Hey! I’m Jessica, the heart behind Reconciliation Horsemanship!
I grew up on a small farm baling hay, swimming in the creek, and quickly learned to fit into corporate America to make a living. I’ve been riding horses since I was old enough to hold the reins, my parents raising Morgan horses before I came along. As they learned lessons along the way in their journey of breeding Morgan horses and the consequent training, so did I. I grew up trail riding on the back of TWH’s and Morgans, shortly thereafter learning from every breed in between! I’ve spent years in multiple disciplines including Hunter Jumper/Pony Club, Classical Dressage, Reining, CMSA, Colt Starting and Problem Solving, Teaching low level English/HJ lessons and basic western lessons. Along the way, I’ve had several instructors and some good mentors in my own horsemanship journey whose advice is still prevalent today.

This page is part business, part blog. In my blog you’ll find as I began to dig into and rediscover what it is that makes ME a horsewoman, I’ve become very selective in who and what I want to learn from for my own horses. My hope is that selectiveness will help you out as well! To honor the horse, nurture connection without codependency, reflect the Ultimate Horseman Jesus Christ, and bring horses and their humans together are the end goals.

RH was born out of a desire to help humans and their horses, especially helping humans find their best horsematch! This isn’t another method, training page, or “new idea” for the horse world. We do things a little differently around here 😉

Why do I do what I do?
“More than a Matchmaker”
For me, it truly isn’t about the money. If I could do it for free, I would! And I frequently used to! But gas money is a little more expensive these days. My passion is and always will be “problem horses.” The ones that have been through multiple owners, tossed about, been told through various “methods” and devices to put up, shut up, and shut down, and now they’re so grieved they’re dangerous. But those horses didn’t start out that way. Over the years of working specifically with these horses, I found in many, it started somewhere along the lines of the horse ending up with a human that either didn’t have the knowledge to help the horse grow from their existing state of training, or they didn’t match well in other areas, and it spiraled from there. This wasn’t the case every time, but it certainly was too often to not notice. Out of this bloomed a desire to help horses and humans find the right fit for each other based on needs, personality type, experience, hopes and goals. So life can be FUN for both horse and human! We’ve got enough stress in life as it is, why should a mismatch in equine partners or a problem we don’t know how to address add to that?