It's Not About the Horse-It's About Overcoming Fear and Self-Doubt [Hardcover]

Wyatt Webb (Author), Cindy Pearlman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2002

If you want to deal with your demons, it's appropriate to make a pit stop at a place as hot as hell -- Tucson, Arizona, in the summertime. It's 100-plus degrees right now -- with dark, ominous clouds erasing the Santa Catalina mountaintops in the distance.

"My name is Wyatt, " the tall, white-haired man says to the people gathered in front of him. "Welcome to the Equine Experience."

The Equine Experience is a new form of therapy that blends horse sense with common sense. Even though Wyatt has been a practicing therapist for a number of years, his tools don't involve a leather couch, and his helpers don't arrive in suits or high heels. Of course, they wear shoes -- but not the kind they sell at Bloomingdale's.

Your basic training has to come from learning how to treat people." He pauses and adds, "Remember one thing: It's not about the horse."

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About the Author

Wyatt Webb is the founder and leader of the Equine Experience at Miraval, which is located in Tucson, Arizona. He is the #1 attraction at Miraval, which is the #1 Spa in American, and one of the top 5 in the World. He asks his clients to do a few simple tasks with horses that reveal to him what is going on in their lives as the interaction with the horse serve as a mirror to one's relationships with other human beings. Formerly the head of the juvenile program at the renowned Sierra Tucson Treatment Facility, Webb has spent years studying different theraputic modalities and then developed his own program that combines horses with humans.

He is a resident of Tucson, Arizona. This is his first book.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Hay House (August 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561709786
• ISBN-13: 978-1561709786
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #318,238 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A no-nonsense, refreshing & useful approach., June 27, 2005

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This review is from: It's Not About the Horse-It's About Overcoming Fear and Self-Doubt (Hardcover)

I purchased Wyatt Webb's book after listening to him on Hay House radio. This is not one of those new agey books out there written by people who don't really tell you how it is. You won't get lots of gooey talk and Ego stroking telling you that all you have to do is think positive.

Wyatt Webb deals with real trauma, and other people's pain. His experience is authentic, raw, tough, and shows tremendous courage in hitting rock bottom, climbing out, and then voluntarily using his gifts to help others.

As an adult child of a recovered alcoholic & parent with a rare narcissitic personality disorder, I highly recommend Wyatt's book because the one thing adult children of abuse needs is security - confirmation that the bad stuff did happen, and life is not all roses. If we don't have acceptance, we continue the pathologically closed loop that allows us to turn a blind eye to further injustices being perpetrated.

The world is an awesome place, and our birthright is to be powerful, focussed, and creative in our lives. Overcoming fear and self-doubt, which Webb says almost always is sourced from trauma, has to be good for you.

A great book from someone who knows firsthand of the challenges some of us have to overcome, and I would recommend it to anyone that wants to take their fear head on to permanently release it, instead of allowing it to unconsciously rule you.

Daniel John Hancock

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful and Inspiring, January 12, 2003

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Pam C. (Lake Forest, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: It's Not About the Horse-It's About Overcoming Fear and Self-Doubt (Hardcover)

I loved Wyatt Webb's book. I had the pleasure of meeting Wyatt in person at Miraval, purchased the book there (actually it was purchased for me by a friend), and read the entire book on the plane ride back home to Chicago. I found the book to be interesting, informative and most of all inspiring; offering useful tips on how you, too, could change your life. I also think that the review that criticizes Wyatt for "taking all the credit" for equine therapy is unfounded - in no way does he state or imply that he is the sole or only practitioner of this type of therapy. This book is simply the VERY INSPIRING story of his life, including the role that equine therapy has played in it.

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of the most profound books i have ever read, November 20, 2002

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This review is from: It's Not About the Horse-It's About Overcoming Fear and Self-Doubt (Hardcover)

i was fortunate enough to take wyatt's equine experience at miraval. 3 hours together with wyatt did more for me than 6 years of therapy. it was truly amazing. who would have thought that grooming a horse would tell me so much about the way i live my life. but as wyatt shows, the way we do anything is the way we do everything.

for those of you who can GO TO MIRAVAL for the WYATT WEBB INTENSIVES, i HIGHLY ENCOURAGE you to BUY THIS BOOK and GO there. for those of you who cannot, YOU SIMPLY MUST BUY THIS BOOK. it WILL help you CHANGE YOUR LIFE!

all of us live with fear and self doubt and those two emotions cripple our ability to live the life we want to live. the stories in this book are real. the transformations miraculous. i have seen them. they have happened to me in my own life and i have seen them happen in the life of others. WYATT WEBB IS REAL.

do yourself a favor, BUY YOURSELF a copy of "it's not about the horse" right NOW! and if you have a REALLY GOOD FRIEND, BUY IT FOR THEM as well. they will really appreciate it.

i only hope it will do for you what it has done for me.