Full Circle Equine Leadership Foundation

08/26/2026

Full Circle Horseman
Splashdance Stables
Part 2 of answering the question:
How is Coaching/Facilitating different than my horsemanship Training & teaching?

• An EAL personal development coach:
* Holds the space for people to be vulnerable
* Helps the human navigate a relationship with horses
* Suspends their own beliefs and expected outcomes
* Supports humans in exploring their strengths and assets
* Remains neutral and open so they can observe objectively
* Co-creates goals
* Supports them in recognizing and finding solutions to overcoming barriers
* Helps clients to build on their strengths
* Helps discover their motivation
* Helps them define a vision for their life

An EAL coach does this by:
* Listening more than speaking
* Reflecting and asking open-ended questions with curiosity
* Assuming positive intent- always
* By being curious
* Guiding the process but not interfering in it
* Helping the client define their personal values
* Assisting the client to find solutions and strategies to solve their problems and better their life
* Holding the client accountable to the goals they set

An EAL personal development coach does NOT:
* Judge the client's action
* Celebrate FOR the client
* Process past emotions or recount traumatic events from the client's life
* Give advice, or tell the client what or how they should do something
* Steer the client toward the lesson the coach thinks the client should learn
* Make the client feel guilty or shame them
* Interfere in the relationship between the client or the horse unless the client is in danger

08/24/2026

Full Circle Horseman
Splashdance Stables
Equine Assisted Learning, EAL
I am often asked; EAL Facilitator/Coach, " How is this different from your horsemanship training and coaching?" There are many answers to that question. One of the most significant & satisfying is our client & recipient opportunities continue to grow with our programs.
Did you know? Personal Development is the area of EAL that can apply to almost any population. Including:
Youth at risk
Adults, couples, and families,
Kids on the spectrum
Teens
Retirees
Etc.
Anyone who wants to create change in their life and grow beyond where they are now. Part of being an effective EAL facilitator & coach is learning how to assess someone's need and appropriateness for coaching, techniques, and strategies for facilitating and supporting change with equines, and staying within the scope of my practice.
Personal Development can touch on areas of a person's life that can be tied to an adverse event or traumatic experience. Change is hard, it requires us to examine those aspects of our thinking, behavior patterns, relationships, values which can bring unresolved emotions to the front. For most clients, just feeling safe enough to feel those emotions with the support of an equine partner can enable people to see their own strength and move forward.

06/07/2026

05/08/2026

Full Circle Horseman
This is exactly what we are here for.
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05/07/2026

Full Circle Horseman
5 of the many reasons why equine assisted learning is so impactful and life changing.

04/01/2026

In theory, it sounds so simple. In reality This is the age-old struggle between top brain and base brain behavior. Learning to be an active listener instead of a reactive listener is fundamental to becoming a successful leader. Yall