Over the years, I have been able to work with a great number of people. Offering both support and guidance.

Your local sports psychologist working in the area.

Whether you want to simply feel safer on a horse, or whilst hacking, compete happily at riding club competitions or jump faster clear rounds, tackle those more difficult courses, go advanced eventing or as far as you can in the dressage world - evolution sports coaching can help.

The key word is enjoyment. Whether you ride as a hobby or spend your life riding as a professional, it's important to enjoy what you are doing. The successful competition rider requires mental toughness above all else, to both cope with the inevitable disappointments and to remain dedicated to the constant learning process that is 'horses'. However, there will be plenty of 'highs' and a real sense of achievement as well. That is all part and parcel of doing any job well.

Lots of hard training and sacrifices - with constant questions needing guidance to get to the right answers. I have had to learn from things that have gone wrong and pick myself up. Failure can actually be really useful (not that I believed this at the time). However, you can reassess, rethink, move forward (sometimes in a different direction) and keep those goals and dreams alive. Reassurance is the key.