Equiteam’s Liz Daniels and Louise Gillings caught up with Equiteam Connected member Jen Craig to find out what sparked her fitness journey and how it has impacted her mindset. The trio discuss making sustainable lifestyle choices and why ice cream features every day in Jen’s menu with no intention of giving up! As Louise is preparing for a half marathon, Jen shares how the Equiteam Fit to Ride videos and plans have inspired her to kick-start her health journey and how she has noticed...

In this episode, EquiTeam’s Liz Daniels chats to Muireann O Toole Brennan Co Founder and Head of Media at Equitas about inspiring a generation. As Muireann sobbed her way to a riding lesson early on in life, scared to ride, little did she know that the sisters who owned the stables would change, shape and inspire her future both in and out of the saddle – her first experience of truly supportive women working together. With a career steeped in many equestrian experiences, Muireann...

Following a recent social media post, EquiTeam’s Liz Daniels is joined by equine and human physiotherapist Maeve Sheridan, creator of ‘Activate your Seat’ and EquiTeam member Carolyn Macdonald, previous podcast guest of ‘how getting fit and losing four stone changed my life’.   After talking about the rider/horse weight ratio at an educational day Maeve was inspired to weigh herself in her riding clothes whilst carrying her tack and was so surprised by the findings that she shared her...

At EquiTeam we love nothing more than chatting about confidence, and so this week’s guest is the perfect fit as we welcome confidence coach and sports psychologist Daisy Smith to the Listen with EquiTeam podcast. After suffering a crisis of confidence Daisy was able to draw on her own personal and professional experiences to help others, which led to the formation of How Very Horsey. Daisy has a very refreshing slant on ‘being brave’ as she shares her own story, and explains how a...

Love hacking for hours or see it as a means to an end? In this revisited episode Liz is joined by Lou & Liz to discuss everything and anything hacking related.  The changes to the Highway Code feature, as well as how to incorporate schooling exercises into your hacking, the importance of hacking with purpose and how Hi-Viz, once seriously uncool is now a necessity. Listen for free across all podcast platforms     

This week we are celebrating our second birthday and to mark this exciting occasion we invited our members to a podcast party. From creating horse poo truffles, feeling safe to have tricky conversations, supporting first-time horse owners, and our most memorable moments, the love for the EquiTeam community is clear for everyone to hear. Of course the who would you have for dinner question appeared, which saw the evening escalate quickly!! A heartfelt thank you to every single person...

Having been on every diet plan out there, Carolyn Macdonald shares how a change in mindset kickstarted her weight loss and fitness journey. After 40 years of being unhappy with her weight and suffering from a huge loss in confidence both on her horse Bobby and in her personal life Carolyn realised she had to make a change. Fast forward and she has lost an incredible 4.5 stone. In this episode she chats to Liz about her biggest achievement to date and the impact it has had on every area of...

This week Liz Daniels has her Confidence Coach's hat on to answer some of your confidence related questions. From competition nerves to learning to ride a new horse, knowing when to move up and when to consolidate or how to get back on after a nasty fall, Liz chats through the different ways you can build your confidence, recover from set backs and most of all enjoy spending time with your horse.  If you want to access any of the confidence related resources we mention in this episode head...

After a recent post in the EquiTeam Connected member’s group, Liz and Lou chat about the word ‘should’ and when it can be damaging.  ‘Should’ can be a really pressure-fuelled word as the duo chat about self-pressure, external pressure, and why the most important part of training is positive repetition. Remember that your journey is your own and should be taken at your own pace. Maybe the only thing you should be doing is having fun along the way.  

It's Female Health February so what better reason to revisit one of our most popular episodes from 2022. Can we be the last generation of women to suffer in silence when it comes to the peri-menopause and menopause? This was a question put to us by the wonderful Caroline Wilson as she shared her experience of peri-menopause with Liz Daniels and Liz Somerville from EquiTeam. For Caroline it all started around the age of 43 when for the first time in her life she rode down the centre line and...

EquiTeam’s Liz Daniels chats to Sarah Giddings about how her ingrained passion for horses inspired her to found The Stables Retail Consultancy in a bid to help other equestrian businesses. Juggling horses alongside school, college and a degree in Fashion Marketing, Sarah went on to work for some major high-street brands including Next, before following her heart to the equestrian industry. Now Sarah is passionate about helping equestrian brands to grow using a mixture of her retail...

Join EquiTeam as we celebrate 100 podcast episodes. Liz, Lou & Liz discuss the top three most downloaded episodes as well as share their own personal favourites. We aren't stopping here though, the team have lots of exciting plans for the show and would really appreciate your feedback on how we can make Listen with EquiTeam even bigger and better. We have put together a short survey and everyone that submits a response will be entered into a prize draw to win three months membership to...

Scottish Amateur Eventer, Jo Heaton, chats to EquiTeam’s Liz Daniels about Badminton 2023, and qualifying for 2024. Although Jo fully admits to feeling like she is winging it, she is certainly doing a very good job, juggling a busy home life, a business move and full time job around her competing. After watching Badminton on TV for many years and dreaming about riding there one day, Jo shares what it was like to canter through the famous lake and past Badminton House and her thoughts on...

In this week’s episode Liz Daniels chats to Jade Leahy, Author of award winning inclusive equestrian children’s books about the inspiration behind the books and special horses who stole her heart. As someone who has navigated additional challenges, Jade wanted to use the books, ‘Horses can roll but they can’t rollerskate’ and ‘Horses can do ballet’ to help others realise that they are not alone and to inspire them to discover what they can do, rather than focusing on what they can’t do. ...

As Horse Riding with Confidence Scotland approaches its 20th Birthday, EquiTeam’s Liz Daniels chats to confidence coach Jane Brindley about the changing landscape of mindset in horse riders and coaches. The pair take a little trip down memory lane to chat about how confidence is viewed and how mindset techniques have evolved. You can contact Jane at https://horseridingwithconfidencescotland.co.uk/ and follow her on Facebook and Instagram 

On this week’s podcast we meet Huggy the Shetland Pony, and owner Caeleigh, who are taking the work of therapy horses by storm, one hug at a time. As a horse owner and rider herself, Caeleigh had previously tried to keep the horses separate from her young son, Johnathan who has Cerebral Palsy, but after a physio encouraged her to allow Johnathan to be around the horses she couldn’t believe the difference in him physically and emotionally. Last year Caeleigh created Hugs of Argyll so that...

Or is it just a good opportunity to set yourself some goals?   Christmas has been and gone, the bells have rung in 2024 and the EquiTeam trio are back to chat about goal setting. Whether you look at New Year as an opportunity to start over or just another day, it is the one time of year when lots of us think about setting ourselves some new goals. In this episode we discuss how to get started with goal setting, how many goals to set and where to focus your energy, and some of the different...

This week Liz, Lou & Liz are back with a fun filled, relaxed Christmas episode. Sprouts… yes or no? Christmas traditions, real or fake trees plus the best bits of confidence advice we have heard this year.   Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas and we’ll see you on the other side!

Today’s podcast with Kate Osmaston blew our brains (no pun intended), as we discover more about Brainworking Recursive Therapy. Kate became a Brain Working Recursive Therapy Advanced Practitioner after discovering the permanent life-changing benefits of it for herself. In line with current ground-breaking thinking about neuroscience, Kate brilliantly explains how BWRT works at a subconscious level and can be used for lots of different life challenges, both on and off the horse. Unlike...

This week we are back in the Vet’s Corner with Hugh Somerville from Loch Leven Equine Practice chatting about joint medications. Done on a very regular basis in equine practice to help our horses maintain athletic function and manage them as they get into their golden years, but often misunderstood especially on some of the social media platforms! Liz and Hugh discuss how equine vets will go about diagnosing joint problems and what drugs are used to medicate the different joints. They...

When we saw Christa Dillon’s brilliant article on being a neurodivergent equestrian, published by the Irish Field, we knew we wanted to invite her to the Listen with EquiTeam podcast. The statistics say that 15-20% of the world’s population is neurodiverse (although likely to be higher) – but what does it mean to be neurodiverse, how do you know if you are neurodivese and what support is available? Christa, an equestrian coach, rider and sports horse producer shares her own personal...

It’s November and yes we are talking about Christmas, or more specifically EquiTeam’s Christmas Advent Calendar, which this year is back, bigger and better than ever! Liz, Lou and Liz get together to share some of their exciting plans for this year’s calendar which already has over £1200 of amazing prizes to be won plus content, top tips and fun from some of our top professionals. Running throughout December all you have to do to take part and be in with a chance of winning our epic prizes...

On Anti-Bullying Week (13-17th November 2023) we chat to Mental Health Coach and Riders Minds Consultant, Sylvia Bruce about the sensitive topic that is bullying. Most equestrians have experienced or witnessed bullying within the industry, but it is not something that people like to talk about and still makes people feel uncomfortable. But what exactly is bullying, and what is it not? Bullying has a huge impact on mental health and well-being and in this episode Sylvia shares an...

When functional nutritionist, entrepreneur, and author of Hungry Woman: Eating for good health, happiness and hormones, was our guest on a previous EquiTeam podcast the response we had was unchartered. Her pragmatic, yet achievable approach of making small changes to invest in your mind and body for better sleep, mental health and hormone balance resonated with the EquiTeam Connected group as we all went off to buy magnesium, Omega 3, and copies of her book. But a month down the line,...

In this week’s humbling episode Liz Daniels chats to Jennie Sharpe about the journey that led her to being shortlisted for the Inspiration Category of the FEI Awards 2023. In 2018 Jennie suffered a spinal injury, which led to life changing challenges, and an on-going battle with her mental health, resulting in an attempt to take her own life. But less than 12 months later Jennie has ticked some amazing achievements off her bucket list, ridden and went double clear on the Global...