I’m extremely independent – in life and, until a few years ago, in horses, too. Between life and work, I rarely saw anyone else at the yard and (I thought) it suited me just fine. Until one day, it just didn’t. Because when everything’s going swimmingly, it’s okay if you don’t have a strong support network. But when the wheels start falling off (in my case it was more me doing the falling off, but you get the idea), you need that village there to get you back to where you deserve to be.