Pop! Back in July, I was in bed ALONE. I went to roll over. I heard a pop. It was from my right shoulder. How can someone get hurt rolling over in bed, alone? Commitments were plentiful. I didn’t have time to be injured. When it became clear the “pop” involved pain in the front …
Author: Cindy Goldade
House of Winners
“We live in a house of winners!” was the fist-pumping exclamation from the lunch eating young adult when his baby sister found out she won the Tractor Supply Good Neighbor Contest. It is an answered prayer, a dream come true—to have kids see the glass as half full instead of half empty. Every family member …
Increase Body Awareness for Increased Performance
Body Awareness It can be easy to stand on the ground and coach those on horseback. It is even easier to “see” the perceived problem. Have you ever watched someone who couldn’t leg yield or whose hands seem to magically raise when the eyes look up and out? When you say, “Lower your hands” their …
Draw Out Youth Potential
**Written after Regional Competition; finally published after State Competition. Direct and Indirect How does my work in Educational Kinesiology and Brain Gym® align with coaching horse knowledge bowl teams? Drawing out is a key concept in both fields. One junior team comes out after their first match. Coaches shared how they got beat bad. They …
Fork in the Road– Choices and Consequences
There is a fork in the road. Which path should I take? Up the ante a little bit. iPhone and Google Maps are not working. The paper map is hand drawn and simply shows following along the water’s edge. I’m alone on a trail in the wilderness. I decide to stay right… keep water in …
Why do I do it? Look inside a coach’s mind and heart
Disclaimer: I’ve never taken a class on “Coaching 101.” Sports teams have paid coaches. The coach doesn’t consult the players or the parents. Decisions made by the coach are final. Paid Positions I am a volunteer coach. The payment I receive is not financial. Watching kids step out of their comfort zone is my …
Prepare! Body, Mind, Spirit
Prepare! It’s the season of preparation! Before Thanksgiving, I chose to do a quick ten-day challenge towards health. I did really well for a week and then when I started baking for Turkey Day, I fell off the “sugar, potatoes, and carbs cliff”. Without even knowing of my nosedive, a friend in the private Facebook …
Reset the Anchor
Fishing anchors As a frequent traveler, the metaphor of anchoring is a powerful one for me and my work. Maybe it’s because BK (before kids), my hubby and I used to fish and anchors made me nervous. Sometimes, they’d come loose—what if we drifted somewhere unfamiliar? Or they’d come up full of weeds—what if we …
Thankful for Health
In Thanksgiving It’s tradition. Everyone’s doing it. Sharing my thankful list. My list is aimed at whole body health. I’m thankful for: A body that moves. It can walk, bike, twist, and stretch. Sleep. It is rejuvenating and the dreams offer a (sometimes weird) glimpse into my subconscious. Frontal lobes that allow me to ponder …
A Victim of Trauma
I. Fearful. Victim. I had an experience that left me feeling traumatized. The first thing my mom asked as I was sharing was, “Why? Why would God allow this?” And that question allowed me to start healing. There must be a lesson here for me to learn—maybe tolerance of those living in abusive situations or …