Cowboy Up / Basecamp For Veterans
Sep 29, 2026 · 48 min · 12 segments
**Healing Outside Four Walls: Equine-Assisted Therapy for Veterans & First Responders** In this episode of *The Cowboy Up Podcast*, hosts Russell True and Steven Clauson sit down with Sierra…
Well, you know, one of the things that C- Theo has told me before, I don't mean to, to, to silence you, I apologize for that.
One of the things that Theo has told me with the amount of travel that he has is he's separated from his horses.
Now, I've gotta think when you're separated from your horses, that's probably not all that happy a time, is it?
Yeah, it's like the only thing that can consume you for a while because you're always checking in, wanting to know what's going on back home, you know, how are the horses doing and, and most times they're fine.
But as you were talking, I was thinking about, you know, um, lessons from the ranch.
... um, continues on through your life, both in your work, but, you know, the way that you communicate with others, the way that you work with horses and, and others, and what are some of those lessons that you think you, you've brought with you from childhood, from, from your time growing up there?
I think so much of it is not taking for granted the beauty and, um, th- that there are untouched places in this world-
... that other people will probably never see, and that I know where they are because I was on horseback going to check fences or gather cattle or just check the land, right? I feel like ranching, we were really stewards of the land-
I found it really interesting of, you know, just recognizing the beauty, and where that took me was being able to be present and just silent and to be.
And I think that's something that we really struggle with today in our society and as humans of, how do we just stay present? How do we, um, stop for a minute? And the-
Well, you know, one of the things that C- Theo has told me before, I don't mean to, to, to silence you, I apologize for that.
One of the things that Theo has told me with the amount of travel that he has is he's separated from his horses.
Now, I've gotta think when you're separated from your horses, that's probably not all that happy a time, is it?
Yeah, it's like the only thing that can consume you for a while because you're always checking in, wanting to know what's going on back home, you know, how are the horses doing and, and most times they're fine.
But as you were talking, I was thinking about, you know, um, lessons from the ranch.
... um, continues on through your life, both in your work, but, you know, the way that you communicate with others, the way that you work with horses and, and others, and what are some of those lessons that you think you, you've brought with you from childhood, from, from your time growing up there?
I think so much of it is not taking for granted the beauty and, um, th- that there are untouched places in this world-
... that other people will probably never see, and that I know where they are because I was on horseback going to check fences or gather cattle or just check the land, right? I feel like ranching, we were really stewards of the land-
I found it really interesting of, you know, just recognizing the beauty, and where that took me was being able to be present and just silent and to be.
And I think that's something that we really struggle with today in our society and as humans of, how do we just stay present? How do we, um, stop for a minute? And the-
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