Happiness isn’t always found in stillness. Sometimes it reveals itself only once we’re willing to move.

In this episode of The Self-Made Happyaire, I take you out to the pasture to explore one of the most powerful lessons horses offer us as we approach the Year of the Fire Horse. Horses regulate, communicate, and make sense of the world through movement and momentum. They move first, discern while moving, and return to center once the energy has resolved.

Drawing from horse behavior, embodiment, and Chinese Horse and Fire Horse energy, this episode explores how courage, clarity, play, truth, and regulation often require motion rather than quiet contemplation. Fire Horse energy amplifies vitality, momentum, and visibility, asking us to stay embodied, grounded, and honest as life speeds up.

This is an invitation to tune into happiness not just as a feeling, but as a frequency that sometimes comes alive through action.

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I consume the news every day.

And every day, it sets my nervous system on fire.

In this episode of The Self-Made Happyaire, I explore something many of us feel but rarely say out loud: the guilt that creeps in when we experience happiness during times of crisis or grief.

From the pasture, alongside a resting herd of horses, I talk about why happiness is not denial, not disrespect, and not a moral failure even in a crisis. It’s a regulatory state. A stabilizer. A form of nervous system maintenance.

Drawing on neuroscience, nature, and the quiet wisdom of horses, we explore how joy and grief are not opposites, how rest makes compassion possible, and why you are allowed to soften even when the world feels heavy.

If you’ve ever caught yourself thinking, “How can I be happy when so much is wrong?”

This episode is for you.

Stay in the pasture as long as you’d like.

What if “try” isn’t the problem… but the doorway?

In this episode, I take you into a quiet round pen in the Flint Hills of Kansas, where a gray mare is learning to carry a rider for the very first time. What unfolds there is a powerful lesson about willingness, curiosity, and how real change actually happens.

We’ve been told that try is a cop-out. That it’s weak. That it’s not enough. But horses know better. Try is where trust lives. It’s where learning begins. And it’s often the missing ingredient between resistance and ease.

In this episode, I explore the difference between reacting and responding, how our early conditioning shapes the way we handle feedback and change, and why building on “almost right” can lead to resilience, confidence, and joy. Whether you’re leading a business, learning something new, or simply trying to tune into your own happiness, this episode invites you to soften, get curious, and give yourself permission to build a ton of try.