Pursuing Connection Podcast #006 – Nina – Natural Horsemanship, Dominance Hierarchy In Animals & Humans, Leadership, Games People Play

One ​relational stance​ I keep returning to is a concept I call "collaborating with reality". It's definitely not ​my default​, but I continuously practice bringing myself back to it. And for good reason: If we reject reality (or a part of it), if we demand this...

Awkward silences. (Pause intended.) We've all experienced them. Maybe even some not-so awkward ones, too. So what separates one from the other? What makes a silence awkward, and what are some things we can do when this happens? The first thing to understand is that an...

The difference between a reflex and a response is that a reflex happens involuntary and hyper-fast: An example of a reflex is pulling away your hand when touching a hot stove. There is no moment when you voluntarily decide "oopsie, this stove feels a tad hot, I think...