I was born horse crazy and lucky enough to have a pony, Happy,  arrived in my life when I was eight .  In high school, I met my first great equine mentor, Mrs.  White, an incredible horse woman who bred  Appaloosas and took me under her wing. I went on to ride on a collegiate team at Hollins University and on graduation worked professionally as trainer and instructor. In the 90s, with two small boys, I  pulled away from horses professionally to teach elementary school for a few years but horses called me back and I returned to training and teaching in 2007,  when I accepted a position at Sweet Briar College as an instructor and went on to coach at SBC for over a decade, specializing in hunter field riding, Natural Horsemanship, and Equine Facilitated Leadership. In 2018,  I completed  the Epala® apprenticeship program, with Dr. Juli Lynch and began my journey with Equine Partnering.

Bent Post Farm is nestled  up against the Blue Ridge Mountains, in Afton, Virginia, overlooking the beautiful Rockfish Valley,  & home to the Goodling's, an assortment of farm animals, Equine Partnering, and Goat Busters.