A Voice of Her Own

Holly in her own words: Holly Scaglione (she/her) holds a master's degree in social work and has over 20 years of service and leadership experience in the health and social services field, including teaching in the Social Work Graduate Program at Humboldt State University. She has Irish, English, French, German, Polish, and Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry and currently lives on unceded Wiyot Land.

Holly has been taught-from and moved by the spirit of the horse for as long as she can remember. She is a Certified Equine Guided Education (EGE) Coach and HeartMath Practitioner and serves on the Board of Directors for Weaving Earth, Center for Relational Education. As founder, educator, and guide at Spirit Horse Education, Holly works at the intersection of somatics, experiential learning, and collective liberation — all guided by her deep relationship with horses, nature, and herself.

I’ve known and worked with this wonderful woman for the last five years, so it was a real pleasure to bring some of her insight and wisdom to the show. One of the things I most respect about Holly is her willingness to get real about herself, her own continuing journey to selfhood, and the work she’s doing internally to shift the oppressive systems we labor under externally.

“I will not source my value from anyone outside myself.”

In this conversation, Holly and I talk about:

• the lifelong intergenerational path of embodied liberation
• individual coaching versus collective liberation, and how individual liberation can lead to the liberation of the world
• the work of recognizing the white supremacy and oppressive systems that live in the body
• the healing power of horses
• how horses always know when you’re faking it, and how faking it, urgency, and perfectionism are all manifestations of white supremacy culture
• how being real is a radical act
• the ongoing work of developing your own authority versus external validation
• the seduction of societal systems and validation
• the moment when Holly knew she could no longer participate in outsourcing her worth
• how hearing our own voice clearly is crucial to our own evolution
• the stories we tell ourselves and the one question we always need to ask
• modeling the feel of embodied non-action reciprocity through somatic work with horses
• Heartmath practices and tools to measure heart-rate variance and coherence
• the electromagnetic field of the hearts of horses and humans, and how we influence our surroundings
• how to develop an internal sense of safety and the practice of resourcing to ground ourselves and regulate our nervous systems
• in The Takeaway, Holly leads us through a simple but powerful practice of heart-centered breathing called The Quick Coherence Technique

Holly’s info:

Spirit Horse Education (SHE) - Equine-guided education, personal growth and healing. Using horses as our guides to know ourselves, each other, and the world in more authentic, compassionate, and just ways. Holly and the staff at SHE can support you to come into your power by...

• helping transform your old story into a new story
• de-program yourself from your automatic and unconscious conditioning
• wake up to your true power, authenticity, and grace
• and help you listen deeply and trust your inner wisdom... so you can make the best choices for your life.

Contact Info: spirithorseeducation@gmail.com or www.spirithorseeducation.com

Find Holly’s offerings at her linktree on Instagram @spirit_horse_education

Links mentioned in this episode:

           Lilla Watson

Dr. Dan Siegel

The Herd Institute

Heartmath

Shout-outs:

Neurogan 

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