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82 | The Transformative Power of Horses Both Personally & Professional with Lauren Reischer

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Within 10 weeks, I could take reciprocal steps—I fell in love with horses that first lesson.

Jodi opens the show with her warm invitation to Thrivers and frames the episode as a space for career stories, connections, and practical advice. She introduces Lauren Reicher as a recent graduate who is already doing impressive work in the equine space. Lauren joins from Brown University. She says she double majored in education and public policy. At Brown, she captained the NCAA equestrian team. Heading into senior year, she expected to move toward a high school administrator career. That plan shifted as she thought more carefully about the kind of work that would suit her best. She explains that the nonprofit space felt more aligned because it offered collaboration and partnership opportunities. Her earlier campaigning and fundraising work for Gallup NYC helped shape that choice. After Brown, she started working for Special Olympics New York. That role matched her interest in advocating for athletic opportunities for people with disabilities. She then discovered that Special Olympics had an equestrian program. Once she found that opening, she wanted to make it a front running program for the organization. She brought her network of connections to help build support for it. The result was a career moment that felt magical to her. Jodi pauses on that pivot and treats it as a useful example for younger listeners. The conversation keeps circling back to the student to professional transition and the value of making connections. It stays practical and encouraging throughout, showing how equine experience can carry into nonprofit work without losing its roots in horses.

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Equine experience becomes a practical lesson in mission-driven career building.

Lauren Reischer's story makes this episode a useful study in how equine experience can carry into nonprofit work, athletic opportunity for people with disabilities, and the steady relationship-building that keeps a mission moving.

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You want a horse-career story that turns networking and connections into a real path forward.

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