Tag: Overcoming Fear

This article received first place in the 2025 GMO Newsletter Awards for general interest articles for GMOs with 500+ members.

A Region 5 amateur & her curly mustang serendipitously met at an equine rescue &, together, were able to overcome their distrust & fear to create a soul bond!

By Kara L. Stewart: Overcoming fear with a brain-based approach. First of two parts. Reprinted from USDF Connection.

Dr. Leslie Sherlin explores common causes for rider anxiety and how to mitigate each one (from the Arizona Dressage Association newsletter, The Centerline).

It’s Throwback Thursday!  Enjoy this article from the YourDressage Archives, which was originally published in the August 2016 issue of the flipbook version of...

By Sally O’Dwyer, with help and inspiration from master entrepreneur and teacher, Seth Godin.  In his book, “The Practice, Shipping Creative Work”, Seth Godin created...

Whether you’ve taken a fall that has bruised your confidence, or you’ve just been away from riding because of other commitments, sometimes we all need a...

By Sally O’Dwyer Courage is a muscle that when flexed gets stronger, allowing us to live our best lives, achieve our goals, compete in the dressage arena,...

Do you need a trainer? Perhaps—but as one amateur rider discovers, too much hand-holding can be counterproductive Reprinted from the May 2014 Issue of USDF...

A young rider learns important lessons from her schoolmaster horse Reprinted from the February 2014 Issue of USDF Connection By Amy L. Obritsch In...