Eileen Bennett is passionate about teaching, learning, people and animals. In her 50+ years of working, she has been involved in admin, veterinary nursing, management, publishing, and all kinds of horse-related coaching. She loves nothing more than helping people achieve something they believed was out of their reach. Most of Eileen’s academic qualifications were earned after she turned 50, and include a Masters in Writing, Post Grad in Mental Health Promotion, and numerous certificates in the areas of Leadership, Mindfulness, and Equine-facilitated Personal/Professional Development. Eileen lives in the west of Ireland with her husband and their animals, where she runs Horses Connect – an equine-assisted services and training facility. At every opportunity, she travels to Australia to enjoy her grandchildren.

Horses Connect Training – Equine therapy and hippotherapy: healing, stress relief, and emotional growth through connection with horses.

With over 40 years in the healthcare field, Renee Sievert's work includes consulting, teaching, and coaching. She travels nationwide to facilitate Equus retreats and team-building workshops where her participants have opportunities to increase self-awareness, leadership presence, communication skills, and congruence as they interact with horses. Renee’s quiet wisdom and calm energy provide a safety net that invites people to learn and grow.

Renee is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and an Equus Master Facilitator. She holds a master’s degree in counseling psychology and is an RN and a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT). Renee is also a Brené Brown Certified Daring Way and Dare to Lead Facilitator, and is a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF) and the International Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT).

Renee is an instructor and mentor coach at two coach training organizations – Martha Beck’s Wayfinder Life Coach training and the Center for Equus Coaching. Both of these courses are ICF accredited. The classes are online via Zoom. And the Equus Coach training includes several onsites where students learn and practice horsemanship and coaching skills.

Founded in 2010, Hope Reins is Kim’s heartfelt response to her childhood
marked by abuse and trauma. Seeking love amid familial
alcoholism, Kim found solace in her loyal horse, Country, sparking her
journey of hope and healing. Now, at the 38-acre Hope Reins ranch
in Raleigh, North Carolina, Kim’s team has empowered more than 3,000
children to discover hope and healing alongside 18 rescued horses, with
all services provided free of charge.

The ranch gained national attention in 2018 when volunteer Jennifer
Bleakley penned the best-selling book “Joey,” narrating Hope Reins’
origins and the transformative role played by its blind Appaloosa horse
in helping children heal.

Kim has been featured in various national publications including Focus
on the Family, and has been a guest on podcasts such as Nothing is
Wasted, Treasured Ministries, and Grace Enough. She recently appeared
on PBS’ Side by Side with Dr. Nido Qubein. In 2020, she received the
Triangle Business Journal’s Women in Business Award recognizing her
as a dynamic leader in business and community service. Kim lives in
Raleigh with her husband Michael, two kids, Chance and Isabel, and
three dogs.

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After concluding a fulfilling 30-year career in nursing in 2006, she and her husband, Steve, embarked on an adventurous journey beyond the borders of the USA, landing in the picturesque landscapes of Costa Rica. There, they undertook a remarkable transformation of a 26-acre dairy farm, which eventually blossomed into a beloved retreat center nestled at the foothills of the majestic Arenal Volcano.

In 2020, they passed on the stewardship of the retreat center to new owners and have settled back in Virginia, where she offers private equine-supported retreats and coaching at home and abroad.

She's facilitated transformative retreats since 2007 in Denmark, Costa Rica, the USA, Chile, Portugal, and Canada, continually striving to impart wisdom and inspire positive change while forging meaningful connections with hundreds of individuals and nurturing profound bonds with soulful horses.

Her passion for teaching has driven her to share insights and experiences at numerous conferences, wearing the hats of both a registered nurse and an equine practitioner. She has co-instructed the Eponaquest apprenticeship program across various corners of the world, including New Zealand, Australia, the USA, and Costa Rica.

Her book, Pony's Girl Parables, follows the journey of a teenage girl who seeks to understand her spiritual self. When Girl turns thirteen, she gets a pony and begins to feel her connection to everything. Over the course of Girl’s teenage years, she travels with Pony through the In-Between to the magical place called the Merkabah World. It’s in this vibrant, colorful world that different spiritual guides teach her valuable lessons that enable her to become the best version of herself.

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Sue has 40 years of equestrian experience in show jumping and eventing and has specialized in natural horsemanship for the past 25 years, successfully competing in many natural horsemanship shows. Currently, Sue works with horses and clients on the Gold Coast, Australia, and her vision is to see people trained to deliver the well-known and highly regarded Horses Helping Humans program across Australia and New Zealand. Sue lives by her motto; “There should never be any intimidation or fear in communication; there should only be mutual respect and trust”. Horses Helping Humans™ has received multiple community and business awards in conjunction with immense international media coverage.

Sue specializes in personality profiling and body language analysis. Her four horses represent a modern adaption of The Four Temperaments theoretical framework, and her unique work demonstrates how choleric, melancholy, sanguine, and phlegmatic personality types have their own conditioned responses when under pressure. ‘Horse whispering’ meets ‘people whispering’ within her innovative equine-assisted life coaching program that integrates interpersonal communication skills, body language, emotional intelligence, and personality types. Sue says she is “simply making each personality conscious of the body language that is hindering their communication”.

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Horses Who Heal: Spence, Sue: 9780648966005: Amazon.com: Books

*Horses Helping Humans Australia is not affiliated with the Horses Helping Humans Podcast

Psychologist, mentor, educator, and speaker. With over 35 years of professional experience, Paul T. Haefner, Ph.D. focuses his energy these days serving the equestrian community. In 1998 he founded Riding Far, LLC to provide a broad range of sport and performance psychology services for riders. He is passionate about learning and integrating knowledge and skills from a wide range of perspectives, academic disciplines, and worlds of human experience. In addition to 30+ years of experience as a teacher and psychotherapist, Dr. Haefner is a certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and a Neurolinguistic Programming Master practitioner. He has worked extensively with equestrians of all 
ages and disciplines and finds great joy in helping people create meaningful change in their lives and in their riding. 

In 2018 Dr, Haefner joined forces with his son and talented horse trainer, Justin Haefner. This exciting new partnership at Riding Far, LLC has expanded our offerings to include help for the horse as well as the human. Our synergistic focus on horse and rider together, and all the rich complexity of that system, has opened the door for transforming the experience of horses and riders in ways we never could when working separately. In addition to individual consultation, Dr, Haefner regularly presents seminars and workshops focused on overcoming obstacles in human-horse relationships and increasing heartfelt enjoyment of our life with horses.

Transformational Experiences for Equestrians and Horses - Riding Far LLC