In a world that often glorifies control and perfection, Stumbling With Grace is a quiet rebellion. Through stories shaped by years in the saddle and a life lived closely with horses, Amy Skinner offers an unflinching look at what it means to grow, to falter, and to keep going.
With clarity, humor, and honesty, Skinner draws striking parallels between horsemanship and the human experience: how the lessons we learn from horses mirror the ones we most need in life. This is not a book about fixing yourself or mastering a method. It's about doing deep work to connect, beauty in imperfection, and grace in the places we least expect it.
Whether you're a lifelong rider or simply navigating your way through uncertain terrain, Stumbling With Grace is a companion for those seeking courage to move with life, listen and lead with heart.
""Amy's words often feel like poetry, evocative, raw, and richly textured. Amy is unapologetically real, fiercely insightful, and has little tolerance for pretense or near-truths. She has the kind of grit not only to push past when the going gets rough, but to embrace the value and learning in the skid, the quicksand, or even darkness.
Reading Stumbling With Grace is less like turning pages in a book and more like an experience, one that is at times challenging as it stirs old behaviors, triggers insights and settles deep into the soul, and maybe hope like a bucking strap handy.""
-Dr. Steve Peters, Clinical Neuropsychologist and co-author of ""Evidence Based Horsemanship""
""Amy is a beautiful rider and writer! Her unequaled collection of essays and stories about horses, her horses and her journey may have you looking beyond the horse, deep into your soul, into the voids and the process. Well, most of the process - she doesn't hold much back.
While in the process of reading this book it sounds the same thunder those looking to see what's on the inside of the horse from the outside as we often miss what the horse sees when he's looking in.""
-Jim Masterson, creator of Masterson Method
""Stumbling With Grace is an inspiring collection of systems, patterns and personal observations that makes one think more deeply about our relationships to ourselves, others, and the horse. A very thought provoking and encouraging read.""
-Christina Cline, co-author of ""The Essential Hoof Book""
