“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Welcome, Friends.

I hope this finds you well and finding new ways to reconnect with friends and loved ones from whom we’ve all been separated during the past couple of years. Whether you’re a new visitor or returning to this website, I am delighted you are here and I look forward to connecting with you soon.

Over the past 15 years, I’ve been deeply blessed to travel the globe facilitating retreats and sharing the incredible insights horses have to offer each one of us. In 2010 I developed the Koelle Institute for Equus Coaching, an extensive training and certification program that prepares individuals to provide Equus Coaching support to their own clients.

The disruptions of the past two years have compelled me to slow down, reflect on the journey of my work thus far and do a lot of good soul searching. During this process I couldn’t help but notice all the various ways in which our personal and collective trauma has continued to fuel and further compound a deep sense of disconnection from ourselves, one another and the natural world.

While the journey and success of developing the Equus Coach training program evolved beyond my wildest dreams, I’ve also been feeling a strong pull to shift my focus from teaching students how to facilitate Equus Coaching and ultimately return to supporting clients who are seeking to transform the effects of trauma in their own lives.

As I continue to deepen my private practice by undertaking advanced training and intensive coursework, I have decided to transfer ownership of the Equus Coach training program to my long-time teaching instructor Erin Cutshall.

Erin Cutshall has been at my side for the last ten years supporting the growth and development of the Equus Coaching Institute since the very first certification course. Her calm, nurturing, gentle spirit combined with her incredible intuition and deep bank of experience in business operations made it abundantly clear to me that she is the perfect fit to oversee the Institute’s continued success. I have no doubt that the needs of our students, certified coaches, fellow equus herd members and the Institute’s educational offerings are in the best hands possible.

The Equus Coaching work is, and always will be, intricately woven into my life’s work and ongoing private practice. I will of course continue to stay engaged and support the educational needs and development of the institute wherever it may be needed. Erin and I will continue to work closely together, along with the passionate care of the teaching instructor team, to ensure that Equus Coaching students receive the best educational support available.

Going forward you will see two new websites. One site is equuscoach.com led by Erin Cutshall who will lead the way on further development, management and delivery of the Equus Coach training programs. The second site is koellesimpson.com. Here you will see the various opportunities to work with me directly through personal development offerings, new nature based retreats, equus retreats and virtual coaching support. I’m wholeheartedly committed to helping those who seek to transform the ripple effects of trauma in their own lives.

Please feel free to review the two new websites and let us know how we best support you.

Sincerely,