{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What Works: Conversations on Nonprofit Leadership with Marla Moody","title":"SE01E30 - Rescue Horses Are Healing Trauma in Ways Therapy Sometimes Cannot | With Melissa Kitchen·","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1788,"description":"She walked into nonprofit leadership with zero nonprofit experience and built one of the most purposeful equine welfare movements in America. Melissa Kitchen, President of the Equine Network Foundation, is proving that rescued horses do not just need humans. Humans desperately need them too.\n🎬 What You Will Explore in This Episode\n🐴 The Rescue Crisis Nobody Talks About\n200,000 horses in transition at any moment and rescues at 95% capacity\n🧠 Horses as Mental Health Healers\nVeterans, autistic children and trauma survivors are finding breakthroughs no therapy room could offer\n🎯 The One Thing First Framework\nHow Melissa leads an entire foundation solo by doing less and achieving far more\n🌿 Building Your Herd\nWhy community, not burnout, is the real infrastructure of every thriving nonprofit\nIf you lead a nonprofit, run a rescue, work in equine welfare, or simply carry more than you should every single day, this episode will reset you. Melissa's story is proof that intentional leadership, radical focus, and a rescued horse can change what you thought was possible.\nYou can get in touch with Melissa Kitchen here on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissasauerkitchen/\nWebsite: https://equinenetworkfoundation.org\nWe hope you enjoyed this episode of What Works! \n- Marla and the What Works Podcast team :)\nAre you a Leader who would benefit from Leaders encouraging Leaders, Leave a comment where we can find you of go over to https://www.skool.com/value-based-leadership-8377 and join the community there. \nConnect with me:\nLinkedIn -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachingwithmarla/\n#whatworkspodcast #nonprofitleadership #missiondriven #operations #scalingimpact #nonprofitmanagement #leadershipthatinspires #nonprofitexcellence #socialimpact #teambuilding #burnoutprevention\n#whatworkspodcast #nonprofitleadership #missiondriven #operations #scalingimpact #nonprofitmanagement #leadershipthatinspires #nonprofitexcellence #socialimpact #teambuilding #burnoutprevention\nWhatWorks...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/SloWM3HmEXytgqXOAqFyGG38DPF7P4V0iubTwcHWSBc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jMTI4/M2ZlM2YxNjdiMGVh/MTI0OGYzZmIyZWQ4/NDU5ZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}