The Horsemanship Journey Podcast

If you are interested in becoming a better horseman and in becoming a better human being, this is your podcast. Each week your host, Shane Jacob, takes you on a journey designed to entertain, inform, and empower! Enjoy uplifting stories, powerful strategies, and inspiration from the best horsemen and women of our time.
Get ready to take life by the reins and Don’t Ever Stop Chasin It!

Now Available Everywhere

Most Recent Episodes

Episode 35: Boundaries with Shane Jacob

In this episode, Shane shares his personal take on setting boundaries. You’ll hear how boundaries can help you stay centered, protect your peace, and create healthier connections.

Episode 34: ACE Your Life with Dr. Michelle Maidenberg

Dr. Michelle Maidenberg explains why embracing negative emotion is necessary for good mental health and demonstrates how in an impromptu coaching session with our host, Shane Jacob.

Episode 33: Your Power Within with Shane Jacob

A step-by-step process to positively influence horses and kids

Episode 32: Never Start with Why with David Ask

Starting with "Why" usually leads to your "Why" being someone else’s definition of success.

Episode 31: Communication Part 1 with Shane Jacob

Shane takes the complex topic of communication and makes it practical and relatable. Find out why mastering this skill matters and learn the first step toward becoming a great communicator!

Episode 30: How to Survive Life’s Blow Ups with Brian Fleming

Brian Fleming tells his fascinating story of surviving a suicide bomb in Afghanistan and shares how each of us can better survive our own life's "blow ups."

Episode 29: Stop Seeking False Pleasure with Shane Jacob

Avoiding negative emotion by indulging in pleasurable activities that make us feel better in the moment is a normal reaction. But, escaping our emotions has serious consequences. This episode talks about handling negative emotions in healthy ways that have positive results for ourselves and the people we love.

Episode 28: Bring Forth Greatness with Marcus Higgs

Marcus explains how his Show Up framework helps parents show up for their child to bring forth their greatness.

Episode 27: Life lessons learned from horses Part 1 with Shane Jacob

Modeling this horse behavior is the key to making progress when you feel stuck.

Episode 26: Build a Life on Your Terms with Sophie Deslauriers

Overcoming adversity and reclaiming personal power is possible for anyone.

Episode 25: Supporting Teens and the People We Lead with Shane Jacob

If you are a parent or a leader in any way, your people NEED you! And you can only give to the edge of how you feel about yourself. You can only help or support someone else, or love someone else to the degree you love yourself and have your own stuff resolved.

Episode 24 : The Framework for Getting Things Done with Mark Struczewski

Productivity is about doing what matters most, not just doing more.

Episode 23: 5 Tips to Becoming More Patient with Shane Jacob

Exercising patience gets more cooperation and better outcomes. Use these 5 tips to improve your results.

Episode 22: Creating Opportunity From Uncertainty with Dave Sanderson

The stories we tell ourselves about our pain and trauma decide the power they hold over us. Those stories either define or liberate us.

Episode 21: Forgiven with Shane Jacob

Horses are good examples of forgiveness. Follow your horse's lead and let it go!

Episode 20: Winning Life's Battles Using Gratitude with David George Brooke

How to overcome the opposition in our lives using gratitude as your weapon.

Episode 19: The First 3 Steps to Personal Horsepower with Shane Jacob

Horses teach us so many valuable life lessons! This Episode delves into identifying thoughts vs circumstances and then taking action to get the results we want. We call it Your Personal Horsepower!

Episode 18: Using Pain for Fuel with Derick Johnson

Derrick Johnson used his dark upbringing in a home of alcoholism and rage as fuel. He used fitness as an escape and learned how to stay calm in moments most people would break down or snap.

Episode 17: 3 Keys to Connection and Cooperation with Shane Jacob

We are all hard wired with a need to connect with other people, and we all want cooperation in our relationships. The first step to having connection and cooperation is accepting the fact that people don’t really like you!

Episode 16: Embracing Transformation in a Changing World with Dr. Jeffrey Magee

Dr. Jeffrey Magee discusses the Trajectory Code and the importance of taking ownership and embracing change. He highlights the importance of creating systems and structures that hold individuals accountable and empower them to take ownership and talks about the concept of change formation and the need to embrace transformation rather than just surviving change.

Episode 15: Creating Stronger Connections with Shane Jacob

Being fully honest with the people in our lives increases our self respect and gives us more capacity to give and connect with the people we love.

Episode 14: Your highest version of you is waiting for you with Wylene Wilson

Today is the day to say I'm stepping it up. I'm scared, but here we go! When you do that, your future self is thanking you right now.

Episode 13: The Top 3 Ways to Create Desire with Shane Jacob

Learn The Top 3 Ways to Create Desire and appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.

Episode 12: From Adversity to the Finish Line with Eric McElvenny

Eric McElvenny brings us a story of grit, determination, and hope. Eric served as a Marine Corps Infantry Officer and was wounded after stepping on an IED. He suffered the amputation of his right leg below the knee, a life-changing opportunity that began his next journey, as an athlete, speaker, and example of how to get from adversity to the finish line.

Episode 11: Are You Following Your Purpose with Shane Jacob

Consistently and truthfully answering this question will result in your life having more meaning and less regret.

Episode 10: Filling your heart and soul! with Tom Fuller

Tom Fuller is a Western artist, and his lifestyle fills his soul. What he shares with the world through a paintbrush comes from his inner passion. “I want to bring my paintings into your home and have you feel the picture's character and soul!"

Episode 9: Embracing Difficult with Shane Jacob

Perceived difficulty level and achievement are related because people who are high achievers embrace what most of us consider difficult things.

Episode 8: Focus with Rick Steed

"The biggest thing that I see people struggle with is focus. For example, it's important to focus on what I'd like the horse to do instead of what the horse is not doing. Most people focus on what didn't happen and as soon as you focus on what didn't happen, it's gonna "didn't” happen again."

Episode 7: Living with Intention

Why live with more intention? To give as much as we are capable of to the people we love. To make our significant contribution to the world. To live with more passion and purpose. Because you are worth it. No one is more important than you.

Episode 6: Unleashing the power of healthy boundaries

Join speaker and author Sheryl Green in a real and raw conversation about how setting healthy boundaries helps banish burnout, repair relationships, and saves your sanity. "I spent the first four decades of my life doing everything for everyone, everyone except myself. Now I'm on a mission to change the world, one boundary at a time. You have the right to self-respect and respect from others.”

Episode 5: Power and Progress through Responsibility

Regardless of where you’re starting from, you’ll feel better about yourself. You will make more progress in less time. Your relationships will improve, all of them, including your relationship with your horse, when you develop the habit of personal responsibility.

Episode 4: Confidence & Communication with Horses

Julie Goodnight is one of the most versatile trainers and clinicians in the country. In this episode she shares what she has found to be the most common roadblocks we encounter with horses. She dives into the importance of confidence, communication, boundaries, and more.

Episode 3: How do I stop being a nervous rider

A lot of us don't want to be nervous riders. Why not? What is nervousness, fear, and anxiety anyway? And what if rejecting these feelings holding us back from progressing? This episode dives into why embracing nervousness can propel us forward and why avoiding these feelings feels good but doesn't help us improve our lives.

Episode 2: Leadership Wisdom with Tom Ziglar

Tom Ziglar shares a few fun stories about his father Zig Ziglar, the results of believing in yourself, how to bring joy and happiness into your life, and much more. Enjoy this Episode with Tom Ziglar and Don’t Ever Stop Chasin It!

Episode 1: Welcome to The Horsemanship Journey with Shane Jacob

In this episode Host Shane Jacob introduces himself and the Horsemanship Journey Podcast, what it’s about, why it’s important, and what it means to you. Discover why the mainstream horse world has it backwards. Enjoy this Episode and Don’t ever Stop Chasin It!