HORSE, FIRST - with Lockie Phillips
Yes, but let's put the horse first!
Taking a clear, ethical stance on horsemanship without judgement.
We are observant, humble, clear eyed, regulated and deeply respectful of our equine partners.
This podcast is not:
- Not human self-help using horses as metaphors
- Not romantic liberty training mythology
- Not moral superiority
- Not training evangelism
This podcast is:
- Deep listening
- Thoughtful questioning
- Slowing down human narratives
- Allowing the horse to be the authority
Join Lockie Phillips, the horseman behind Emotional Horsemanship, as we explore the inner world of the horse, the human systems that impact horses and building functional, ethical partnerships with horses where the horse is the authority on correctness. Guests from all around the world plus solo episodes to build connections based on truth telling, community and the joy of the HORSE FIRST way of life.
Episodes
77 episodes
The Underground Railroad of Being Horse First (With Lori Halliday)
In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips sits down with long-time collaborator and now teaching team member, Lori Halliday.This conversation explores a shift happening quietly within horsemanship—a movement that is...
When Discernment Gets Called Judgment
In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips explores the growing tension between clear-eyed discernment and the way it’s often mislabeled as judgment when it challenges harmful norms in horse culture. When people name impact, ask hard quest...
The End of Aesthetic Horsemanship (With Alexa Linton)
In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips is joined by equine practitioner and The Whole Horse Podcast host, Alexa Linton.This is a conversation about where horsemanship is heading—and what we may need to leave be...
When the Tool Takes Up the Room
In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips explores how whips, crops, and training sticks can quietly shift the balance of a relationship, sometimes to the point that a horse’s ability to communicate back begins to disappear. Beyond the de...
Noticing What Your Vet Might Miss
In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips shares a personal story following a new diagnosis in his own horse, and the process that led there.This is not just a conversation about health. It’s about attention. About the qui...
When a Horse Learns You Will Listen
In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips explores the delicate moment when a horse begins to trust that their communication will be met with attention, not override. Beyond compliance and beyond silence, this is where real partnership st...
Horsemanship Must Evolve (with Leslie Desmond)
In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips is joined by horsewoman and author Leslie Desmond for a wide-ranging conversation about the evolution of horsemanship. Together they reflect on the major eras that have shaped how ...
When Anxiety Takes Up the Room
In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips explores a quieter form of dominance that often goes unnamed in horse culture: the way human anxiety, overthinking, and unresolved tension can fill the space around a horse, even in the absence of...
Who Is Taking Care of the Therapy Horse? (With Amanda Held)
In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips sits down with Amanda Held, a horsewoman working at the intersection of therapeutic horsemanship and horse behaviour. Drawing from years of experience in equine-assisted programs, Amanda ...
The Skill of Not Rushing
In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips explores why urgency runs so deep in horse culture, and why slowing down is often the most competent choice we can make. When speed gets mistaken for discipline, horses lose space to learn, commun...
The Cost of Ignoring the Body (with Becks Nairn)
In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips is joined by Becks Nairn, equine dissectionist, educator, and long-time advocate working across rescue, education, and welfare. Becks brings an anatomically grounded lens to questions of ...
Love Isn’t the Measure
In this episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips explores the uneasy but essential truth that good intentions don’t always prevent harm. Impact and blame are not the same thing, and horses need our clarity far more than our guilt. Together, we u...
Year of the Fire Horse (with Kat HoSoo Lee)
In this special episode of Horse First, Lockie Phillips is joined by Kat HoSoo Lee for a conversation on the Year of the Fire Horse. Together, they explore what it means to move through a season of intensity, transformation, and...
Noticing Normal
Noticing Normal is an episode about the quiet ways harm can hide inside routine, especially in horse culture, where “this is just how it’s done” can slowly replace curiosity. Lockie Phillips explores how familiarity dulls perception, how the ho...
Feels Like the End of Season 2
Bringing Season 2 to a soft closing with some thoughts about the year, state of the horse world as I see it, and some personal reflections about how much has changed. Explore all that we can offer you here:www.emot...
Feels Like Sharing Your Stories
The first step to permanent change for the better, is acceptance of the truth of what we currently have. And the truth is, the horse industry has a BIG problem with big violence, at every level, in many forms, in many disciplines and ever...
Feels Like the Future of Advocacy with Shelby Dennis
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Feels Like Emerging From a Cocoon with Susan Regina Glick
Connect with Susan on FB!https://www.facebook.com/susanregina.glick.3Join the EH School here: https://emotionalhorsemanship.com/the-eh-school
Feels Like Betrayal
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Feels like Robin
Enter Homecoming 3.0 here: https://emotionalhorsemanship.com/homecoming-3Thank you Robin for joining me! Get to know Robin here: https://www.facebook.com/robin.waugaman.7https://www.instagr...
Feels Like Sureño's Journey to Soundness
Exploring my horses soundness journey over the last three years and offering some key pieces of our puzzle, in case this helps anybody else who is dealing with chronic disease or lameness in a talented or high level horse. Support m...
Feels Like Mapping The Underworld with Shannon Beahen
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Feels Like a Raw First Draft with Emily Frost
Sign Up for Homecoming 3.0 ends on September 15th, come and join us! For a deep dive into the nuance of non-escalating pressure. Connect with Emily Frost here: https://www.kirosway.com/
