The Heart Behind Wild Mane

When people ask why I started Wild Mane, I never know where to begin. It’s not one single moment, it’s been a lifetime of small moments that led me here.

For me, Wild Mane isn’t just a project, it’s a response. A response to the way the world often misunderstands struggle, silence, and sensitivity. It grew out of my own family’s experiences, my son’s autism, my daughter’s anxiety, my own disability and the days that taught me how much courage it takes just to keep showing up. It’s about finding new ways to be seen, not as problems to be fixed, but as people with depth and value.

When I began my training with eQe, something shifted. Robin and Bridget helped me see how therapeutic approaches could live and breathe through nature, not through a clipboard or a tick-box. It felt like coming home to something that had always been there, waiting quietly, and we integrated our horses and ponies within this.

Wild Mane is my way of bringing that to others. It’s a space that says: you belong here, just as you are. It’s for the children who can’t find their place in school, for the adults who’ve lost connection to themselves, for the people who feel most at ease under an open sky.

I don’t pretend to have all the answers. What I have is experience, empathy, and a herd of horses who teach me more about presence, honesty, and regulation than any textbook ever could. Every person who steps onto the land adds their own thread to it, that’s the beauty of it.

If you’ve found your way here, I’d love you to stay connected. Read along, share your thoughts, or get in touch if you feel Wild Mane might be the right place for you, your child, or someone you support.

This is just the beginning,

Lisa