“Lorrin Maughan is an engaging speaker and facilitator, empathetic coach and
intuitive interspecies communicator.”

My Values:
Integrity, compassion, fairness and accountability.

My Calling:
Create a better world by raising consciousness and building bridges.

My Specialty:
Storytelling and communication-based transformation.

About me:

As a Certified Equine Gestalt Coach, I work with my companion horses, Gift and Fella, to help people who are passionate about creating a more compassionate world, to transform conflict into collaborative connection.

I’m not going to sound like a lot of other coaches when I tell you my story – because it’s not like I had some terrible struggle and then an epiphany, a dramatic breakthrough and then things turned around. There’s no predictable “hero’s journey” story arc for me. I’ve just always had a strong sense of what’s just and fair, and I’ve always been a peacemaker – and I want to combine these attributes to help make the world a better place.

It’s not what I’ve done. It’s not the path I’ve walked. It’s simply and completely who I am. Did the fact that I grew up witnessing a brutal civil war influence me? No doubt. Did my parents’ turbulent relationship have an impact? I’m sure. Is there an innate component that causes my desire for peace and justice to extend beyond my own species? Absolutely (although I had to overcome some social conditioning to recognize the extent of it).

So when you ask why I’m so passionate about the work I do, it’s because I want the world to be fair and just and kind, and we can’t be those things until we learn to stand in our integrity and come home to our compassion. We can’t be fair and just to each other or expect fairness and justice for ourselves, while we’re oppressing, exploiting and attacking others (of our own and other species). And we can’t do any of those things until we do our personal work. Clarifying our values, defining our belief systems, questioning our programming, learning new skills to better stand in our personal truths without tearing down others – it starts with us.

Now I might not be able to tackle this on a massive, global scale (right now), but I CAN help one person, couple, or team at a time – to be aware of their actions, understand the belief systems that inform those actions, decide for themselves what values they want to live into, and to find a compassionate line they can walk. I can help people be the change they want to see in the world. And my horses can accelerate that process by bringing their own unique gifts to the mix.

My dream is that, if I can help reconnect people to their own and each other’s hearts, and to lean into a truly compassionate way of being with each other, maybe we will create ripples that will help to open their eyes to the other hearts they’re connected to – the ones that have fur, fins, and feathers – and maybe we can find our path to a fair, just and kind world for everyone after all.