The Horse Does not Care about Your Story

by Federico Malatesta

Feb 24, 2026

Equine coaching is one of the fastest-growing modalities in leadership development. It is also one of the most intellectually compromised.

In this essay, I trace how mystical frameworks — mirrors, energy, vibrations — came to dominate the field, and make the case for a horsemanship and neuroscience-grounded approach that takes both the horse and the client seriously. The horse is not a mirror. Find out why.

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