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Hello Reader,

As someone who cares deeply about horses, community, and mental wellness, this episode of the Liberated Equestrian Podcast bridges all three.

Kareem Rosser is a national polo champion, author of two deeply moving memoirs—Crossing the Line and When You're Ready— and Executive VP of Work to Ride, a nonprofit community-based prevention program that aids under-resourced urban youth through constructive activities centered on horsemanship, equine sports, and education in Philadelphia's Fairmont Park.

Growing up in the “Bottom,” a tough neighborhood in West Philadelphia, Kareem and his brothers discovered Work to Ride by chance, and soon the barn became a lifeline. From that unlikely beginning, Kareem, his younger brother, and their friend went on to form the first all-African American high school polo team to win a national championship in 2011.

While this is quite a story, what propelled me to invite Kareem to the podcast is his honesty about the emotional weight he carried off the field, including a life marred by poverty, violence, abandonment, and loss. Kareem discovered that what he thought were asthma attacks that began after the traumatic death of his best friend in his early childhood were panic attacks. Entering therapy in his twenties to deal with the overwhelming grief following a freak riding accident suffered by his then-girlfriend, Lee Lee Jones, in which she sustained a traumatic brain injury that forever changed the trajectory of their relationship (details of the accident are not described in the episode), he began to untangle the years of unspoken early childhood trauma to find healing, hope, and stability.

Kareem’s story is about grief, grit, and the courage to face what’s been buried for far too long.

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And after you do, I'd love to hear how Kareem's story inspires and challenges you to stabilize and thrive so that you can live the life you were made for in this world that very much needs your story, your influence, too?

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Be well,

Founder of StableMinded.us & Host of the Liberated Equestrian Podcast​