#stuck
#stuck
Podcast Description
This is a journal of a woman in her late fifties looking back on a difficult time in her life. It is also the story of her journey with her horse, Jelle, who made her question everything she thought she knew and taught her some life lessons she really needed to learn. In this podcast series Elke talks openly to her friend Rebecca about years of loneliness and depression and the people and horses that helped her heal.
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Content Themes
Focuses on themes of personal healing, loneliness, and emotional challenges, with episodes examining Elke's journey through depression, her relationship with her horse Jelle, and the transformative power of companionship and support as seen in episodes like 'The Wounded Healer' and 'How I Got Stuck for More Than a Decade.'
Elke Mastwijk openly shares a difficult personal healing journey. Offering a tender, heartfelt account of overcoming loneliness and depression with the help of people and animals. Listeners describe it as a deeply moving story that resonates with many, even those without a particular connection to horses. Elke’s podcasts are well regarded for their honesty, vulnerability and inspirational story telling. While deeply personal the themes of her story are universal, allowing listeners to connect with their experiences of loss, loneliness and the struggle to find and maintain balance.
What exactly were the life lessons my Friesian horse Jelle taught me? What was the unexpected gift that came out of our journey through life together? Find out in this bonus episode how Jelle and I are doing seven years down the line and how my life with Gijs unfolds today.
This is the last episode of the first season.
Check out the Instagram account goldenfriesian for photos and videos that go with this podcast.
Elke Mastwijk in conversation with Rebecca Gwynn-Jones
Editing, music and performing artist: Gijs Graafmans
Lyrics ”touch the world”: Elke Mastwijk
Song release: May 25 – 2025 on all mayor platforms
Photography: www.maybelpictures.com
Elke Mastwijk: www.intouchwithelke.com
Horse trainers featured in this podcast:
Elsa Sinclair: www.tamingwild.com
Anne Boin: www.ahappyhorse.nl
Sharon and Laura Wilsie: www.horsespeakacademy.com
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