Giving Horses a Voice
Sharon Wilsie
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About This Podcast
Giving Horses a Voice
With Sharon Wilsie
What if your horse isn’t being difficult…
What if they’re trying to speak?
Giving Horses a Voice is a podcast for horse owners, trainers, therapists, and seekers who suspect there’s more happening beneath behavior — and want to understand it clearly, practically, and without mysticism or gimmicks.
Hosted by Sharon Wilsie, author of the Horse Speak book series and founder of the READI® framework (Regulated Equine Atonement for Dynamic Interaction), this podcast explores the missing link between traditional training and true relational communication.
Sharon shares:
• How horses actually communicate through micro-gestures
• What regulation really means (and how to recognize it)
• Why “feel” isn’t magic — it’s observable
• How maternal care messages shape equine safety
• What happens when humans learn to slow down enough to see
This isn’t about whispering.
It’s not about dominance.
It’s not about anthropomorphism.
It’s about learning to observe what has always been there.
With over a decade of field research, international clinics, neurobiological study including HRV research, and thousands of horses observed, Sharon brings both grounded science and lived experience to conversations that feel intimate, honest, and practical.
Each episode invites you to:
• Question what you’ve been taught
• Trust what you’ve sensed
• And reclaim your own lived experience with your horse
You don’t need to believe anything.
Just be willing to look.
Because when we give horses a voice, we often find our own.
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Recent Episodes
S1E11 Episode 11: The Meaning of the Front Foot — Understanding “I Want” in the Horse
What does it really mean when a horse paws with their front foot?In this episode, we step out of training systems and into something more fundamental—how horses communicate from an ecological,…
S1E10 Using the Lead Rope to Help Your Horse Find Balance
In this episode of Giving Horses a Voice, Sharon Wilsie explores a simple but powerful idea: the lead rope is not just a tool for getting from point A to point B—it is a line of communication that…
S1E9 Spring Grass, Seasonal Change, and the Horse’s “Gobble Instinct”
In this episode of Giving Horses a Voice, Sharon Wilsie talks about one of spring’s biggest horse topics: grass.Spring brings more than greener fields. Horses are also experiencing changes in coat,…
S1E8 The Missing Piece in the Horse-Human Connection
What if you’re not learning something new… but remembering something you’ve always known?In this episode of the Giving Horses a Voice - Horse Speak series, Sharon Wilsie explores the deeper truth…
S1E7 What is Horse Speak®—and how horses actually communicate
In this episode, Sharon Wilsie answers a common question:Is Horse Speak® the same as animal communication or telepathy?The answer is no.Horse Speak® is not about psychic or telepathic connection—it…
S1E6 The Discovery of Patterns: How Horses Communicate in Repeating Messages.
In Episode 6 of Giving Horses a Voice, Sharon Wilsie takes us into the early discovery phase of Horse Speak®—where observation became language. What began as simple curiosity evolved into a…
S1E5 What is the difference between behavior and language?
Giving Horses a Voice with Sharon Wilsie – Episode 5What is the difference between behavior and language?In this episode, Sharon Wilsie explores the difference between behavior and language in…
S1E4 How do Horses say, “Hello?”
In this episode of Giving Horses a Voice, Sharon Wilsie explores how horses greet each other — and how we can learn to greet them in a way they understand.Horses gather information through…
S1E3 What is - and what is not - leadership in relationship to horses?
In Episode 3 of Giving Horses a Voice, Sharon Wilsie explores what leadership truly is — and what it is not — in relationship to horses.For years, the industry has taught humans to use big energy to…
S1E2 What is Zero?
The word "Zero" comes from work with the neurodivergent community. It describes an internal state of regulation and resiliency — the place inside us where we can pause, process, and choose our…
S1E1 Who is Sharon Wilsie?
In this first episode of Giving Horses a Voice, Sharon Wilsie shares the origin story behind her work with equine body language — and the turning point that changed everything.Sharon explains how…
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Giving Horses a Voice has published 11 episodes since February 2026, covering topics in Arts, Books.
Giving Horses a Voice is currently moderate with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 23m.
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