246) Healing With Horses. Part 2

This week on The Power of Community & Collaboration Podcast  I am speaking with Martha Varela who is the Executive Director of the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) California Chapter. We talk about the issues women veterans face and the unique challenges that females experience in a male dominated military. 

Because there are so few options geared toward women veterans,  we have to celebrate when holistic programs like Better With Horses come along to help  improve the emotional, mental, and physical health of their participants.

Better with Horses is a program that was piloted byThe Horse Project Santa Barbara with input from Paralyzed Veterans of America California Chapter. Martha is participating in the program and shares with us what it entails and why she thinks the program is so special and different from any other programs out there.

If you are looking to support our military, consider sponsoring a woman veteran so that she can receive the support she needs to participate in The Better With Horses program and heal from all the trauma she has experienced in the military. 

You can donate through The Horse Project website or the Paralyzed Veterans of America. Please specify that you are donating to sponsor women veterans. I'll share both links below.

https://www.thehorseprojectsantabarbara.com

https://www.pvacc.org

If you are on the fence and not totally sure that you buy into the magical energy of the horses, sign up to volunteer at The Horse Project Santa Barbara and feel it for yourself. There are many ways to get involved and we talk about all of it in this podcast episode and last week's as well.

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Never has there been an opportunity like this to support our women veterans. No donation is too small because they all add up-this is what the power of community and collaboration is all about.

So please consider donating to this project or get involved by becoming a volunteer.  If neither of those are an option, spread the word so we can reach more veterans and more sponsors!

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