A unique podcast solely dedicated to the natural horse. The information covered in each episode is based on thousands of success cases using natural health care, practical wisdom, and science. Learn what horses need to live their best lives – body, mind, and spirit – and how diet, nutritional therapy, natural remedies, and holistic horse-keeping can work for your horse on all levels. Listen in to equip yourself with the knowledge you need to make informed decisions for your horse’s health with less stress, overwhelm, and confusion.
Healing Horses with Elisha
Claim This Podcastby Elisha Edwards
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A unique podcast solely dedicated to the natural horse. The information covered in each episode is based on thousands of success cases using natural health care, practical wisdom, and science. Learn what horses need to live their best lives – body, mind, and spirit – and how diet, nutritional therapy, natural remedies, and holistic horse-keeping can work for your horse on all levels. Listen in to equip yourself with the knowledge you need to make informed decisions for your horse’s health with less stress, overwhelm, and confusion.
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March 3, 2026
103: When Traditional Care Wasn't Enough: Trish & Teddy's Story
<p>I’m delighted to have Trish Collins, owner of a 30-year-old mare called Teddy, joining me today to discuss the challenges of supporting a senior horse. We unpack the dietary changes and behavioral quirks of a senior horse and discuss the value of natural nutrition, homeopathic remedies, and holistic care.</p><p><strong>Changing Appetites</strong></p><p>Senior horses like Teddy often change their preferences or skip meals. Trish learned to stay flexible, offering alternatives and listening to Teddy’s cues rather than forcing a rigid feeding schedule. Even at 30, Teddy now displays curiosity, an enthusiasm for food, and she engages with her environment. Trish noticed how she regained her energy, playfulness, and mental sharpness after implementing a tailored nutrition and care plan.</p><p><strong>Nutrition</strong></p><p>A consistent, nutrient-rich diet is essential for senior horses. Proper nutrition supports appetite, digestion, weight maintenance, and overall vitality, even in horses with health issues or on medications.</p><p><strong>Observing and Responding</strong></p><p>Trish developed confidence by watching Teddy closely, noting her likes, dislikes, and reactions. This observation has guided adjustments in feed, supplements, and care routines, empowering Trish to make informed decisions.</p><p><strong>Natural and Complementary Approaches</strong></p><p>Homeopathic remedies and medicinal plants are important for supporting Teddy’s appetite and vitality. Natural options can complement standard care, especially when conventional solutions are limited.</p><p><strong>Consistency and Patience</strong></p><p>Teddy’s progress did not come from one dramatic change. It came from Trish’s steady and consistent changes, made after observing Teddy closely and implementing thoughtful adjustments. Nothing was rushed. Trish learned that improvement often occur quietly and gradually, not all at once. Staying patient, sticking with the plan, and allowing Teddy the time she needed proved far more powerful than constantly changing course.</p><p><strong>A Stress-Free Environment</strong></p><p>Stress-free environments are crucial for senior horses to thrive. Allowing Teddy to roam freely and move on her own terms improved her appetite, mood, and overall quality of life.</p><p><strong>Preventative Strategies</strong></p><p>The strategies Trish used with Teddy also serve as a model for younger horses. Paying close attention to their diet, movement, and health early on helps to prevent any future challenges and sets them up for longevity.</p><p><strong>Emotional and Owner Insights</strong></p><p>Trish found that supporting her own horse felt far more emotional and overwhelming than helping clients with theirs. She learned that staying observant, trusting what she was seeing, and allowing room to adjust the plan helped to calm her anxiety.</p><p>Trish’s confidence did not come from having all the answers. It came from paying attention, staying flexible, and consistently moving forward.</p><p><strong>Links and resources:</strong></p><p>Connect with Elisha Edwards on her <a href="https://elishaedwards.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website.</a></p><p><a href="https://elishaedwards.com/free-master-class/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Masterclass: How to Trust Your Horse Instincts with Confidence (even when everyone else disagrees)</a></p>
February 24, 2026
102: What Your Horse's Body Is ACTUALLY Trying to Tell You
<p>Over the last few episodes, we’ve explored topics related to mindset, how we approach our horse’s health, what we notice, and how to interpret what we see.</p><p>This week, I help you understand what your horse’s body is actually telling you, and, more importantly, how to recognise those signals with clarity and confidence.</p><p><strong>You Know More Than You Think</strong></p><p>You’ve accumulated years of data from observing your horse directly. Every time you pick up their feet, watch them move, notice shifts in their energy, skin, coat, eyes, or behavior, you’ve been learning. The problem is that you don’t trust what you’re noticing. Your horse’s body is dynamic, and its chemistry is changing every millisecond, so you need to bring the power back to yourself.</p><p><strong>Why We Doubt Ourselves</strong></p><p>Self-doubt usually comes from three patterns. First, we treat our observations as less valid than measurable data, even though lab tests are only snapshots of a moment in time. Second, we confuse observation with diagnosis, jumping from “stiff today” to catastrophic conclusions without enough information. Third, we minimize what we see because we are afraid of what it might mean—both overreaction and avoidance block clear decision-making.</p><p><strong>Structure</strong></p><p>Structure includes posture, muscle development, hoof quality, coat condition, body composition, and movement patterns. Those are visible and measurable expressions of deeper processes. Structural changes are often a result of diet, stress, movement-related issues, environmental issues, toxicity, and time. A dull coat, dropped topline, or poor hoof quality reflects what has been happening internally over weeks, months, or longer.</p><p><strong>Function</strong></p><p>Function is how the horse moves through the world. It includes energy levels, behavior, digestion, respiratory patterns, appetite, and emotional expression. Functional shifts usually occur before structural breakdown. Subtle changes in manure quality, food aggression, pacing, anxiety, coughing, or stiffness are often early signals. Addressing those signs early prevents bigger problems later.</p><p><strong>Connection</strong></p><p>Connection reflects emotional well-being, trust, and a sense of safety. Changes in willingness, engagement, affection, or reactivity may signal physical discomfort or unmet needs. Health challenges such as chronic pain or metabolic issues can alter a horse’s emotional state. A shift in connection may indicate a hidden health issue.</p><p><strong>From Observation to Understanding</strong></p><p>Clear thinking requires separating observation from interpretation. An observation is specific and descriptive. A diagnosis requires evidence. Patterns matter more than single moments. When did it start? What makes it better or worse? Is it constant or intermittent? Patterns reveal root causes and guide informed action.</p><p><strong>The Whole Horse Perspective</strong></p><p>Every symptom exists within a system. Stiffness may be related to limited movement, cold weather, circulation, trimming, or management practices. Digestive changes may be due to stress, diet, or environmental factors. Viewing the whole horse allows you to respond thoughtfully rather than react fearfully.</p><p><strong>Framework Builds Confidence</strong></p><p>Observation without structure leads to anxiety. Observation within a framework leads to clarity. When you record patterns, make thoughtful adjustments, and monitor outcomes, your confidence grows naturally. You begin making decisions based on knowledge instead of fear.</p><p><strong>Knowledge and Action Work Together</strong></p><p>Understanding how the horse’s body systems connect strengthens your decision-making. You do not need perfect certainty before taking action. Thoughtful changes, followed by observation, build experience and trust in your own judgment.</p><p><strong>Community Reduces Isolation</strong></p><p>Health...
February 17, 2026
101: The Three Things Standing Between Your Horse and Their Health
<p>We're getting uncomfortably honest today.</p><p>In this episode, I continue the conversation I began early in January, to support you with invaluable mindset and perspective shifts, and the knowledge to empower yourself to make the best decisions for your horse, to get the best outcomes with their health and your relationship with them throughout 2026, the year of the Fire Horse.</p><p><strong>Invisible Walls</strong></p><p>Many dedicated owners are following protocols, investing in care, researching, and trying every recommended solution, yet true wellness still feels just out of reach. That is often not due to a lack of effort, but invisible internal walls that unintentionally block any progress. Those walls are built from habit, fear, and misplaced trust in external systems, rather than relying on direct feedback from the horse. Once you see them, meaningful change begins to happen. You can’t change what you can’t see. But once the patterns become visible, everything can shift.</p><p><strong>Wall #1: Prioritizing Being Right Over Being Responsive</strong></p><p>Conventional wisdom often overrides individual feedback. Feeding charts, supplement labels, trimming schedules, and doing “what everyone does” can become more important than what your horse is showing you. Textbook health is based on averages and generalizations, whereas your horse’s health is based on its unique metabolism, stress response, digestion, genetics, and environment.</p><p><strong>Standardized Models</strong></p><p>No research paper applies universally to every horse. Horses living in the same herd, on the same feed, and in the same environment, will still show completely different imbalances and needs. When we force them into standardized models, we risk damaging their health trying to make them fit systems that were never designed for them.</p><p>Real progress begins when feedback takes precedence over protocol.</p><p><strong>Textbook Health</strong></p><p>Textbook health is theoretical and based on statistical significance. It gets repeated as a universal truth. Individual health is dynamic and constantly changing. Your horse doesn’t care about recommended feeding charts or daily minimums. It cares about what its body needs today.</p><p>True responsiveness means asking: Is this actually improving observable wellness? If not, it’s not working. no matter how good the reviews are.</p><p><strong>Wall #2: Fear Disguised as Control</strong></p><p>Over-management often stems from anxiety. Restricting turnout to prevent injury, limiting forage to control weight, isolating horses for safety, and excessive blanketing to prevent cold can create the fragility they were meant to prevent.</p><p><strong>Fear-based Management</strong></p><p>Horses are designed to move, graze, socially regulate, and adapt to weather. When those natural systems are suppressed, metabolic dysfunction, ulcers, behavioral issues, weakened hooves, and chronic stress can follow. Fear-based management creates systems that require even more management.</p><p>Allowing horses live more naturally builds resilience. Micromanagement builds dependence.</p><p><strong>Control = Anxiety</strong></p><p>Control is often anxiety projected onto the horse’s body. A powerful shift occurs when the question changes from “How do I prevent every possible problem?” to “What does my horse need to become more resilient?”</p><p><strong>Wall #3: Trusting Protocols More Than Feedback</strong></p><p>Supplements, feeding systems, and management routines are tools, not guarantees. When supplements or medications continue for months without any noticeable improvement, when balanced feeds do not result in better coats or stronger hooves, when calming supplements replace environmental or training changes, it means protocol has replaced feedback.</p><p><strong>Supplements</strong></p><p>Supplements should function as feedback tools, not permanent fixes. Management should serve the horse’s biology, not the owner’s...
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