"Afraid to ride? Get a bombproof horse." This standard advice did not work for me What happened to me? I'd ridden and trained horses for 20 years. How could I overcome the unreasonable fear that kept me out of the saddle? Books always have answers I headed for the library and found many excellent books dealing with equine fear - but what about human fear? People who have never felt fear have a difficult time understanding fear. Riding instructors are not plagued with fear - they can only imagine what it feels like to lose confidence. I was going to have to solve the problem of fear myself - and I would take notes just in case I succeeded and overcame fear. I didn't want to forget what fear feels like and what it takes to overcome fear. Fear was my problem, not my "boombproof" horses' problem. I was going to have to figure out how to bombproof myself And I did With much trial and error I succeeded I learned what doesn't work (that was the easy part) and with several important turning points and breakthroughs I was able to overcome fear and once again enjoy riding.

I became a bombproofed human - and you can too I share my "story" in this book so readers struggling with fear can learn the elements that went into creating my fear to better understand their own fear. "Knowledge is power".