From Burnout to Breakthrough: My Journey with Horse-Guided Healing

By Oscarina Pilar

For years, I chased success and caught it.

I built a name for myself as a real estate investor. I was constantly working, always pushing, rarely pausing. On the outside, things looked impressive. But inside, I was running on empty. Burnout wasn’t just physical; it was spiritual. I had lost touch with my body, my joy, and the quiet inner voice that once guided me. Inside, I was depleted. Disconnected. Burnt out.

It wasn’t just the long hours or the pressure it was the feeling that I had lost touch with who I really was. My body was tense, my emotions were buried, and I didn’t know how to slow down. I just knew I needed something different.

Then came Turning Point.

Not the metaphor the horse. A powerful, wounded soul who had been labeled “difficult” because he refused to jump. He was sold, passed around, and misunderstood. His story mirrored mine: high expectations, internal shutdown, and a quiet call for something deeper. His mistrust, his shutdown, his refusal to perform. I knew that energy intimately. It was me.

🐴 What Horses Show Us

Turning Point didn’t want anything from me, he simply reflected who I was in each moment. Horses are honest like that. They respond to energy, not words. They feel your presence, your nervous system, your truth.

And they don’t care about your achievements.They care about your authenticity.

Through our relationship, I began to slow down. I learned to breathe again, to feel again, to listen to him and to myself.

🌿 Healing Isn’t Linear

Working with Turning Point didn’t give me a finish line. It gave me a foundation.

I'm still healing. Still learning. Still growing alongside him.

Every session with him teaches me something new about trust, about leadership, about presence. And while I still work hard, I do it from a place of clarity and connection, not survival.

✨ Why I Created Turning Point Horses

This journey opened my eyes to how many high-performing, purpose-driven people are quietly burning out just like I was. That’s why I created Turning Point Horses to offer coaching and retreats that combine real transformation with the wisdom of horses.

Whether you're an entrepreneur, executive, creative, or someone who's simply ready for change this is a space to reconnect with yourself and lead from within.

It’s not about perfection. It’s about presence.

💌 Your Turning Point Might Start Here

If you’re feeling the pull to slow down, to listen, to realign, you’re not alone. You don’t have to figure it out alone either.

Our next retreat in Mexico is already calling.

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