Catherine Lorimer's Guide to Life
I chat about real life stuff, from my own personal experience.
Lots of equine related topics and the odd guest as well.
Episodes
78 episodes
Equine Horse Worming Explained
Do you get confused about what wormer to use when, whether we should be using wormer or testing for worm counts instead. Are you getting frustrated that the cost of testing is more than the wormer. Have a listen to my podcast I run throug...
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Best Bedding for a Stinky Wet Horse
This is a topic I see being asked a lot and having owned a really wet horse and wanting to stop the muck heap from becoming the size of the Himalayas. I tried loads of different types of bedding to find which was the best one to use.I a...
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31:18
Should I clip my Horse or Pony?
As an amateur rider should I clip my horse for the winter? I chat about why we clip a horse, what clips there are and what might suit different horses for amateur riders. I also chat about my experience of using different types of ...
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30:05
To Rug or Not to Rug that is the Question
This week Jane and I have been discussing rugs and what we should rug be rugging our horses or not. I go through the reasoning behind rugging your horse, different materials on the outside and different fills and why I think its important...
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30:20
Successful Communication with Strong Minded Equestrian Women
With most livery yards being full of strong minded, strong willed equestrian women, myself included this weeks podcasts provides guidance on communication.I chat about some of the communication errors that I have made and how I would ha...
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30:28
Dream of Keeping Your Horse at Home vs the Reality
Most equestrians dream of keeping their horse at home and having kept my horse on livery for ten years and then been lucky enough to achieve my dream and keep my horse at home for ten years. I compare the two and provide a realistic view of my ...
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How to Tell if Your Horse has Colic
This week on my Podcast I am chatting about colic as we had a possible colic on the yard and having had two horses which had Colic, both of which were caught early and without surgical intervention, I thought I would share my experience of thes...
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33:56
How to Prepare for a Fun Ride
One this weeks Podcast I am chatting about Fun Rides and you may have seen my friend Jane and I doing a few of them on social media.I chat about what fun rides are, fun ride etiquette, fitness and preparation, transport and how to...
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28:49
Old Man Coniston
This week I have an altercation with a guy on Instagram.I meet up with an amazing group of positive minded people for a walk up Old Man Coniston, organised by Adventure Solos And I give Fell Pony Merlin a bath.
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33:11
You Shouldn't be on the Road on that Horse
Catch up with the yard antics in this week's podcast as Jane and I head off to the gallops for some Fellwell fun. Sarah organises an agility competition in which Jane and I get competitive, I manage to canter Merlin past some washing, the...
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33:13
Make Hay While the Sun Shines
This week at the yard where I keep my Fell pony Merlin we have been making hay. Find out about what's involved, why you need to feed horses and pony's hay and haylage.
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35:48
How to do Pony Agility
This week a few of my horsey friends from the yard had a go at doing some pony agility, which is not the same as dog agility. Its essentially desensitising them which will help them to cope with some of the scary things that we see out ha...
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33:30
Amazing Jane
I have always thought that it seems strange that we stand at funerals talking about how wonderful the person was and all the funny and amazing things that they have done. I think that we should tell them when they are alive to hear it for...
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34:35
Join me on a Hack in South Africa and Helping at a Horse Trials in Wales
This week I am continuing with the equine theme and I show the differences in riding two different horses on a trail ride while in South Africa. There are snippets from each ride, which were taken from the head camera that I wore and cons...
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50:04
Wild Inside Horse Ride Safari South Africa
One cold and dark winters morning my friend Jane and I were filling hay nets at the yard when she asked if I would be interested in going on a horse ride safari to South Africa with her. Yes was my reply and this weeks podcast is about that tri...
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45:23
Fran McNicol - Finding Love on Horseback in Mongolia
This week I am chatting to Equestrian Adventurer Fran McNicol about climate change that we have noticed through our travels She also chats to me about her trip across Mongolia where she met and fell in love with her now Australian husband Dunca...
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36:31
Body Image - How do you View Yourself?
Have a listen to this weeks podcast as I chat about body image, how the female ideal body image has changed through time and how being thin is perceived as being beautiful. I chat about what I think of my own body image and come up...
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58:22
The Remarkable story of Paul Williams donating aid to Ukraine
This week I went to the home of Charted Accountant Paul Williams and he shared his story of how he came up with the idea of sending aid to Ukraine and has subsequently driven to Ukraine twice taking vital aid.If you want to donate to thi...
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43:32
How to grow your Self Esteem
This week on my podcast I am talking some more about self esteem what can affect it, what can cause low self esteem in the first place, what to do if you do have low self esteem, I give personal examples of what I have done which makes it reall...
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52:14
How to Manage Emotional Eating and test your Self Esteem
This week on my podcast I am chatting about Emotional Eating, as after hearing Rebel Wilson discussing it in interviews and finding out more about it, I am sure that this is definitely something that I do. So I wanted to find out more about it ...
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53:09
My Relationship with Alcohol, Take That in Hyde Park and Protecting Vulnerable Adults and knowing your basic Human Rights
This week in my podcast I am chatting about my relationship with alcohol having realised that my I need a drink to help me socialise with people and that the majority of previous relationships all involved drinking a lot of alcohol. I the...
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Catastrophizing, de clutter with Jo, Self Deprecating Humour and Travel Vaccines
This week on my podcast I am talking about catastrophizing, I discuss what it is and why we do it and how I stopped myself from doing it. I have some top de clutter tips from organise with Jo. I also discuss self deprecating humour, whic...
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1:09:16
Coping with doubters, mindfulness, meditation, Carfest Glamping and Guosto box review
This week in my podcast I explain how I cope with doubters, those people who make you doubt yourself until you find their words running around in your head and how to stop thinking about what they have said. I use mindfulness and meditation for...
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56:12
How to prevent cramps and blisters when running and hints and tips for the beginner runner when doing your first 5k run.
Following on from my trip to London to see the Marathon and the sign off from my physio to start my running journey again, I review my first 5k rave experience to enable me to plan my training for my next 5k run. There are hints and tips ...
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