What if your horse isn’t being difficult…What if they’re trying to speak? Giving Horses a Voice is a podcast for horse owners, trainers, therapists, and seekers who suspect there’s more happening beneath behavior — and want to understand it clearly, practically, and without mysticism or gimmicks. Hosted by Sharon Wilsie, author of the Horse Speak book series and founder of the READI® framework (Regulated Equine Atonement for Dynamic Interaction), this podcast explores the missing link between traditional training and true relational communication. Sharon shares: • How horses actually communicate through micro-gestures • What regulation really means (and how to recognize it) • Why “feel” isn’t magic — it’s observable • How maternal care messages shape equine safety • What happens when humans learn to slow down enough to see This isn’t about whispering. It’s not about dominance. It’s not about anthropomorphism. It’s about learning to observe what has always been there. With over a decade of field research, international clinics, neurobiological study including HRV research, and thousands of horses observed, Sharon brings both grounded science and lived experience to conversations that feel intimate, honest, and practical. Each episode invites you to: • Question what you’ve been taught • Trust what you’ve sensed • And reclaim your own lived experience with your horse You don’t need to believe anything. Just be willing to look. Because when we give horses a voice, we often find our own.
Curated by: Sharon Wilsie (14 videos)
In this episode of Giving Horses a Voice, Sharon Wilsie talks about one of spring’s biggest horse topics: grass. Spring brings more than greener fields. Horses are also experiencing changes in coat, hormones, light, visibility, footing, and metabolism—all of which can affect mood, movement, and behavior. Sharon explains why fresh grass can create such urgency for horses and why that response is often rooted in biology, not bad behavior. Through the lens of Horse Speak, Sharon shares practical ways to work with your horse around grass while improving communication, timing, balance, and regulation. This episode offers a fresh perspective on spring challenges and shows how even grass season can become an opportunity to strengthen connection and understanding. www.horsespeakacademy.com #HorseSpeak #HorseBehavior #HorseTraining #EquineTraining #HorseCommunication #SpringHorses #HorseGrass #GrazingHorse #HorseCare #EquineEducation #HorseTips #HorsePodcast #HorseSpeakAcademy #HorseLearning #HorseNervousSystem #HorseHandling #HorseOwners #EquestrianLife #HorseTrainingAdvice #GivingHorsesAVoice #SharonWilsie