Mindhop Blog

In a world obsessed with metrics and milestones, it's easy to fall into the trap of equating success with happiness. We're bombarded with images of smiling faces a top beautiful mountain peaks. Leading us to believe that once we reach that summit of achievement, weather thats riding bridleless and bareback on the beach, Winning a dressage test or finally getting the right canter lead consistently all our problems will magically disappear. But here's the kicker – success, as s

To be honest, up to even a few years ago, if someone asked me about goals I would have done an internal eye roll.  I'd come from a corporate world of Goal and Target overload. Setting SMART goals and measuring everything.  I found them restrictive, dull and quite honestly didn't see the point for the most part.   What I noticed in my coaching work was that so many people had resistance to goals. Either not setting them at all (like myself back then!) Or setting goals that wer

Goal smashing unpicked We've all done that thing.  Set the goals, felt committed, started on the journey to doing the thing ...and then it kind of peeters out, stops happening, and life (or facebook J) gets in the way. I’m not going into HOW to set goals here, that’s another Blog on What Makes A Great Goal . This is for those of you that set the goals and then give up on them. (IF you even managed to start!)   Lots of things influence our energy around a task. We all encoun

In 2024, my daughter competed at Crufts for the first time in Agility. You know, that joyful sport where dogs race through jumps, tunnels, and see-saws, tails flying and hearts full. Running on “The Green Carpet” is a big deal in the dog agility world—and she was there. Of course, she secretly hoped to win and make it to the main arena in the afternoon. Who wouldn’t? .    But we didn't set a goal. Not THAT goal anyway.   The Trouble with Performance Goals That kind of goal—“t