Giving Horses a Voice
by Sharon Wilsie
Giving Horses a Voice With Sharon Wilsie 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 t
Episodes
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Episode 11: The Meaning of the Front Foot — Understanding “I Want” in the Horse
What does it really mean when a horse paws with their front foot? In this episode, we step out of training systems and into something more fundamental—how horses communicate from an ecological, horse-to-horse perspective. The front foot gesture—often seen as pawing, reaching, or striking—is not...
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Using the Lead Rope to Help Your Horse Find Balance
In this episode of Giving Horses a Voice, Sharon Wilsie explores a simple but powerful idea: the lead rope is not just a tool for getting from point A to point B—it is a line of communication that can help your horse find balance, clarity, and confidence. Sharon explains how the way we hold...
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Spring Grass, Seasonal Change, and the Horse’s “Gobble Instinct”
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...
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The Missing Piece in the Horse-Human Connection
What if you’re not learning something new… but remembering something you’ve always known? In this episode of the Giving Horses a Voice - Horse Speak series, Sharon Wilsie explores the deeper truth behind horse–human communication—revealing that Horse Speak isn’t a special gift, but a natural...
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What is Horse Speak®—and how horses actually communicate
In this episode, Sharon Wilsie answers a common question: Is Horse Speak® the same as animal communication or telepathy? The answer is no. Horse Speak® is not about psychic or telepathic connection—it is a system of observing and understanding the horse’s physical, nonverbal language, especially...
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The Discovery of Patterns: How Horses Communicate in Repeating Messages.
In Episode 6 of Giving Horses a Voice, Sharon Wilsie takes us into the early discovery phase of Horse Speak®—where observation became language. What began as simple curiosity evolved into a structured process of cataloging the horse’s communication system. Sharon shares how she began to recognize...
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What is the difference between behavior and language?
Giving Horses a Voice with Sharon Wilsie – Episode 5 What is the difference between behavior and language? In this episode, Sharon Wilsie explores the difference between behavior and language in horses. While observing an elder rescue horse named Old Ed, Sharon began to notice recurring patterns…
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How do Horses say, “Hello?”
In this episode of Giving Horses a Voice, Sharon Wilsie explores how horses greet each other — and how we can learn to greet them in a way they understand. Horses gather information through bio-rhythms, posture, breath, and subtle gestures. As prey animals, they are constantly reading their...
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What is - and what is not - leadership in relationship to horses?
In Episode 3 of Giving Horses a Voice, Sharon Wilsie explores what leadership truly is — and what it is not — in relationship to horses. For years, the industry has taught humans to use big energy to create compliance. But the horse moving others with force isn’t the leader — that horse is often...
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What is Zero?
The word "Zero" comes from work with the neurodivergent community. It describes an internal state of regulation and resiliency — the place inside us where we can pause, process, and choose our response. From Zero, we can truly hear horses. Horses are prey animals. Their instinct is to move away...
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Who is Sharon Wilsie?
In this first episode of Giving Horses a Voice, Sharon Wilsie shares the origin story behind her work with equine body language — and the turning point that changed everything. Sharon explains how years of working with neurodivergent students and rescue horses led her to notice something most...
About this show
Giving Horses a Voice
With Sharon Wilsie
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 t
Hosted by
Sharon Wilsie