How Horses Help Women Break Free from Burnout with Sue Willoughby – Ep.353
Release Date: 12/03/2025
How Horses Help Women Break Free from Burnout with Sue Willoughby – Ep.353
Wickedly Smart Women
“Horses don’t care if you’re afraid. They care if you’re honest.” In this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, host Anjel B. Hartwell welcomes Sue Willoughby, founder of Willoughby Coaching, certified equus coach, real estate investor, and a woman who has rewritten her life more times than most people dare to dream. Raised by a single alcoholic parent and a two-time high school dropout, Sue charted a path from instability to a six-figure career, a multidimensional portfolio of work, and a coaching practice rooted in the intuitive wisdom of horses. If you’re feeling the whisper that...
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info_outline“Horses don’t care if you’re afraid. They care if you’re honest.” In this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, host Anjel B. Hartwell welcomes Sue Willoughby, founder of Willoughby Coaching, certified equus coach, real estate investor, and a woman who has rewritten her life more times than most people dare to dream. Raised by a single alcoholic parent and a two-time high school dropout, Sue charted a path from instability to a six-figure career, a multidimensional portfolio of work, and a coaching practice rooted in the intuitive wisdom of horses.
If you’re feeling the whisper that something in your life or career needs to change, this episode gives you permission, perspective, and possibility.
What You Will Learn:
The emotional and psychological impact of being raised by a single alcoholic parent and how early instability can shape lifelong patterns of independence and resilience.
What it feels like to reach the moment where corporate life becomes unbearable, and the emotional complexity of leaping from stability into entrepreneurship.
How passion projects and side ventures can become bridges out of corporate life without risking everything at once.
How horses instantly sense incongruence between what you say, what you feel, and what your body is actually communicating.
Why humans store emotional stories in the body while horses process, react, and release without carrying narratives, resentment, or drama.
How corporate teams can use horse-led experiences to learn authentic leadership, strengthen team dynamics, and understand each other’s communication patterns.
Why it is never too late to reinvent yourself, take risks, pursue a new career, or bring long-buried creative visions into reality.
A simple daily practice for reconnecting with presence and intuition.
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