Confidence and Calm
For You and Your Horse
Lorraine Mitchell MCMA
Helping owners build a better connection through understanding
My Vision and The Dolly Way™â€‹
While Dolly Communication is my personal mission to educate horse owners how to improve the daily welfare of their horses.
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The Dolly Way™ is my vision for horse welfare going forward:
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A place where experts and professionals who put horses first come together.
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A space where owners can find true, trustworthy information instead of quick fixes.
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A regional directory connecting owners with ethical professionals who work through partnership, safety, and respect.
This is more than training — it’s a movement to reshape how we think about horses, and how we care for them.
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To find out more about The Dolly Way™ and our ethics, to become an ethical contributor or secure your place in our directory.
My Mission
Build Trust. Reduce Stress.
Strengthen Your Connection
Replace control with connection.
Turn fear into trust.
Transform frustration into calm.​
Through small, practical steps, learn how your mindset shapes your horse’s behaviour and discover ways to build a partnership based on trust and understanding.​
Change happens gradually — each insight guides your next step, for lasting improvements in your relationship with your horse.​
Hi, I'm Lorraine
and this is why I do what I do.
I’ve loved horses all my life — but meeting Dolly, a quiet former broodmare, changed everything.
She taught me to listen. To slow down.
To manage my emotions.
As she showed me how to be a better leader, she also taught me how to be a better person — to lead and live with compassion, not control.
I’m not a horse trainer. I’m an empowerment coach — helping humans become better partners for their horses. Because real partnership starts with understanding ourselves.
I’ll help you learn to listen to your horse — through honest, everyday connection. A way of being together that gives your horse a voice, while still doing the things you love.
Maybe you feel anxious. Overwhelmed. Like you’re getting it wrong — with your horse or with life. You love them deeply, but it still feels hard.
I offer the guidance I wish I’d had when I first met Dolly —
to ease your journey, and bring back the joy.
Because your horse doesn’t need you to be perfect.
They just need you to be real.
​“Dolly painted my grey days with colour, turned chaos into calm,
and taught me that connection runs from heart to heart.
This is what I want for every horse and human: peace instead of pressure, trust instead of control.”
Lorraine, Founder of The Dolly Way™
Start Your Learning Journey Here -Free
Begin with small, thoughtful steps.
Each resource below helps you understand your horse more deeply, strengthen your bond, and build confidence in yourself.
The Vision – A Dream With Roots
The Dolly Foundation
Every course, every conversation, every step of this work flows toward one dream:
A centre.
A place of land and horses.
A healing space where humans come to breathe, reconnect, and become better for their horses.
But it doesn’t stop with me.
I built Dolly Communication as a safe space for riders and owners to discover a kinder, safer way to be with their horses.
And now, that seed has grown into The Dolly Way™—a framework of support, built with vetted professionals and practitioners who share the same ethics of trust and understanding.
On The Dolly Way™ Directory, horse owners can finally find people they can trust—people who put the good of the horse first.
No force.
No pressure to “get back in control.”
Just guidance that honours both horse and human.
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Dolly Communication
By Joining our private community your numbers strengthen our voice
Books, free tools, and coaching to help you create calm, trust-based relationships with your horse.
Learn to understand your horse’s needs—and how to manage your own emotions around them.
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“Horses that have lived under control don’t always know how to handle being trusted. There’s a vulnerable stage as they figure it out."
That’s where you come in—with patience, caution, and care.
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Start with free resources here
Read my free ebooks here
Explore coaching & support here​
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Sign-up privately for free, to use your journal
and lend your support
The Dolly Way™ Directory and Expert Information
For professionals who walk the ethical path
A home for equine practitioners who put connection first and stand up for the horse’s right to be heard.
If you’ve ever felt misunderstood, “too soft,” or pressured to compromise your values—you’re not alone.
“Together, we become visible. We show the world that there is another way. A better one.”
Sign up now to join the movement and be listed in the practitioner directory.
There is no cost for the first 200 people who sign up—just help us show that ethical horsemanship matters. A small subscription may apply after that, but for now, it’s free.
Meet the movement here
Join the practitioner directory here
Be the change in horsemanship.
Join The Dolly Way™ for free this year and connect with ethical practitioners who put horses first.