Hertha’s life changed when she had a near-death experience returning with passion to embody love and fulfill her reason for life. Her rugged path to wholeness was filled with loneliness, despair and excruciating physical pain. In search of spiritual wholeness-following a path electrified by an undercurrent of deep pain-Hertha went from being a cow boss in Montana to a journalist in Philadelphia and then in the courtroom and the halls of Congress, often pondering what it would be like not to inhabit the physical world.

Eventually, her emotional wounds manifested in debilitating physical pain, followed by a near death experience-the catalyst she needed to find a renewed, fierce desire to live. She made a pact with God to do whatever it took to recover from her past. She returned to her roots in Montana ranching country, where her deep connection with the land and horses helped transform her pain into profound inner strength. Ultimately, Equine Gestalt Coaching and faith helped her move through unresolved hurt toward willful transformation.

She founded the Four Horses for Wholeness retreat center in central Montana, which provides a balanced approach to transformational healing.