May 19, 2012

A note from Andi . . .

Andi Burgis

February, 2012 - A time for relationship / love / heart Partnership, relationship, friendship, sharing, together, couple, team.  All of these have the same foundation.  What is that foundation?  I know it in my heart.  How do I describe it?  Is it significant? Here is an interesting story about me.  I want to reference a phrase that I use a lot as I coach people.  "We teach what we need to learn most." One of the areas that I … [Read more...]

Welcome 2012!

Andi Burgis

January 31, 2012 Welcome to our new newsletter format!  We are so excited to offer this to you and hope you find value in the content. What is going on with me? If you know me you know I much prefer asking what is going on with you… and, oh well, here goes…. What I am recognizing is the depth of everything AND the lightning speed in which things are happening. The reality of this is it’s the last day of the first month, Jan.31, … [Read more...]

FEAR . . . A four lettered word?

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FEAR is considered a four letter word… We are encouraged throughout our lives to begin to ignore and suppress our fears.  No matter what occurs, we keep going.  If we’re afraid we’re encouraged to “face our fears”, “conquer our fear before it conquers us”, and “get back on that horse”, etc., etc., etc… What if fear was something that served us?  What if fear had a purpose?  What if all those people who have been saying … [Read more...]

Developing Extraordinary Leaders Using Equine Experiential Learning

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What do Alexander the Great, George Washington, and Ronald Reagan have in common? They were charismatic leaders, men whose policies, spoken and written words weren’t nearly as impressive as their ability to captivate, motivate, and inspire vast, seemingly disparate populations through that inexplicable, extra-special “something else” we like to call “leadership presence.” Leadership presence is notoriously hard to define. People know … [Read more...]

TSC Bill

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I had an interesting experience over the weekend in Redding, CA. I drove up on Friday to pick up our last Arabian mare to come home. While I was there Friday I went to a TSC store to pick up grain. We had shopped in that store the first weekend there and purchased a few supplies for the trip home with the new “girls”. The staff in that store had been very friendly and helpful and their prices were better than what we could find here at home, … [Read more...]