Episode 247: Cheryl Erpelding from Bethany’s Gait Ranch

Thank you for tuning in for another episode of Life’s Best Medicine. Cheryl Erpelding is the Horsemanship Director at Bethany’s Gait Ranch—a non profit ranch that pairs rescue horses with active duty, veterans, first responders, and their families to help both heal and grow. Cheryl has years of experience in horsemanship, riding, training, teaching, and showing. Before leaving California in 2023, she was a wrangler and volunteer at the Saddles in Service non-profit that helped veterans, first responders, and others with PTSD. She helped them learn how to work with horses and taught them how to ride. She continues to work with military/first responders at Bethany’s Gait in the same fashion.   In this episode, Dr. Brian and Cheryl talk about… (00:00) Intro (04:43) What Bethany’s Gait Ranch is and how Cheryl got involved with them (05:44) Why being and working with horses can help veterans struggling with PTSD (12:34) How horses are able to sense humans’ emotional states (14:16) Success stories of veterans who have improved their PTSD and quality of life at Bethany’s Gait (17:32) Some interesting facts about horses that non-horse-people probably don’t know (21:14) Family events and activities at Bethany’s Gait Ranch (22:06) Fundraiser events coming up at Bethany’s Gait (24:26) How veterans can get in touch with Bethany’s Gait (25:57) Other services and resources offered by Bethany’s Gait (27:13) Outro   For more information, please see the links below. Thank you for listening!   Links:   Resources Mentioned in this Episode:   Cheryl Erpelding: Bethany’s Gait FB: https://www.facebook.com/BethanysGaitR Bethany’s Gait Website: https://bethanysgait.org Bethany’s Gait Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethanysgaitr/   Dr. Brian Lenzkes:  Arizona Metabolic Health: https://arizonametabolichealth.com/ Low Carb MD Podcast: https://www.lowcarbmd.com/   HLTH Code: HLTH Code Promo Code: METHEALTH • • HLTH Code Website: https://gethlth.com