Transforming Lives through Horses


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When Niamh Harney started Equine Centred Services in Ireland two years ago, she didn't think she'd end up where she is.

"I thought it would be easy because I loved the work," she tells RTE.

But "there's times where you're stuck, filling out forms or doing accounts or giving a presentation or those things that aren't your strong points, and you can't move forward.

If I hadn't had someone to reach out to for a bit of support when I hit those blocks, this business never would have happened."

That support came in the form of one-to-one mentoring, and Harney says if she could give one piece of advice, "I would say: Reach out for support sooner! I never even knew I needed the support sooner."

Harney and business partner M ? ire Kennedy use horses as a way to help people deal with issues such as anxiety, depression, and PTSD.

"People really experience themselves in their body," Harney says.

"As they calm, the horses calm.

The actual experience of what's going on, that brings what's really going on for me."

Kennedy adds: "Clients come out of the arena knowing, 'This is Read the Entire Article


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