“USE EMOTIONS AS INFORMATION. Horses use emotion as information to engage surprisingly agile responses to environmental stimuli and relationship challenges: (a) Feel the emotion in its purest form (b) Get the message behind the emotion (c) Change something in response to the message (d) Go back to grazing. In other words, let the emotion go, and either get back on task or relax, so you can enjoy life fully. Horses don’t hang on to the story, endlessly ruminating over the details of uncomfortable situations -- from an October 30, 2013 article on the Intelligent Optimist magazine” Healthy Emotions Book:The Power of the Herd: A Nonpredatory Approach to Social Intelligence, Leadership, and Innovation Source: The Power of the Herd: A Nonpredatory Approach to Social Intelligence, Leadership, and Innovation