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Auciello extends equestrian enlightenment
Owner of My Best-
Self Coach shares
insight at Malibu
Chamber event
Barbara Burke
Freelance Reporter
Horses are intuitive
animals, often displaying
comforting sensitivity and
empathy, according to Liza
Auciello.
Auciello, a psychologist
and owner of My Best-
Self Coach, which offers
personal and professional
development coaching and
leadership retreats with
horses, spoke at a Malibu
Chamber of Commerce
Connections Breakfast at
Paradise Cove on July 10.
Equestrian sessions are
aimed at helping attendees
focus on empowering
themselves to take steps
toward a more fulfilling
life.
“The benefits of incorporating
horses into leadership
and individual coaching
sessions are that they
help people clarify their
strengths and growth opportunities,”
Auciello said.
“Horses mirror our leadership
style and our patterns
of communication — the
way that they respond allows
us to clearly see what
kind of outcomes our habitual
actions produce.”
“There are three components
of our coaching and
retreat models,” Auciello
explained. “The first component
is expanding selfawareness,
which helps
attendees understand their
patterns of communication
and behavior that either
help them achieve more
favorable outcomes or get
in their way of success. We
also focus on setting goals
and achievement standards
that help us to break
through to success.”
Auciello explained further.
“The final component
includes building a body
and mind that sustains the
change the person makes
and enables them to use
their thoughts and emotions
in a productive way,”
she said. “This leads to
good decision-making,
creativity and balance.”
“Using the horses in the
process sounds very cool,”
said Barbara Bruderlin,
CEO of the Malibu Chamber
of Commerce. “How
does it work exactly?”
Responding, Auciello
said: “Horses are amazing
facilitators! They let you
know pretty quickly how
effective your communication
is, what your boundaries
are like, how much
pressure you use in your
communication and being
near them brings people
a great sense of joy and
peace.”
“Learning with the horses
is by far the fastest way
to learn about yourself,”
she said. “Ultimately, we
want our program attendees
to achieve personal
freedom — freedom from
the expectations of others,
the negative beliefs
we have about ourselves
or the armor that we’ve
surrounded ourselves with
over the years to avoid getting
hurt.”
Relaxation management,
effective communication
and emotional ability are
foundational skills that underlie
My Best-Self Coach
programs.
“Progress can be made
even in one session,” Auciello
said. “We can begin to
Liza Auciello, owner of My Best-Self Coach, spoke to the Malibu Chamber of Commerce last week about her business’
equestrian sessions. Annalise Robbins
assess a person’s skill sets
and determine the actions a
person needs to take in order
to effectively address
any concerns he or she has
and we start building at
least two skills right away
to support his success.”
My Best-Self coaching
sessions are offered at a
private ranch in the Santa
Monica Mountains. Auciello
invites people who are
interested to contact her at
(323) 319-4747 or liza@
mybestselfcoach.com.