by Courtney | May 26, 2026 | Ancestral Wisdom, Ayurveda & Motherhood, Ayurveda & Women's Health, Mothering Boys, Nervous System, Nervous System Regulation, Trauma
Last week I wrote about “62 million men visiting a porn site that had content described as a ‘Rape Academy’” – one in which men gave tutorials about how to drug their partners so they could do the unthinkable. While the number of men who actually were part of...
by Courtney | May 26, 2026 | Ancestral Wisdom, Ayurveda & Motherhood, Ayurveda & Women's Health, Mothering Boys, Nervous System, Nervous System Regulation, Puberty, Somatic Experiencing, Trauma
Right now my social media feed is filled with the “62 million men at the online ‘Rape Academy.” There are reports that the number is highly exaggerated. Regardless, it’s profoundly disturbing. As I got my boys ready for school this morning, I carried this story in the...
by Courtney | Oct 9, 2025 | Ayurveda & Motherhood, Ayurveda & Women's Health, Fall Diet + Habit Tips, Nervous System, Nervous System Regulation, Seasonal Diet
I took a Mom-cation this week – 3 days of glorious alone time at my friend Christine’s rental on Cape Cod – and I spent some of it in bed, recovering from a virus. It’s been rocking my body (and not in the good way 🫠). September is always intense for me....
by Courtney | Oct 2, 2025 | Hormones, Nervous System, Nervous System Regulation, Parenting, Puberty, Somatic Experiencing
So many of us have been rocked by the ongoing violence in our newsfeeds. I don’t want to add to the noise and cast blame. I do want to offer a perspective that helps us heal. To do that we need to speak to the elephant in the room: The people committing these acts of...
by Courtney | Sep 9, 2025 | Ayurveda & Women's Health, Ayurveda and Personal Growth, Nervous System, Nervous System Regulation
“How are we supposed to learn to love the world if we don’t pick berries?” I saw a woman say this on TikTok. I was heartstruck. That woman was Robin Wall Kimmerer, the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Wisdom of Plants. ...
by Courtney | Aug 5, 2025 | Ayurveda & Mental Health, Ayurveda & Women's Health, Ayurveda + Stress, Ayurveda and Personal Growth, Nervous System, Nervous System Regulation, Somatic Experiencing, Somatics, Trauma
The last 5 years – ever since the pandemic – it feels like the world is on fire. At first, I admit, my system was overwhelmed by all the emotions – confusion, grasping, rage, fear. But something shifted over the years, and even though the chaos and...
