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Relatively Stable

Kimberly Carter

In Relatively Stable we delve into the journeys of those who have faced challenges, uncovered their passions, and discovered resilience along the way. Whether you"re here for the stories, seeking inspiration, or simply drawn to the wisdom we glean from horses—and life—you’re in the right place. Let’s dive into the narratives that remind us how to stay relatively stable, no matter what comes our way. stableroots.substack.com

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12:54

We're Still Standing

Relatively Stable ·

2025/11/13

In this week’s episode, Kim reads her newest Stable Roots essay, We’re Still Standing — a piece shaped by loss, loyalty, and the beauty of still being here. This is a story about this year where everything shifted: the exits that cracked the foundation, the people who stayed and held the beams in place, and the web of horses, history, and human hands that keeps rebuilding Bramblewood Stables, thread by thread.This essay is a meditation on hope (even for a self-professed catastrophizer), the

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13:08

From Desperation to Thanksgiving

Relatively Stable ·

2025/11/06

From Desperation to Thanksgiving: All That Talk of Harvests Isn’t Just PoetryIn this week’s episode, Kim reflects on what it means to move from desperation into gratitude—through fence lines, fallen seasons, and the lessons of the herd. From the haunted stillness of a fallow field to the calm after a lost horse is found, this piece traces how forwardness doesn’t come from pushing harder, but from learning when to pause and listen.Recorded from Bramblewood Stables at Lavender Hill, From Desperation

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13:49

Don't Look Too Far Into the Woods

Relatively Stable ·

2025/10/30

Stable Roots:Don’t Look Too Far Into the Woods: Notes from a haunted year at the edge of the treesThis week’s episode moves through fear and faith, fences and timing, and the lessons that live at the edge of the pasture.After a year marked by loss, transition, and rebuilding, Kim reflects on how the land at Lavender Hill continues to reveal its magic through the neighbor who calls at just the right time, the horses who show what it means to study fear instead of running from it, and the people who

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8:19

The Cost of Moving On

Relatively Stable ·

2025/10/23

In this episode, Kim Carter reads her latest essay from Stable Roots—a meditation on land, belonging, and what it means to build something that lasts in a culture obsessed with moving on.As she reflects on the pressure to relocate her horse farm, the rise of rugged individualism, and the quiet wisdom of living beside a herd, Kim traces how our collective disconnection from land mirrors our growing isolation from one another. From Enlightenment philosophy to modern horsemanship, she explores how our

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11:18

Even the Ordinary Days Are Holy

Relatively Stable ·

2025/10/16

Even the Ordinary Days are Holy: What the move, the herd, and the sink at Lavender Hill are teaching me about restIn this episode, I explore how the rhythms of work, loss, and renewal intertwine at the new farm — and how tending to the ordinary can become a kind of prayer. From Sheba’s legacy to the clatter of feed scoops and the quiet companionship of chickens, this story circles back to what it means to keep something — and yourself — alive.- Connect with me each week at Stable Roots- Support the

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17:25

The Ghosts of This Farm Speak to Me

Relatively Stable ·

2025/10/09

In this episode, I read my latest Stable Roots piece, The Ghosts of This Farm Speak to Me — a story about loss, land, and what it means to finally arrive. It begins with Sheba, the brave black mare who didn’t survive the move to our new farm, and unfolds into what she left behind: a lesson in trust, belonging, and the ways the land holds us when we let it.This episode isn’t just about grief. It’s about listening—about what the body knows, what the land remembers, and how even in heartbreak, the

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10:44

The Safe I Can't Unlock

Relatively Stable ·

2025/09/18

Every day the farmhouse is emptier as the storage containers are packed.What does it mean to move something that feels fixed?What does it mean to move a whole herd, to pack stories like boxes, and to listen for what the new land will say back?This piece traces the weeks leading into our first wedding anniversary, the closing on Lavender Hill, and the beginning of Bramblewood’s move. It holds anxiety, cats in boxes, and white oaks with roots turned skyward. It is about leaving and arriving, about the

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9:22

Hands on the Rope

Relatively Stable ·

2025/09/11

If you’ve been following our journey, you know Bramblewood Stables is in the middle of a once-in-a-lifetime move to Lavender Hill farm after losing our lease of 20 years. Keeping this herd and this mission intact is not possible without collective effort. This week’s episode is a voiceover of my latest piece, moving through four sections: The Herd, The Land, The Work, and The Hope.It’s about what carries forward when everything else shifts—about belonging in relationship, in time, and in continuity

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12:28

Hearing our Ghosts

Relatively Stable ·

2025/09/04

Hearing Our Ghosts: Walking the Threshold from Grief to HopeThis episode is a voiceover essay on living at the edge of loss and still choosing to move forward. From my mother’s kitchen therapy sessions, to memories of my grandfather, to the community angels helping Bramblewood find a forever home — it’s about how grief can open the way toward action, clarity, and hope.In the coming weeks, I’ll be opening a new coaching option, From Grief to Hope, for those ready to walk this passage together.To

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14:26

4.3 Acres of Farmland Disappear Every Minute

Relatively Stable ·

2025/08/28

🎙️ Relatively Stable — Special Voiceover EpisodeThis episode is different. It’s not an interview or a roundtable conversation. It’s a voiceover—me, in the quiet of the barn, speaking from the middle of a transition that has turned my world upside down.Three weeks ago, I learned that Bramblewood, the farm we’ve called home for twenty years, would no longer be ours to lease. In that moment, it felt like the ground dropped out beneath me. But what followed was something I never expected: community

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20:08

A Last Chance to Save Bramblewood Stables

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2025/08/14

A Last Chance to Save Bramblewood StablesThe land we stand on is being sold to the highest bidder — and the highest bidder will almost certainly be a developer. For 20 years, Bramblewood Stables has been my home, my work, and my community. Before me, this place served the public as a riding stable for more than 50 years. Before that, it was farmland. Now, it’s at risk of disappearing forever.In this episode, I share the story of the past week: losing Lady, our little black pony; learning the ground

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19:50

Caring in a Carefree World

Relatively Stable ·

2025/08/07

Caring in a Carefree World: A week of colic, caretaking, and unexpected graceThis week in Relatively Stable, I’m reading the latest installment from Stable Roots—a piece that started as a reflection on a colicking pony and turned into something much bigger.It’s about what happens when the boundaries between caregiving and daily life dissolve. When the barn becomes both a hospice and a sanctuary. When Coke becomes a medicine. When the work—the feeding, the cleaning, the showing up—becomes the thing

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12:35

Instinct is a Language

Relatively Stable ·

2025/07/17

Instinct is a Language: Reading storms, following cats, and finding safety in our skinsThis week’s essay moves through thorny fields, shifting weather, and how we come back into contact with what our bodies already know. It’s about Gideon—my nine-month-old Siberian cat—and how his instinct kicked in before I even knew I needed help. It’s about late summer, the edge of camp, and Indigo, the new kitten who’s joining us right as everything starts to turn.We look at barometers—human, feline,

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14:07

Making Friends With the Wasps

Relatively Stable ·

2025/07/10

Making Friends with the WaspsThe long, slow work of mending -- From the Stable Roots series | Read-aloud editionThis week’s episode walks gently into the tangled spaces of repair: of family, of land, of self. As my father’s health declines and life asks more questions than it answers, I return—again and again—to the daily work of mending. From the myths we build around our parents to the pencil I offered a wasp, this piece traces the quiet ways we negotiate vulnerability and create safety in places

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20:51

Not a Mirror, Nor a Mystic

Relatively Stable ·

2025/07/03

🎙️ Relatively Stable – New EpisodeNot a Mirror, Nor a MysticInside the Unspoken Dynamics of Healing, Projection, and Power in Equine-Assisted Services🧠 In this episode, I explore what happens when we ask horses to fix us—and what they’re forced to carry in the name of human healing. This is a reckoning with transference, containment, and the subtle violence that can live inside even the most well-intentioned equine-assisted work.I reflect on my own evolution from riding instructor to coach, and

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19:13

Slow Horsemanship

Relatively Stable ·

2025/06/19

🎧 Slow Horsemanship, Rooted Systems, Living WorkAn ancient rhythm, a living system, and a slow return to what matters.In this episode, Kim shares the living framework behind her work at Bramblewood Stables—a system shaped by horses, held by land, and rooted in authorship rather than performance.This isn’t a how-to. It’s a manifesto. A map. A reclamation of rhythm and relationship in a world that often rushes past the real work.Whether you're a horse person, a writer, a land steward, a coach, or

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16:45

The Boundary is the Lesson

Relatively Stable ·

2025/06/12

The Boundary is the Lesson: You can't ride every story home, and that's not a failure.What if the bravest thing you could do with a horse is stand still beside it?In this week's episode, I explore what happens when we stop trying to perform our way into belonging — with horses, with others, with ourselves — and start listening instead.You'll hear stories from the farm: a child who built a horse from a pool noodle, a twelve-year-old who chose presence over progress, and teenagers who asked me to

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16:51

Where the Wild Roses Grow

Relatively Stable ·

2025/06/05

Episode Title: Where the Wild Roses Grow (Voiceover)Show Notes: This week, I’m sharing something different, a eulogy in remembrance of a woman who mothered a whole generation of strays.After attending the funeral of Brenda Boozer—my lifelong friend Leland Todd Boozer’s mother and a woman who helped raise more of us than I can count—I couldn’t stop writing. I didn’t speak at her funeral, but the words wouldn’t leave me alone. So I wrote the eulogy anyway.This piece isn’t just about Brenda. It’s about

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76:07

Caitlee Greene

Relatively Stable ·

2025/06/02

Episode 7: Tending the Roots with Caitlee Greene of Greene Roots LLCWhat if healing isn't something we chase, but something we come home to?In this episode of Relatively Stable, Kim is joined by Caitlee Greene of Greene Roots LLC, an equine bodyworker, land steward, and quiet revolutionary whose work reaches far beyond traditional care. Caitlee's approach draws on nervous system awareness, regenerative land practices, and a radical noticing that asks: What if healing isn’t about fixing, but about

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14:29

The Fountain of Youth

Relatively Stable ·

2025/05/22

The Fountain of Youth: A Praise Song for Water, Horses, and Coming HomeThis week’s VoiceOver is a meditation on the most sacred and overlooked element: water. Kim shares reflections from the foothills of South Carolina, where the horses at Bramblewood drink deeply from ancient wells, and where healing begins with quiet instead of complexity.In this audio essay, you’ll travel from moss-covered fonts to forgotten reservoirs, and through the slow, shimmering return of both horse and human to their true

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