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Farm Life Myths
Happy Saturday friends!
I've been thinking about people who live on farms this week. Out in the elements, doing all the things to make sure that their critters are okay in the weather. We made it thr...
The fig tree wasn't a dud after all!
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All kinds of things happening here at the end of summer. We found out that our fig tree isn't a dud after all! What?? All these years it's been stuck behind a wall of trees, s...
Healing in Dribs & Drabs
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This week I wanted to talk about how sometimes we get to the point with our therapists, coaches, or in our spiritual work, that we finally start cognitively understanding what...
"This is your safe place." đź’ś
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Sometimes you don't notice something about yourself until people start commenting on it. We bought our first farm in 2016 and I started creating my dream of The Mother Ranch a...
Baby spoons and ice cream bowls
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Let's start with my silly ponies and donkeys! I sent the video above to my fellow TBAH (Touched By A Horse) coaches, many of us have these heavy foam filled cubes for our coac...
"And lo, they did proclaim..."
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I'm gearing up for 5am starts this weekend, I am so over this heat. I have a bunch of stuff that I want in the ground and I'm debating: do I want to get up extra early and sta...
The goats escaped & more sweaty escapades
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I don’t even understand how it’s July already. When I was young I remember grandparents saying that time seemed to fly by but nowadays EVERYONE says it, even the 30 somethings...
Crazy dream!
Mockingbird 👆🏽
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Boy, this was so real feeling!
I was outside and sitting on a chair with my legs loosely crossed when I felt something and looked down to find a Copperhead ha...
From "You Suck!" to "You're Perfect!"
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I swear, sometimes you don't realize you've been mistreated by a doctor until you meet a really, really good one. I want to tell the world about my experience with Dr. Haque, ...
11pm and the herd was loose (and someone was in my car)
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I woke up Friday morning at 5:30am even though I didn’t have to go out to water the gardens because…RAIN! OMG! I went downstairs for a glass of water and wandered into the li...
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Julia MacMonagle
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I’m Julia MacMonagle—artist, equine-partnered coach, and founder of The Mother Ranch in Apex, NC, a 7 acre sanctuary where women come to breathe, create, and reconnect with themselves. My work blends creativity, presence, and nervous-system awareness to help women (and the occasional teen girl) listen to their Inner Voice and remember what’s true for them. Whether I’m leading an Women’s In-Person Circle, hosting a Women’s Online Creative Circle, or offering equine partnered coaching, everything I do is rooted in gentleness, compassion, and personal agency. I believe we all deserve a place where we don’t have to hold everything together—a space where creativity, connection, and quiet insight can unfold naturally. Art and writing is how I listen to my own Inner Voice. Animals are how I stay grounded. The Mother Ranch is where those worlds meet. When I’m not teaching or painting, you’ll find me with the herd, walking the land, or sketching the tiny moments that make life meaningful.
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