Alison LincolnMay 19What can I feed my horse for more oomph?In order to answer the question, what can I feed my horse to give them more oomph, I’m afraid we need to do a quick recap on how the...
Alison LincolnFeb 11Authentic Leadership - what is it? How does it apply to horse sports?“There is a higher level of riding and looking after horses. That sort of thing is about horsemanship and it’s higher than being simply a...
Alison LincolnDec 1, 2021Dealing with emotions“Ditch the emotion - by learning to remove emotion from my riding I’ve been able to see things and act much more objectively. In turn...
Alison LincolnNov 2, 2021Overtraining Syndrome - what is it?“Overtraining syndrome is a significant problem in the equine athlete with striking similarities to the syndrome in humans” McGowan &...
Alison LincolnJul 27, 2021Preview of new book cover!Very exciting preview of the cover for my new book due out Feb 2022 including a lovely review from Christopher Bartle.
Alison LincolnJun 25, 2021Be Your Own Equine Sports CoachEquine Sports Coaching was published in 2008 and now (thanks to Covid) I've finally got round to writing the follow up. Here's a sneak...
Alison LincolnApr 17, 2021Wise words from ...I read a lot of books and two that I currently have on the go are Horses came first, second and last by American Eventing Team Coach Jack...
Alison LincolnFeb 3, 2021Developing resilience by thinking differentlyHow resilient are you? How well do you react to unexpected challenges and conflicts? In general, it’s not the hard times we face that...
Alison LincolnJan 3, 2021FEAR as a stepping stone to FLOWFlow or “being in the zone” is an optimal state of consciousness, a peak state where we’re able to perform as the best version of...
Alison LincolnDec 9, 2020Helping horses learnCalm first Learning and memory are state dependent. What this means is that the emotional or physiological state of the horse will...
Alison LincolnNov 3, 2020Goal Setting - the good, the bad, the alternative?“In the measurement world you set a goal and strive for it. In the universe of possibility you set the context and let life unfold.”...
Alison LincolnSep 4, 2020Motivation - you can be too committed for your own good!"How committed do you have to be in order to be an Olympic Champion? Most people would say 10/10 but in reality it is 8 or 9/10 because...
Alison LincolnAug 14, 2020Analysing Your Show Jumping PerformanceObservation is the most common method we, as riders, use to analyse our competition performance. However, studies have shown that...
Alison LincolnAug 11, 2020What Type Of Coach Are you?Usually when asked this question my first, rather flippant, response is that I didn’t know coaches had a type. My second, equally...
Alison LincolnAug 9, 2020Dressage Performance AnalysisAs a dressage rider it can feel, at times, that you have very little control over the marks awarded for your test. Of course, to some...
Alison LincolnAug 1, 2020What the science says about ... Weight lossThere’s a lot written about the most effective ways to lose weight, some of it is backed up by science and some not so much. Here are the...
Alison LincolnJul 27, 2020Live healthily to 100 - lessons from the Blue ZonesI don’t know about you but I’m planning to live to 100, strange goal I know and subject to all sorts of things outside of my control....
Alison LincolnJul 23, 20203 realists walk into a conference centre ...Except they don’t because we’re in the middle of a pandemic! But, for argument’s sake, let’s assume they’re wearing full PPE and are...
Alison LincolnJul 20, 2020Think Like An AstronautIn 2017, NASA received 18,300 applications for its’ Astronaut Selection board - only 12 were picked. As of May 2020, NASA has 48 active...
Alison LincolnJul 17, 2020Treat emotions like mental weather“See thoughts and emotions as mental weather, as things that happen to us and with which we can co-exist in peace.” Oliver Burkeman, The...