You know what you want, so why does something keep getting in the way?
You may know logically that you're capable. You may understand exactly what you should do. You've tried thinking differently, pushing through, working harder or telling yourself not to feel the way you do.
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And yet the same thoughts, feelings and reactions keep coming up.
Maybe anxiety takes over when you most want to feel calm. Your confidence disappears when you need it. You overthink, hold yourself back, or find yourself repeating patterns you can’t seem to break.
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It's frustrating when your conscious mind knows one thing, but another part of you seems to be saying something completely different.
What if trying harder or telling yourself to just get over it isn’t the answer?
Much of the way we think, feel and respond happens automatically.
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Beneath conscious awareness sit subconscious beliefs, associations and patterns shaped through our experiences. They influence how we interpret what's happening around us and how we respond to it.
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So you can consciously want to feel confident, calm or capable, while an older belief or learned response pulls you in another direction.
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That's why willpower alone can feel like such hard work. You're trying to change the outcome without changing what's driving it.
Change gets easier when you're no longer working against yourself.
Willpower, conscious choices and purposeful action all have an important part to play in change.
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But they're much harder to sustain when deeper beliefs and automatic responses don't align with you want.
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I guide you to uncover and change those underlying patterns so that what you believe beneath conscious awareness begins to support what you consciously want.
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That’s when your efforts gain traction - and change begins to stick.
Rider confidence and RTT hypnotherapy are at the heart of my work, helping you understand what’s holding you back, change the patterns getting in your way and move forward with greater confidence and self-trust.
Ride with Heart
For Riders
You haven't forgotten how to ride.
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But fear, self-doubt, pressure or a difficult experience have changed the way riding feels - even though you know you are capable of more.
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Ride with Heart combines equestrian experience, RTT hypnotherapy and practical mental skills to help you understand your confidence, work with what's happening underneath and develop the skills and self-trust to keep growing.
RTT Hypnotherapy
For Life
You know logically that you're safe, capable or ready to move forward but your thoughts, feelings or habits tell a different story.
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I specialise particularly in anxiety and confidence issues and also work with fears and phobias and with people whose past experiences continue to affect how they feel and respond today.
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Private RTT and hypnotherapy sessions are personalised to you and the issue you're facing.
Hi, I'm Ashleigh...
Horses have been one of the great constants of my life and some of my greatest teachers. I've experienced the highs of competing at a serious level, but I've also experienced what it is to lose my way with something that felt like part of who I was.
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Technical ability wasn't the problem. I knew how to ride. But after my confidence unravelled, knowing I was capable wasn't enough. That search to understand why eventually led me to the subconscious mind and RTT and fundamentally changed the way I understood confidence, change and performance.
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My understanding hasn't come from horses alone. I've navigated anxiety, self-doubt and some significant changes and difficult chapters in my life too. I've learned that we can consciously know what we want, and even know what we should do, while something underneath continues to pull us in another direction.
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Today, as a certified RTT hypnotherapist, coach and lifelong horsewoman, those experiences come together in my work - helping people understand what's happening beneath the surface, change the patterns that are holding them back and move forward with greater confidence and self-trust.
What clients say...
I had tried many different therapies but nothing had stuck... I wanted a long-term solution. I was given tools to train my mind to keep anxieties in check so that I can approach pressure situations with confidence and focus.
After a rotational fall, I went from being a capable, experienced rider to feeling afraid of things I had done without thinking before. Working with Ashleigh helped me understand what was happening underneath... I found my confidence again — I learnt how to work with my mind rather than fighting against it.
Joanne Roberts - Showjumper
After three sessions, I feel completely different. I feel much more positive and confident... I put myself out there, went for a job interview and got the job.
Sarah Loubsher - Showjumper
I feel like a new person... I feel so calm and in control — like my thoughts have been rewired. I am quite shocked by how much this has helped me and how fast.
Brenda Coleman - Teacher
Jacques Du Plessis - General Manager