# EP264: Pressure, Deadlines, and Pretending Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/horse-training-in-harmony-1316447/ep264-pressure-deadlines-and-pretending Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/horse-training-in-harmony-1316447/ep264-pressure-deadlines-and-pretending.md Podcast: [Horse Training in Harmony](https://stenobird.com/podcast/horse-training-in-harmony-1316447) Published: 2026-06-12T16:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://dressagenaturally.net/podcast-library/ep264-pressure-deadlines-and-pretending Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/6b9ba187-a175-4603-b2cb-b79dc102e2bf.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/horse-training-in-harmony-1316447/episodes/ep264-pressure-deadlines-and-pretending Duration seconds: 1735 ## Resource In this episode I’ll talk about how sometimes pressure, deadlines, and a bit of imagination helps you break your own patterns and discover better results.    About the Host:   Karen Rohlf, author and creator of Dressage Naturally, is an internationally recognized clinician who is changing the equestrian educational paradigm. She teaches students of all disciplines and levels from around the world in her clinics and the Dressage Naturally virtual programs.  Karen is well known for training horses with a priority on partnership, a student-empowering approach to teaching, and a positive and balanced point of view. She believes in getting to the heart of our mental, emotional, and physical partnership with our horses by bringing together the best of the worlds of dressage and partnership-based training.     Resource Links: Videos I referred to in this episode:  https://dressagenaturallyvideoclassroom.vhx.tv/videos/clearer-canter-departs-in-26-seconds-june-2026  &  https://dressagenaturallyvideoclassroom.vhx.tv/videos/aug-2013-breaking-personal-patterns-to-progress-learning   Karen’s VIDEO CLASSROOM :  https://dressagenaturally.net/classroom   (Free) Private Consultation   How To Create A Happy Athlete course:   https://go.dressagenaturally.net/hats   AUDIOBOOK Dressage Naturally:   https://go.dressagenaturally.net/book-audio-573092   Finding Beauty Book:   https://karenrohlf.com/   Ask a question or leave a message for the pod:  https://www.speakpipe.com/AskKarenAnything   Private Consult:  https://karenrohlf.as.me/schedule/d1232333/appointment/1513707/calendar/any?appointmentTypeIds[]=1513707   The Dressage Naturally&nbs… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/horse-training-in-harmony-1316447/episodes/ep264-pressure-deadlines-and-pretending/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/horse-training-in-harmony-1316447/ep264-pressure-deadlines-and-pretending.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.