Sarah Wise

Background

About Sarah Wise

About Sarah Wise, Owner/Facilitator I am a mother of two children and step-mother of two amazing young adults, self-employed woman entrepreneur, and a retired Correctional Officer who has persevered over the struggles of living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. The negative and positive experiences I went through in my journey to recovery and healing has lead me to wanting to help other first responders and their families to get to a place of recovery and healing. With the support of my husband, children, parents, and friends I was able to obtain a Bachelor of Arts - Psychology Degree from the University of Calgary and get certified by Equine Connection as a EAL facilitator. The Idea for Wise Equestrian: Wise Equestrian started off as an idea very early in my journey of learning to live with PTSD and depression. I started to share my idea of working with horses to help first responders and their families with anyone who would listen putting it out into the universe making it harder for me to "chicken out" of following through with it. It took 4-5 years to get to the point of starting up Wise Equestrian, and if it wasn't for all the support from the people around me, it wouldn't have come to fruition as soon as it has or at all. If I didn't have the strength around me through my journey I would have succumb to my PTSD and Depression. The lack of appropriate psychological support was astonishing. It was the negativity and lack of appropriate supports through my journey that gave me the push to keep working towards the creation and opening of Wise Equestrian. I never want to see another first responder or their families be put through such a horrible system again! It's time for us to put those who put everyone else first, FIRST!