their nervous system’s window of capacity.
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    1 h y 45 m
  • Mastermind Season 2, Episode 2: Forgiving the Misunderstandings

    Mastermind Season 2, Episode 2: Forgiving the Misunderstandings
    May 27 2024
    This is the second session of Equestrian Mastermind with top riders Lauren Sprieser, Olivia LaGoy-Weltz, and Lehua Custer guided by transformational life coach Natalie Hummel. This episode was recorded on January 22nd, 2024. Natalie prompts the group to talk about the visions they have for their career and what might stand in the way of their success. In the second episode, they reflect on mindset shifts from the previous episode and discuss experiences that may be subconsciously keeping them from achieving their goals. They talk through: • Any awareness about their ultimate goals after the first session. • A visualization exercise that helps each person reflect on a misunderstanding about themselves. • Creating safety from within by learning to forgive and undo subconscious misunderstandings. • Understanding the purpose of an ego and learning to see it in a positive light. Join Natalie, Lauren, Olivia, and Lehua in this exciting conversation on acknowledging and forgiving subconscious misunderstandings.
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    1 h y 15 m
  • Riders Unscripted: Recovering From Burnout

    Riders Unscripted: Recovering From Burnout
    May 23 2024
    In this episode of Riders Unscripted, Natalie works through visualization exercises with one of her clients, who is dealing with show anxiety and burnout from working with horses. They discuss creating safety within the nervous system’s window of capacity so that she doesn’t feel a need to constantly prove herself and put others’ needs before her own. Natalie guides her through an exercise to help her face any resistance to feelings of inadequacy and anxiety so that she can improve her performance at shows and prioritize herself in everyday life.
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    1 h y 5 m