The horse boy

Welcome to Live Free, Ride Free.

I'm your host, Rupert Isaacson, New York Times bestselling author of The Horse Boy and The Long Ride Home.

Before I jump in with today's guest, I want to say a huge thank you to you, our audience, for helping to make this happen.

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And then-

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... after I published The Horse Boy, I r- I was doing a demo on how we work with autism at a big English equestrian thing, and she showed up, and I was like, "I used to ride behind you, and, uh, you know, you basically kept me safe over all those fences." And she, then she said, "Oh, well, my son's here." She introduced me to William.

William just completely spontaneously said, "Oh, well, why don't you come down to mine, and we'll do a demo of what you do with mine at my, with my horses."

Welcome to Equine Assisted World.

I'm your host, Rupert Isaacson, New York Times best-selling author of The Horse Boy, The Long Ride Home, and The Healing Land.

Before I jump in with today's guest, I just want to say a huge thank you to you, our audience, for helping to make this happen.

I have a request.

You'll be dragging a, a two-year-old too.

But I think this is a really unlooked f- y- This is a really overlooked area.

Look, when I wrote the Horse Boy book, I was talking about directly going to the old lady in the forest, directly going to the old man in the forest.

In parts of the world where this is not just a story that's partly forgotten, where it's still very, very, very much a living tradition.

I'm your host, Pernilla, and today I have the great pleasure of welcoming Rupert Isaacson, a New York Times bestselling author, journalist, filmmaker, human rights activist, horseman, and internationally recognized autism advocate.

Perhaps Rupert is best known for his remarkable book, The Horse Boy, which follows the journey he undertook with his wife and his autistic son, Rowan, traveling on horseback across Mongolia in search of healing, connection, and a way to help Rowan engage more comfortably with the world around him.

But at the heart of this story is something even deeper.

It is a story of a father willing to travel to the end of the earth, not to change who his son was, but to understand him more fully and discover what might help him access his gift, regulate his inner world, and find greater freedom within himself.

On her back, movement, communication, and connection became more accessible, and Rupert recognized that the horse was reaching a place within his son that conventional approaches had not been able to reach.

That discovery became the beginning of a much larger contribution.

From this experience with Rowan, Rupert went on to develop The Horse Boy Method, Movement Method, and Tacking Equine Integration, approaches that bring together horses, nature, movement, and relationship to support communication, emotional regulation, and learning.

Today, these methods are helping children, families, educators, and practitioner around the world.

Welcome to Live Free, Ride Free.

I'm your host, Rupert Isaacson, New York Times bestselling author of "The Horse Boy" and "The Long Ride Home." Before I jump in with today's guest, I want to say a huge thank you to you, our audience, for helping to make this happen.

I have a request.

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Welcome to Live Free, Ride Free.

I'm your host, Rupert Isaacson, New York Times bestselling author of The Horse Boy and The Long Ride Home.

Before I jump in with today's guest, I want to say a huge thank you to you, our audience, for helping to make this happen.

I have a request.