Experience a Gentle Day-by-Day Path to Show Pen Success
and a Competitive Life You Love
Early in their show careers, many riders believed results were measured primarily by external markers—scorecards or timers.
That's only part of the story—our hearts say, and research has shown that a meaningful personal experience and connection with a horse when we show are essential to authentic competitive success and joy.
External results do matter, of course.
It's fun and fabulous to do well.
However, it's equally important to take care of our hearts, connect with our horses, navigate relationships, and fall in love with the adventure of learning.
Competitive joy is about the thrill of a connected ride in a high-energy show environment - a confidence-building experience for the horse - and a fulfilling personal experience for the rider.
What is 'Six Weeks to Shine in the Show Pen'?
It is a learning path to connection with yourself, your horse, and other people, positive results, and a compelling and vibrant showing future.
It's about living a meaningful and fulfilling adventure in and out of the competitive arena.
Hi, I'm Barbra Schulte, a professional horsewoman, personal performance coach, and educator who strives to meet individual students' needs and help them keep reaching and living what they love.
Six Weeks to Shine in the Show Pen
Micro-Course
Short Videos with Text Summaries Arrive in Your Email Inbox Daily
Why do we call it a micro-course?
The daily videos and texts are both informational and inspirational.
They are released daily in 'bite-size' pieces via email - hence 'micro-course'.
This design allows easy processing and time to 'play with' them.
The messages' release rhythm is five days per showing consideration, followed by two days off before the next topic begins.
From the email, you can click directly to the Message of the Day on the Shine website and share your thoughts.
The Messages and content of this program will be accessible to you indefinitely.
The messages begin right away and are delivered daily to your email.
Every Week for Six Weeks, We Will Explore a New 'Consideration' for
Showing:
1. Coming Home
2. Connection with My Horse
3. Connection with Others
4. Preparation
5. Flow in the Show Pen
6. Clarity and Grit
Each Topic Includes Five Messages
One Each Day for Five Days - Then Two Days 'Off'
Each Message is a Short (5-10 min.) Video with a Text Summary
Each Message Includes:
How it Works
Why it's Important
Practical Ways You Can Apply it to Your Showing Experience or Solve Challenges
Tips or Practice Exercises
The Six Considerations for Showing You'll Explore
1. Coming Home
When you gain clarity about your personal preferences—what you love, why you love it, what matters to you, and your beliefs— you can consistently return to your heart as your most valuable inner resource.
During the five days of messages in 'Coming Home,' we'll work on clarifying your thoughts and explore ideas and beliefs about what you love and yearn for.
You will:
- Get in touch with your passions and begin forming a vision of the show person you want to become
- Reflect on what matters to you most about showing
- Learn a simple way to set goals
- Reflect on your beliefs
- Begin to grow more self-aware of your nervous system state.
2. Connection with My Horse
The oneness we riders crave with a horse is the exquisite experience of a trusting relationship—one that's authentic, safe, and seamlessly communicative moment by moment.
We'll work on understanding what drives connection with our equine friends and how it can be cultivated.
You will:
- Understanding a horse's genuine herd mentality and what that means for humans to develop connection
- Get clear about a horse's perspective and what builds a relationship with a human
- Learn how to cultivate connection in the saddle through simple exercises
- Check in with your level of skill in your discipline.
3. Relationships with People
Humans are hardwired to connect with others—friends, barn mates, mentors, acquaintances, and folks who surround us in the horse and show world. The goal is to navigate these relationships authentically and healthily.
You will:
- Be introduced to the idea of 'stand your sacred ground' and how that works to clarify relationships
- Appreciate, perhaps at an even deeper level, those who 'have your back' and the critical role they play in your well-being.
- Begin to untangle the sometimes complex interactions with mentors and how to stay on purpose.
- Get comfortable with the wide variety of people around you.
4. Preparation
The more prepared we are before entering the ring, the more it feels like a hand slipping into a glove when we walk into the arena and present our horse.
Discover how to prepare yourself and your horse mentally, physically, and technically at home and the show
You will discover the essential elements of:
- Preparing yourself at home
- Preparing your horse at home
- Preparing yourself at a show
- Preparing your horse at a show
- Getting yourself and your horse in sync as a team at the show
5. Flow in the Show Arena
We all strive to present the best of ourselves and our horses. Excellence and flexibility are the goals, not perfection.
We'll explore how a horse and rider team can enter the arena and remain in the moment throughout the ride, including mistakes.
You Will:
- Become aware of the energy of the show itself and how to manage its impact and stay focused.
- Discover ways to focus on the best of you and your horse on show day
- Learn how to design and condition a pre-ride ritual and why it matters
- Discover how to sustain focus and engagement in the ring - and let go of errors if and when they happen
6. Clarity and Grit
A thorough and systematic post-ride assessment provides specific information about where you and your horse are solid and where there are opportunities to grow.
You'll discover the multiple sources of feedback available to you, how to sort through the information to reinforce your strengths, and where to focus your energy for your next steps.
You Will:
- Enjoy celebrating your strengths and why that's vital to building your skills.
- Discover resilience-building mindsets and practices for the areas where you want to improve.
- Learn how to decide precisely where to focus your energy to improve for efficient future practices
- Discover how to sustain your motivation through the toughest of times.
Who is this Micro-Course for?
1. Those who love to show horses because they have a passion for horses - and competition.
2. Those who enjoy evaluating their own or their horse's performance by showing. These folks go to shows to assess the progress of both horse and rider and plan to make follow-up adjustments at home after the show accordingly.
3. Folks who have stopped showing or are considering quitting because they are discouraged or can't figure out why they struggle.
4. People who enjoy being with their friends—and showing—and whose number one drive is to enjoy their fun and extraordinary showing community of horsey friends!
5. A combination of any of the above.
Here are the ways to participate
The Six Weeks to Shine in the Showpen
Micro-Course
Short Daily Videos with Text Summaries Arrive in Your Email Inbox
Every Week for Six Weeks, We Will Explore a New 'Consideration' for Showing:
1. Coming Home
2. Connection with My Horse
3. Connection with Others
4. Preparation
5. Flow in the Show Pen
6. Clarity and Grit
Each Topic/Consideration Includes Five Messages that Arrive in Your Email Inbox
One Each Day for Five Days - Then One or Two Days 'Off'
Each Message is a Short (5-10 min.) Video with a Text Summary
Each Message Includes:
How it Works
Why it's Important
Ways You Can Apply it to Your Showing Experience and Solve Challenges
Tips or Practice Exercises
THREE NEW BONUSES INCLUDED
Focus and Engagement Training - presence in the moment, focus, and regulating your nervous system
During this additional one-hour-plus webinar session you'll:
- Understand what this unique state of mind, body, and emotion is
- Know how it naturally helps you focus in a calm yet energized way
- Discover why this state is essential for you to ride at your personal best - and necessary to feel and be responsive to your horse in the ring.
- Know that it's completely learnable - these are research-based skills
- See that it's the same for your horse but, of course, expressed in a unique way for them
- Discover how to cultivate it through your body and with your mind - and - how you know if you're 'there' or not
- Explore how it facilitates a back-and-forth, little-moves engagement flow with your horse, along with being immersed in the moment.
- See how this state impacts all six considerations in this 60-day experience (staying true to yourself, connecting with your horse, forming relationships with others, preparing at home and at the show, staying calm and focused in the ring, reviewing your results).
- We'll collaborate to help you with your challenges.
I Believe in Myself - Meditation and Download
This is an audio and pdf Meditation.
These words are so special to me … and I hope they will be special to you.
The words (written and spoken) are extraordinary to keep you centered in the truth of who you are, and the fun and the brilliance of your special journey with your horse. It's a powerful and personal favorite of mine and many of our community.
Our Circle of Trust Community
One of the most valuable and cherished experiences for those who take courses with me, is that – if they like – they can become a member of our circle of trust for a lifetime.
Membership in the Circle of Trust is all about community and having fun experiences together with other equine professionals in the horse world. We meet online approximately once a month with another pro who we trust, to share their perspective on connection, horse health, and a variety of other topics.
Our Students' Perspectives for the 'Shine' Series...
- "The 'Shine in the Show Pen' Series has changed my life... I cannot get enough of it... I'm learning I always have to work on it and I can never figure I've got it!' ~ C.E.
- "I just went to my first show this year, and it was great. The thinking about the ride more as a whole than a score was awesome. I would have been a wreck if not for this program. Thank you!" ~ C.H.
- "I took this course before and learned a lot, but - I can never revisit this too much. Each time - it has more depth of meaning, I retain more (more natural and less having to think about doing it) as I incorporate it into my riding, I feel my skills and my relationship with my horse improve." ~ E.B.
- "I played the videos over and over again. Oh gosh. I can’t even put into perfect words how much different I was in the show! My trainer was so proud of me and my new attitude! My horse and I did well in some classes and totally bombed others. But it was ok! I didn’t get upset at myself or my horse. I just kept thinking about what I’ve learned from you and was grateful. We ended up getting the Champion High Point award for Level One Amateur! It was so much fun." ~ CS
Meet Your Mentor
Barbra Schulte
Barbra Schulte is a personal performance coach who helps equestrians live what they love, grow their confidence, and reach for the stars.
She is the author of four books, the publisher of video blogs and online programs, a clinician, a speaker, and an honoree in the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame.
As a national cutting horse competitor, Barbra was the first woman to win two legs of cutting's triple crown. The AQHA and the Women's Sports Foundation awarded her the National Female Equestrian of the Year Award. In 2020, she received the American Horse Publications Equine Industry Vision Award for her positive impact on the horse industry. In 2021, she received The Western Horseman & The Art of the Cowgirl's Women of the West Award.
Schulte is the CEO of the Center for Equestrian Performance. She lives in Brenham, Texas, with her husband, Tom, and animal friends.
ENROLL NOW IN
SIX WEEKS TO SHINE IN THE SHOW PEN
Step into a world of showing success, fun, and personal fulfillment.
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The Video and Transcript Messages Will Begin Arriving in Your Email Inbox Right Away.
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Six Week Shine in the Show Pen Micro-Course
Six Weeks of Daily Video and Written Summary Messages
$197
One Payment Option
Six Week Shine in the Show Pen Micro-Course
Six Weeks of Daily Video and Written Summary Messages
Two Payments of $100
2 Payment Option - 2nd payment after 30 days
Competitive joy is not just about external results.
It's also about the thrill of a connected ride in a high-energy show environment - one that is a confidence-building experience for the horse - and a personally fulfilling experience for the rider.
If, for any reason, within the next 30 days,
you are not completely satisfied with this program,
we will refund your money, no questions asked.
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