At the same time, my love of nature kept me hiking the forests, paddling the rivers and swimming the Pacific Ocean. Nature and horses were my teachers until I went off to the University of California, Irvine and then the University of Wyoming to study wild horses, range management and other wildlife. Recognizing the limits of science in studying behavior, I conducted studies to show how our thoughts and feeling affect the outcome of our observations in wildlife research. Not a popular topic, but my study showed that when we slow our brain waves down and look “with” rather than “at” wildlife and become a part of the whole system without judgement, we can have a much higher and more accurate assessment of nature and wildlife.