to be (a) starting from the right place, at the edge of the safe zone and (b) the appropriate sized stretch. the result of overload is that the comfort zone actually gets smaller.
so, change just one thing at a time; change the environment, change the level of the work or change something about the horse but not all at the same time or you can’t deal effectively with the unknown element.
the words you use are incredibly important, it was good to spend a little time looking at this topic.
avoid using the word no or don’t.
the brain can’t process don’t, it has to think about the thing we are not meant 