Episode #147
UNBRIDLED: What Horses Can Teach Us About Human Leadership | Marlene Armstrong & Maureen Donoghue
TEATIME WITH MISS LIZ September 30th, 2026 | 3 PM EST Unbridled Coaching • Certified Equus Coaches • Leadership & Connection Friendship • Partnership • Trust • Connection • Presence • Relationship What can a horse teach us about leadership? More than you might think. On this episode of Teatime with Miss Liz , we welcome Marlene Armstrong and Maureen Donoghue , co-founders and certified Equus coaches with Unbridled Coaching at Foxview Stables in Osgoode, Ontario, Canada . Together, Marlene and Maureen bring decades of experience in leadership, education, psychology, public service, management, friendship and life experience into a very different kind of classroom. One where the teachers have four legs . Marlene spent 35 years in public-service leadership before transforming her passion for horses into Foxview Stables. With an Honours Bachelor of Commerce, extensive project-management experience and certification as an Equus coach, Marlene combines her professional leadership experience with intuition and equine-facilitated learning. Favourite Colour: Green ✨ One Word: Courageous Maureen brings a background in psychology, a Master’s in Education, and a career spanning teaching, training and management with the Canadian federal government. Today, as a certified Equus coach, she explores how trust, self-awareness and connection influence our personal relationships and the way we lead. Favourite Colour: Burgundy ✨ One Word: Connected Friendship • Partnership • Trust And their T-E-E: Connection • Presence • Relationship Together, Marlene and Maureen invite people to look at leadership and relationships through a different lens—one where horses become partners in learning. A horse doesn't care about your job title. A horse doesn't need your carefully prepared presentation. A horse responds to what is happening right now . That creates a fascinating opportunity to explore how we communicate, build trust, show up, and how our presence affects another living being. What happens when we stop trying to control everything around us and start paying attention to the relationship we're creating? What can a horse reveal about us that another human being sometimes cannot? And what can those lessons teach us about leadership? Miss Liz, Marlene, and Maureen explore: Equine-facilitated learning Friendship, partnership and trust Presence and self-awareness Communication and connection ✨ Leadership through relationship ❤️ Understanding how we show up What horses can reflect back to us Personal growth and transformation Leadership isn't always about being the loudest person in the room. Sometimes leadership begins in silence. In presence. In awareness. In trust. And in understanding the effect we're having on another living being. Marlene and Maureen's work invites us to consider whether some of our most important leadership lessons might come from simply slowing down, paying attention and being willing to see ourselves through another's response. “Sometimes the greatest teacher doesn’t give us the answer. It quietly reflects back how we’re showing up, until we’re courageous enough to see ourselves.” — Miss Liz Join Miss Liz, Marlene Armstrong and Maureen Donoghue at the Teatime table for a conversation about horses, leadership, trust, connection and the relationships that teach us who we are. Grab your cup—and let's dig deep. ☕ September 30th • 3 PM EST UNBRIDLED COACHING UNBRIDLED: What Horses Can Teach Us About Human Leadership Friendship • Partnership • Trust #TeatimeWithMissLiz #UnbridledCoaching #EquineCoaching #EquusCoaching #LeadershipDevelopment #ConnectionMatters #HorseWisdom #Leadership #PersonalGrowth #Trust #Communication #Presence #Relationship #FoxviewStables
