From Tonya Johnston’s Practical Horseman Column Mental skills coach Tonya Johnston explains that great show days take preparation, inspiration and focus and shares top hunter pro Liza Boyd’s personal strategy. Click to...
Sport Psychology for Riders: Benefits of the Small, Unrated Horse Show Featured on ProEquest.com, July 2015 By Tonya Johnston, MA Competing at a friendly, well run, practice horse show can be wonderful for so many reasons. I was recently reminded of these positives...
by Tonya Johnston, MA Featured article on ProEquest.com, October, 2014 How do you keep yourself calm, cool and collected while you are trying Mr. or Ms. Maybe-Right? Let’s face it, trying new horses can be a lot like going on a bunch of highly recommended blind dates....
by Tonya Johnston, MA Appeared in Practical Horseman, July 2012 There you are on your horse, waiting for your lesson to start. Things have been very challenging recently, and to say you’ve been having a rough time is an understatement. These difficulties are...
by Tonya Johnston, MA Appeared in The Plaid Horse January/February 2010 There you are, at the bottom of the list to come back for round two, or last to enter the ring for the work-off. What does that mean? In a millisecond it registers in your mind (and the...
by Tonya Johnston, MA appeared Eventing USA, July/August 2008 OK, let’s not pretend. Famous or not, international or local – it has happened to all of us. You know it, I know it, your friends, family and trainers know it. (Heck, it has even happened to...
