Mare-o-Pausal
Horsey life, midlife and everything in between
For women who happen to ride horses, happen to be getting older, and happen to have considerably more going on than either of those things. We are doing our best to keep our bodies, horses and lives vaguely under control. This is who we are. This is how we see life.
Welcome to the Mare-o-Pausal community
Some days we are sensible.
Some days we are absolutely not.
There are horses, menopause, ageing, adventures, ridiculous plans, things we have learned the hard way and things we probably should have thought about before doing them.
And that is the point.
Mare-o-Pausal is not about reducing women to their hormones or their horses. It’s about everything else too.
Here is some of the stuff we are currently getting up to. Come and join in.
What is happening at Mare-o-Pausal?
Ageing Riders: Wrinkles, Whinnies, And Wondering WTF?
You really know you are an ageing equestrian when mounting the horse feels like a full CrossFit workout. Remember when we used to just spring into the saddle?
Boing!
Now it’s like: left foot in stirrup … ooo nearly … left foot in the stirrup … fcuk! … almost got it that time. Left foot in the stirrup. YES! Result!
Reflections of an Upside-Down Equestrian
You know when you are tired and take a star-shaped nap on the geotextile of the unfinished outdoor school? I did that today. When I woke up, I thought, “Well, while I’m down here, I might as well find out if I can put my feet over my head.”
I can.
It went something like this …
Pluck Yourself Out Of Headless Chicken Syndrome – 4 Practical Tips
Please STOP!
I want to kidnap you and force you to learn to calm down. Just chill, dude.
There is a remarkably stupid tendency humans and other primates, horses, dogs, and most fowl share.
Emotional Contagion.
If everyone else is running about like the proverbial headless chicken, then given enough time, you will do the same. Talk about being easily led.
Let me give you an example …
What else goes on around here?
Mare-o-pausal is not a menopause blog and it is not a horse blog with menopause sprinkled over it. It is a place for women with horses who have whole, messy, funny lives. There is no particular order to any of it. Life is like that.
