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The Touch of a Mustang | Wellness and Healing Through Wild Horses and the Natural World

Shalyce Cluff

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Through extraordinary stories and honest conversations, The Touch of a Mustang explores the places and principles that lead to healing, growth, and freedom of mind. We bring together horses, psychology, relationships, resilience, horsemanship, and nature to uncover lessons for living with greater awareness and purpose. We explore the wisdom horses offer, how they guide us through the human experience, and our responsibility to protect and preserve them—especially America’s wild Mustangs.

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Horses Can't Heal You, But They Can Show You The Way with Michelle Peterson | Episode 87

jeudi 3 septembre 2026 • Durée 01:01:37

Horses cannot heal us—and expecting them to may place a burden on them that was never theirs to carry. They can reflect how we are showing up, reveal what we have been unwilling to see, and guide us toward the truth we are seeking. But the work remains ours.

In this episode, Michelle Peterson of Medicine Horse Healing challenges the romanticized idea that horses are here to save us. We examine what healing with horses actually means when we stop casting the horse as the healer and begin taking responsibility for our own transformation.

Michelle explains how releasing ego can strengthen our relationships with horses, why genuine connection requires time and attention, and how horses can act as mirrors without doing the work for us. We also confront the responsibility humans have toward horses when involving them in our healing and personal growth.

The truth is less magical—and more demanding—than “horses heal.” They may help us uncover the path, but they cannot walk it for us.

CONNECT WITH MICHELLE PETERSON

Website: https://www.michelle-peterson.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/medicinehorsehealing/
Rescued Hearts: https://www.rescuedheartsfilm.com/
Dance of the Wild: https://www.danceofthewild.com/

CONNECT WITH THE TOUCH OF A MUSTANG

Website: https://thetouchofamustang.org/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetouchofamustang/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheTouchofaMustang

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Healing Burnout and Overwhelm Through Sound with Craig Goldberg | Episode 86

jeudi 27 août 2026 • Durée 01:15:26

What if the reason you cannot relax is that you are trying to think your way out of a state your body is still holding?

Modern life can leave the nervous system stuck on alert—even when no immediate danger exists. Craig Goldberg, co-founder of inHarmony, believes sound and physical vibration may help the body find its way back to calm.

After one sound session gave Craig a level of relaxation he had never experienced, he began exploring vibroacoustic therapy—an approach that combines audible frequencies with vibration you can physically feel. That experience eventually led him to help build inHarmony and introduce thousands of people to the practice.

In this episode, we examine what sound healing actually is, how vibroacoustic therapy interacts with the body, and what emerging research suggests about its potential role in relaxation, sleep, mindfulness, and stress regulation. Craig also explains how sound can be incorporated into meditation and breathwork—and why deep rest may require more than simply telling yourself to relax.

This is not a promise that one frequency will fix your life. It is an honest look at whether sound and vibration can help an overstimulated body finally let go.

ABOUT CRAIG GOLDBERG

Craig Goldberg is a certified Vibroacoustic Therapy Practitioner and co-founder of inHarmony. His work focuses on the intersection of sound, physical vibration, relaxation, and human well-being.

CONNECT WITH CRAIG

Website: https://iaminharmony.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inharmonyinteractive/

CONNECT WITH THE TOUCH OF A MUSTANG

Website: https://thetouchofamustang.org/
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What We've Lost by Disconnecting From Nature with Kurt Belding | Episode 85

jeudi 20 août 2026 • Durée 58:54

A wild horse advocate and a hunter are supposed to be on opposite sides. But public lands will not be protected by people who refuse to speak across the divide.

In this episode, Kurt Belding of Western Obsessions TV joins me for an unapologetic conversation about ethical hunting, conservation, and what modern life is costing us as we become increasingly disconnected from nature.

For Kurt, harvesting an animal is not about domination or trophies. It is a sacred responsibility rooted in fair chase, discipline, gratitude, and respect for the life being taken. His perspective challenges the assumptions many people hold about hunters—and reveals unexpected common ground with those fighting to protect wild horses.

We explore why the most difficult paths often create the deepest meaning, how time in nature can restore something modern life strips away, and why protecting wildlife and public lands will require cooperation between people who do not agree on everything.

This episode does not ask you to agree with hunting. It asks a harder question: Can those who care about Mustangs, wildlife, open spaces, and the human need for wildness protect any of them if we remain divided?

At its heart, this is a conversation about one of the central ideas behind The Touch of a Mustang: wild places do more than give animals somewhere to live. They can guide people toward greater purpose, responsibility, humility, and freedom of mind.

ABOUT KURT BELDING

Kurt Belding is the driving force behind Western Obsessions TV and Hunt Adventures. His work promotes fair-chase hunting, ethical conservation, and a lifetime of meaningful outdoor adventure.

CONNECT WITH KURT

Website: https://westernobsessionstv.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WesternObsessionsTV
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/western_obsessions_tv/

Why Horses Might Hold the Healing You've Been Searching For with Vanessa Petronelli | Episode 84

mardi 11 août 2026 • Durée 01:22:06

When the life you built no longer feels like yours, losing your old identity can feel like failure. But what if the unraveling is not the end of who you are—what if it is how you find your way back?

Vanessa Petronelli of Equine Soul Journeys joins me to explore how horses can guide us through life transitions, identity shifts, and the uncomfortable space between who we have been and who we are becoming.

Horses cannot give us the answers or decide what comes next. But they meet us without being impressed by our roles, accomplishments, or explanations. In their presence, we may begin to see where our lives no longer reflect what we know to be true.

We discuss why transition can leave us feeling lost, how expectations and old identities separate us from ourselves, and what it means to stop performing a life that no longer fits. Vanessa also explains how the horse-human connection can create space for greater honesty, clarity, and meaningful change.

At the heart of this conversation is a difficult question: How much of the life you call your own was built around who other people expected you to be?

ABOUT VANESSA PETRONELLI

Vanessa is an equine-guided transformational facilitator, speaker, and founder of Equine Soul Journeys near Nashville, Tennessee. With 17 years of international experience, she works alongside her herd through private sessions, retreats, and Women’s Circles with Horses to help people reconnect with their authentic selves.

CONNECT WITH VANESSA

Website: https://equinesouljourney.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/vanessapetronelli
Facebook: https://facebook.com/vanessa.petronelli
TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@iamvanessapetronelli

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Healing What Modern Life Has Broken with Chance Foreman and Grant Rose | Episode 83

mardi 4 août 2026 • Durée 01:08:17

America’s wild Mustangs are usually discussed as a problem to manage, a population to control, or horses that need to be trained. Dance of the Wild tells the story almost no one is telling—what happens when formerly wild horses are valued not for what humans can make them do, but for what becomes possible in their presence.

Filmmakers Chance Foreman and Grant Rose set out to document wild Mustangs. Along the way, they discovered women working beside horses once considered unwanted or discarded—and an overlooked path to hope, connection, and healing.

This is not a horse-training film. Through striking cinematography and intimate stories, Dance of the Wild explores the horse-human connection and the role Mustangs can play in helping people find a way forward. It also raises a larger question: Could recognizing what wild horses offer humanity change whether we choose to protect them?

Chance and Grant reveal how the documentary evolved, what the women and Mustangs at its center taught them, and why this story matters far beyond the traditional horse world.

Chance Foreman is an award-winning filmmaker, poet, and global storyteller whose credits include Kiss the Ground and Common Ground, along with projects for Netflix, Apple TV, and Amazon Prime. His short documentary set in Brazil received the Grand Jury Award for Activism.

Grant Eric Rose is an entrepreneur, storyteller, and producer whose work explores nature, purpose, and human connection. Dance of the Wild, his debut feature documentary, reflects his commitment to healing, conservation, and belonging.

CONNECT WITH DANCE OF THE WILD

Website: https://www.danceofthewild.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danceofthewildfilm/

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Becoming Blind as a Teen with Laura Bratton | Episode 82

jeudi 25 juin 2026 • Durée 01:10:30

Laura Bratton was nine years old when she learned she would become blind. For the next ten years, she lived with the knowledge that the future she feared was coming—while navigating adolescence and trying to build an identity beyond what she was losing.

How do you grieve a life-changing loss without giving up on the possibility of a good life?

Laura and I speak honestly about losing her sight as a teenager, the anxiety and depression that accompanied it, and the panic attacks that made an already difficult transition even harder. She shares the practice that helped reduce those attacks, the strategies she used to keep moving forward, and the ways her guide dog transformed her life far beyond helping her physically navigate the world.

This is not a story about pretending blindness became easy or forcing gratitude onto grief. It is about learning that grief and a meaningful life can exist at the same time—and discovering that resilience is not the absence of pain, but the decision to keep building a life within it.

ABOUT LAURA BRATTON

Laura is the author of Harnessing Courage and the founder of Ubi Global, where she uses speaking and coaching to help people navigate challenges with grit and gratitude.

CONNECT WITH LAURA

Website: https://www.laurabratton.com/

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Website: https://thetouchofamustang.org/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetouchofamustang/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheTouchofaMustang

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Her Horse Needed Her to Find Another Way with Chiara Maria | Episode 81

jeudi 18 juin 2026 • Durée 01:00:32

Chiara Maria walked away from the life society expected her to live. Years later, she faced the same choice with horsemanship when her horse Descot needed something different—and continuing to follow the traditional path meant ignoring what she could see in front of her.

Without a new system to replace the old one, Chiara began paying closer attention to her horse, trusting her intuition, and developing a relationship rooted in acceptance rather than fear and expectation.

We discuss why acceptance may be one of the greatest gifts we can offer ourselves and our horses, how our fears enter the horse-human relationship, and what it takes to release the need to follow someone else’s path. Chiara also shares what horses taught her about purpose, individuality, and allowing the parts of ourselves that do not fit conventional expectations to become strengths.

This is not about rejecting every traditional horsemanship method or blindly following every feeling. It is about having the courage to notice when the relationship in front of you is asking for something different.

Sometimes finding your way does not mean discovering the right path. It means allowing yourself to leave one that was never yours.

ABOUT CHIARA MARIA

Chiara is the creator behind Grow with Horses. Her work explores intuitive horsemanship, acceptance, personal growth, and building relationships with horses that honor the individuality of both horse and human.

CONNECT WITH CHIARA

Website: https://chiara-maria.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grow_with_horses/

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He Helped Save Wild Horses at Six and Never Stopped with George Brauneis | Episode 80

jeudi 11 juin 2026 • Durée 57:42

George Brauneis was six years old when he joined thousands of children inspired by Wild Horse Annie and wrote to Congress asking America to protect its wild horses. More than 50 years later, the fight continues—and so does George’s commitment.

After an aerospace engineering career that included work on the International Space Station, B-2 Bomber, and Global Hawk, George returned to rural Colorado and the animals that first captured his heart. Today, he cares for 26 Mustangs at Eagles and Wild Horses Ranch.

His philosophy, “Becoming Catchable to Your Horse,” turns the usual premise of horsemanship around. Instead of focusing on catching, controlling, or overpowering a frightened horse, George asks what humans must become for a Mustang to feel safe enough to trust them.

We trace his journey from Wild Horse Annie’s campaign and the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971 to the daily reality of feeding, training, and providing sanctuary for 26 horses. George also explains why he refuses to pity Mustangs, how he uses positive training and Qigong energy work, and what people without horses or land can do to support wild horse protection.

This is more than a story about sanctuary. It is a look at what lifelong commitment requires after public attention moves elsewhere—and whether protecting Mustangs means preserving their agency as well as their lives.

CONNECT WITH GEORGE

Website: https://www.wildhorserefuge.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/george.brauneis
Support George’s work: https://ko-fi.com/lovemustangs
Friends of the Mustangs: https://www.friendsofthemustangs.org/

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The Horses Who Changed Her Life Inspired Stories for a New Generation with Cheryl Olsten | Episode 79

jeudi 4 juin 2026 • Durée 51:35

Cheryl Olsten never expected to build her life around horses. She was reluctant to ride at all. Then three horses entered her life at three pivotal moments, each changing something different—and one left her with a realization she never anticipated: “He took care of me.”

Those relationships changed more than Cheryl’s feelings about horses. They shaped the stories she writes and her commitment to helping the next generation recognize why horses deserve our care and protection.

Cheryl shares what difficult and previously mistreated horses taught her about patience, trust, and looking beyond an animal’s past. She also recounts remarkable moments she has witnessed between horses and people, including a nonverbal child speaking their first words while on horseback.

We discuss how horses can support autistic children, trauma survivors, and people navigating difficult seasons without treating the horse as a cure. Cheryl also explains how her relationship with three different horses influenced separate areas of her life, why she turned those experiences into children’s books, and how people can experience the horse-human connection without owning a horse.

This is not a story about horses magically fixing people. It is about what can happen when humans and horses are given the opportunity to care for one another—and why the animals capable of giving us so much deserve protection in return.

ABOUT CHERYL OLSTEN

Cheryl is the author of Big Wishes for Little Feet, inspired by her horse Lafitte. Lafitte’s winnings have raised funds for the EQUUS Foundation, where he served as its first equine ambassador. Before writing children’s books, Cheryl spent 12 years as publisher of New Jersey Life magazine.

CONNECT WITH CHERYL

Website: http://cherylolsten.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cherylolsten/
Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/cherylolsten

Australian Brumbies Are Being Gunned Down with Kiki Sjoberg | Episode 78

lundi 1 juin 2026 • Durée 01:00:26

Australia is shooting Brumbies from helicopters in the name of conservation. The NSW Government says aerial culling is necessary to protect Kosciuszko National Park. Wild horse photographer Kiki Sjoberg says what she has witnessed tells another story.

Originally released as an emergency episode before aerial shooting resumed in June 2026, this conversation examines what was at stake—and why Brumby advocates were fighting to stop it.

The government’s plan calls for reducing the wild horse population in Kosciuszko National Park to 3,000 by June 2027. Kiki questions the population estimates being used to justify the killing, the welfare claims surrounding aerial shooting, and whether enough has been done to pursue alternatives such as trapping and rehoming.

She shares what she has seen on the ground, why Brumby advocates fear these horses could disappear from much of the landscape, and what Australia stands to lose if an animal woven into its cultural identity is treated only as an invasive species.

Kiki also challenges the contradiction she sees in removing Brumbies in the name of environmental protection while the $12 billion Snowy 2.0 hydroelectric project is being constructed within the same national park.

This is not a simple argument between horses and the environment. It is a fight over who gets to define conservation, whose evidence is trusted, and whether animal welfare and cultural heritage are acceptable losses.

CONNECT WITH KIKI SJÖBERG

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brumby_strong/

CONNECT WITH THE TOUCH OF A MUSTANG

Website: https://thetouchofamustang.org/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetouchofamustang/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheTouchofaMustang

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