What a Horse Reveals About Fear, Learning, and Starting Over After 50 (#2 of Top Ten from 2025)

In this episode of Meaning and Moxie After 50, Leslie sits down with internationally recognized horse trainer and competitor Tik Maynard for a conversation that goes far beyond horses. Tik shares how working with animals—who respond only to presence, patience, and clarity—reveals the hidden ways humans sabotage learning through fear, impatience, and the need to control outcomes. Horses don’t care about age, résumés, or past mistakes, and that truth becomes a powerful mirror for how we approach change later in life.

Together, Leslie and Tik explore why starting something new after 50 can actually be an advantage, not a setback. They unpack the myth that speed equals success, the cost of rushing growth, and why discomfort is often a sign you’re learning—not failing. This episode is a reminder that reinvention doesn’t require forcing or proving anything; it begins when you slow down, stay curious, and trust that growth has no expiration date.

Find Tik's book at this link:

https://trafalgarbooks.com/collections/biography-memoir/products/starting-in-the-middle

http://copperlineequestrian.com/

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