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In Relatively Stable we delve into the journeys of those who have faced challenges, uncovered their passions, and discovered resilience along the way. Whether you're here for the stories, seeking inspiration, or simply drawn to the wisdom we glean from horses—and life—you’re in the right place. Let’s dive into the narratives that remind us how to stay relatively stable, no matter what comes our way.
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English
United States
87 episodes
since Aug. 31, 2024
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Oxytocin Has Entered the Chat: Dopamine Is So Yesterday
What happens when you've spent most of your life preparing for danger and suddenly find yourself somewhere you feel safe?
This week in Stable Roots, I'm exploring the biology of belonging, the role of oxytocin in our relationships with horses …
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What happens when we become so good at tolerating discomfort that nobody notices we're suffering?
After three years of being told the numbness in my hands was anxiety, a nerve conduction study revealed severe damage that required surgery on both hands. Along the way, I encountered some rather stron…
What happens when you find an old version of yourself in a box of dusty photographs, and realize you don’t miss her, but you’re awfully glad somebody took her picture?
This week in Stable Roots, I’m turning a forgotten little building at Lavender Hill into a home for thirty years of Bramblewood Sta…
What if Lot’s wife had OCD?
My mother has been asking this question for a long time. Maybe Lot's wife wasn't longing for Sodom. Maybe she was simply halfway down the road when she thought: Wait. Did I turn off the stove?
This week in Stable Roots, I’m taking you with me while I close the farm at ni…
It took a quarter million words to let the horses tell their own stories.
This week in Stable Roots, I’m talking about what happened when I accidentally stopped writing around the horses and started writing about them.
It began with a conversation about horse shows, a Facebook post I mostly forgot …
What’s the difference between being in control and being controlling?
This week in Stable Roots, I’m thinking about all the ways I’ve confused the two — from spending four hours trying to convince Max to get on a horse trailer, to watching well-meaning humans become complete doormats in the name of…
The Four Seasons: An almanac for those who are emotionally dependent on mowing grass
Kim has a problem.
Summer isn’t even over yet, and she’s already worried about what will happen when the grass stops growing.
After one full trip through the seasons at Lavender Hill, mowing has become more than an…
Alpha is a Misnomer: On horses, wolves, the Cold War, and our need to know who is in charge
Who is actually in charge in a herd of horses?
For a very long time, we thought we knew.
We built entire systems of horsemanship around dominance, hierarchy, and the idea that a good human needed to establis…
A weed can be growing beside you for years without causing a bit of trouble. Then somebody teaches you its name — and tells you to be afraid of it.
Suddenly, it’s everywhere.
This week, between two eclipses, I am roaming a horse pasture hunting foxtail, an ancient grass that has followed agricultur…
I'm Sorry, Please Forgive Me
(I love you, thank you)
This week, I’m thinking about all the things we apologize for that might not require an apology at all.
Things like: talking to ourselves, talking to horses, taking up space, having bodies that change. Things like having feeling things we would r…
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