by Kathy Taylor | Apr 7, 2023 | 21 Days of Taking Up Space
It used to be that when I was by myself I was as confident as they came. I believed in and trusted myself. I knew the right things to say and I could feel myself acting in healthy ways even in sticky situations. But it rarely turned out the way I’d imagined. I...
by Kathy Taylor | Apr 4, 2023 | 21 Days of Taking Up Space
I have a friend here visiting. She was going through a rough time and she took me up on my offer to come down and take a break from it all. I was excited when she finally arrived and I was looking forward to us playing with my horses and exploring healing from an...
by Kathy Taylor | Mar 31, 2023 | 21 Days of Taking Up Space
I was home from college and the “Freshman 15” I’d put on was still sticking around. I heard my mom and my aunt in the kitchen talking and the subject of my weight gain came up. This was already a sore spot for me. As a swimmer in high school and I was *hungry* when I...
by Kathy Taylor | Mar 27, 2023 | 21 Days of Taking Up Space
He was only 7 hands, about 28 inches, at the withers, but that was the only thing small about him. Rooster had a personality big enough to fill a Clydesdale. I’ve learned valuable lessons from all my horses, but Rooster taught me some of the biggest. He arrived with...
by Kathy Taylor | Mar 24, 2023 | 21 Days of Taking Up Space
Summers in college, I worked on a small, quiet guest ranch in Estes Park,Colorado. The work was very physical with long hours, but I loved it. It doesn’t get much better than getting paid to ride a horse in beautiful country! On a typical day we’d spend as much as 6...
by Kathy Taylor | Mar 20, 2023 | 21 Days of Taking Up Space
When a Honey Bear container is full, the honey fills every little hair, every bit of nose and ear. We’ve all been allotted an amount of space to occupy in this life. Our challenge is to learn how to take up this space in every moment. All of it. No more. No less. ...
