Until You Walk
The Path, You Won’t Know Where it Goes is hosting Program Director
and Therapeutic Horsemanship Instructor, Christine O"Connell on
December 5, 2013 at 1 pm eastern. We will be talking about how
Charity Hill's Equine Therapy program helps veterans cope with the
physical and emotional challenges of war. Charity Hill Ranch will be
the site of the upcoming documentary, Horses and Heroes.
Christine
is the CEO of Mid-Michigan Equestrian Center, dba Charity Hill Ranch.
She moved the ten-year-old Mid-Michigan Equestrian Center from down
state to the Rapid City, Michigan location in 2010. Christine comes
with the unique perspective of having a child who sustained a severe
closed head injury at a very young age and started the therapeutic
riding center for her daughter’s benefit and others. To accomplish
this, she became a Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor through
the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NAHRA),
now known as Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship
International (PATH) and is a Certified Brain Injury Specialist.
Charity Hill Ranch is a PATH Premier Accredited Center.
Christine
studied Business Administration at Baker College and received special
training while employed at Peckham Industries, a training and
employment facility for the physically, mentally and emotionally
impaired. She was a Clinton County 4-H Horse Program Leader for six
years and Coached the MIHA St. Johns Middle School Equestrian Team
and the MIHA Kalkaska Home School Equestrian Team. She is also a
member of the Michigan Trail Riders Association and Home School Legal
Defense Association.
Christine
O'Connell is a PATH International Certified Instructor of 10 Years,
and specializes in Traumaic Brain Injury as well as a Certified Brain
Injury Specialist. Together with Sarah Wilson, who is a Mental Health
Specialist with Degree in Psychology and Education, they provide
programs and services where “Love in Action” enables individual
growth and achievement for people who have physical and emotional
trauma.
Charity
Hill Ranch is a proud Member of Professional Association of
Therapeutic Horsemanship International. It
is also e a member of Horses for Heroes Inc. Based in Las Vegas and
founded in 2006, their mission is to make horseback riding affordable
for, and accessible to militay personnel, veterans, First Responders,
and their families. Mid-Michigan Equestrian Center, Inc, which is
located at Charity Hill Ranch, is a non-profit 501(c) (3) corporation
which believes that riding and caring for horses profoundly affects
the lives of people with disabilities and enables them to live a more
fulfilling and complete life.
Horses
and Heroes combines the concepts
a talk show with that of a documentary. It will utilize both
interviews and practical demonstrations of horse therapy to give the
audience a full understanding of how and why working with the horses
help veterans heal. It will combine the spontaneity of a talk show
with the informational aspects of a documentary. It will
create a greater awareness
of Animal Assisted Therapy for
civilians, military personnel, veterans, and their families. The
goal is to create an understanding of how and why the therapy
works, thereby giving those suffering from PTSD another therapeutic
option.
Charity
Hill Website
Tune into
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theresachaze
on December 5, 2013 at 1 pm eastern to to learn more about Equine
Therapy and how it offers an alternative healing to those who have
experienced physical and emotional trauma. The phone lines and chat
will be available for those who wish to ask questions. The phone
number is (347) 838-9927.
The interview
will be available in the archives at
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theresachaze/2013/12/05/until-you-walk-the-path-you-wont-know-where-it
Horses
and Heroes
By
Theresa
Chaze
The
planes and ships brought me back, but my soul was left behind.
No
words could cure.
No
arms could comfort.
No
loved one could help me heal.
Who
I was had splintered away.
I
was a memory almost forgotten.
I
walked from hell looking home, but I couldn't find the way.
No
way back.
No
way forward.
I
was lost in the land of despair.
They
wanted me to be who I was.
That
person didn't live anymore
Across
the field not far away, stood one who saw my wounds.
She
did not speak.
She
needed no words.
Yet
she comforted my wounded soul.
She
helped me see past the fear and the pain.
I
found the path that led me home.
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