Overcoming Fear - the Horse's Advocate Podcast #164

Overcoming Fear - the Horse's Advocate Podcast #164

From The Horse's Advocate Podcast by Geoff Tucker, DVM

March 12, 2026 · 13 min · Season 2026 · Episode 164

About this episode

This episode discusses the impact of fear on horse owners and offers strategies to manage it.

Having fear can cripple most people from enjoying life. Horse people suffer more than most from fear of horses because what they enjoy most in life are horses. This becomes a paradox that worsens their entire life. However, there are tangents to the fear horse owners have, such as the fear that they are not caring enough for their horses, and, therefore, the horse will suffer from the owner missing a critical aspect of care. This drives owners to do more (and spend more money) than is necessary. Worry is a fear of inadequacy. Charlatans profit from this fear. Most people believe that the thing they fear is the cause, but the truth is, fear comes from within the individual. Fear is also an emotion; energy in motion. When a horse brings energy to a human, the natural response is for the human to raise their energy to match the horse's, creating more energy and escalating the horse to a higher level. The secret is to learn to control your energy and bring it down, which, in most cases, automatically lowers the horses' energy. An essential hack for reducing emotional energy is to lower inflammation in both humans and horses. Another hack is to compartmentalize the sources of your…

People in this episode

Host: Geoff Tucker, DVM

Topics covered

  • fear
  • horses
  • emotional energy
  • horse care
  • inflammation
  • mental health

Keywords

  • fear of horses
  • horse care
  • energy control
  • emotional energy
  • inflammation
  • worry
  • mental health

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