Sarah Olson Michel

Member-only story It’s hard to understand why people who love horses continuously choose to hurt them. Sarah Olson Michel · Follow 10 min read · -- Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash I can remember the exact moment everything changed. I was working with a young mustang who had little experience being handled by humans. I had been struggling to teach her to wear a halter on her head.

Like climate change deniers and anti-vaxxers, equestrians are susceptible to conspiracy theories and skepticism. Sarah Olson Michel · Follow 11 min read · -- Photo by Marylou Fortier on Unsplash I recently wrote about the issue with science denial in the equestrian community. Like any group of people, horse lovers are not immune to misguided beliefs when it comes to something we care about — in this case, our equine partners.

These overlooked symptoms of attention dysregulation may be the key to understanding your mind Thanks to social media, there is a growing awareness about attention dysregulation (ADHD and ADD) today. More and more people are discovering that characteristics they may have assumed were flaws about themselves could be overlooked symptoms suggesting an inability to regulate their attention. That’s all ADHD really is — struggling to regulate your attention span. Not a lack of attention.