In this inspiring episode of the Self Love Podcast, Kim sits down with holistic counsellor, horse trainer, and equine assisted therapist Noni Boon to explore the powerful connection between horses, self-love, and personal transformation. Noni shares her journey of reconnecting with horses as an adult and how her mare, Lacey, became a profound teacher of emotional healing, healthy boundaries, self-trust, and sovereignty. Together, they delve into archetypal psychology, the wisdom of living in the present moment, and how horses can help us reconnect with our instincts, emotions, and authentic selves.
Noni also discusses her definition of self-love as loyalty to oneself, sharing her unique practice of creating personal vows through a symbolic act of “marrying yourself.” The conversation touches on healing, forgiveness and the deep lessons horses offer in personal growth. This is a rich and thought provoking conversation for anyone seeking a deeper connection with themselves and the world around them
About Noni
Noni Boon is a Holistic Counsellor, writer, speaker, podcaster, and horsewoman whose work helps women reconnect with their instincts, establish healthy boundaries, and live with greater sovereignty.
Drawing on holistic counselling, archetypal psychology, nervous system awareness, and the wisdom of horses, Noni offers a grounded and compassionate approach to personal transformation. Her work supports women in moving beyond self-doubt, over-responsibility, and inherited patterns so they can become the woman they were born to become.
Noni is the author of Holifest, a self-published book that explores manifestation through the integration of mind, body, and soul. She is also the creator of The Archetypal Mare, a body of work inspired by her relationship with her mare, Lacey, and the qualities horses embody so naturally: presence, instinct, clear boundaries, and relational integrity.
As host of the podcast Speak Your Truth with Noni Boon, she has shared insights on emotional healing, confidence, grief, relationships, and conscious living. Her writing has appeared in Nature & Health magazine, and she has facilitated women’s groups, workshops, and corporate programs focused on emotional intelligence, resilience, communication, and self-leadership.
In addition to her counselling and writing, Noni is an accomplished horsewoman and an acknowledged racehorse retrainer with Queensland Racing. Her lifelong work with horses has become a central influence in her understanding of trust, embodiment, and authentic leadership.
Noni lives on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia, where she writes, speaks, mentors, and offers equine-assisted sessions that help women return to the wisdom already living within them
Her definition of Self Love is: Self love is loyalty to yourself. It is honouring your boundaries, listening to your instincts, trusting your intuition, and being sovereign, being self governed, self led, not seeking approval from others, and certainly not asking permission to live your life.
Her favourite quote is initiated by Lacey. What is meant for you does not require pursuit. It moves towards you when you stop moving away from yourself.
Links to follow:
Website: https://noniboon.com.au/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noniboon?igsh=aWRocjk4b21ydjVj&utm_source=qr
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1CTVa8nWNo/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Noni is offering Equine-Assisted Emotional Integration sessions with her mare Lacey. Sessions are priced at $180 and she is kindly offering 20% off for listeners of the Self-Love podcast
Quotes:
I realised that I was a complete mess, had addictions I didn’t even know I had, I had so much work to do on myself.
That was the hardest journey, lifting the carpet and really shaking out from under the carpet, everything that was in my family.
If I had the chance to do it again, I would do it so differently.
There is no perfect time to become a mum. You get the child that chooses you, and you do the best you can, and that is as good as it gets.
There is no right or wrong way. There is no textbook on it. You go in with an open heart.
Lacey, has been my greatest teacher and guide to date.
I decided on that day that I was going to marry myself.
I was going to make a conscious effort to fall more deeply in love with myself because that is what was missing.
I will never abandon you.
I will always choose myself.
I truly believe that you can’t marry another person and fully love another person until you marry yourself and make that vow to yourself and choose yourself.
Becoming a counsellor is all about doing the work on yourself first so that you become a clear vessel.
You want to integrate every aspect and every part of yourself, but do it consciously, so that it is used in a powerful, meaningful way, rather than in a harmful, destructive way.
I only feel now that I am coming into really being the person that I was born to become.
Boundaries are an act of self love, boundaries teach other people how to respond to us, how to treat us in life.
The most amazing thing about horses is that they don’t apologise for their boundaries, and they don’t have to tell the other horses where their boundaries are. They embody their boundary.
Horses only trust people who are congruent and people who are present, and people who are honest and real.
She helps me to access parts of myself that I haven’t been able to access in the past.
Sovereignty is self governance, self leadership.
What we can learn from horses is that we can just let it go. And we can just be in the present moment.
Self reflection is the hardest work, because you have to be able to tolerate the uncomfortable feelings that come about through taking responsibility.
I don’t believe that anybody needs an expert in their lives to tell them what to do. I believe that everybody has that deep knowing called intuition.
Intuition is the deep knowing that is connected with our heart and with our soul.
The adult self is the sovereign woman. The instinctive feminine, the wisdom, the woman that we are striving to become.
When the 3 archetypes all align, then we become whole and complete, our nervous system relaxes.
It is not intellectual. Words are used sometimes, but it is a felt experience
They are not mistakes, they are learnings.
All we have is the present moment, and just a whole lot of gratitude.
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