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 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 | 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...
by Courtney | Jul 31, 2025 | Ayurveda & Hormones, Ayurveda & Women's Health, Nervous System, Nervous System Regulation, Somatic Experiencing, Somatics, Somatics & Hormones
The true blessing I’ve received from Ayurveda and Somatics is that I’m no longer chasing symptoms. When something comes up, I don’t rush to schedule an appointment with a practitioner. I don’t start cutting all the possible culprits out of my diet. I don’t start...
by Courtney | Jul 29, 2025 | Ayurveda & Hormones, Ayurveda & Nutrition/Diet, Ayurveda & Other Natural Medicine, Ayurveda & Women's Health, Ayurveda + Menopause, Ayurveda + Menstruation, Ayurveda + Stress, Ayurveda Lifestyle, Circadian Rhythms, Cycle Syncing, Nervous System, Nervous System Regulation, Seasonal Diet, Somatic Experiencing, Somatics, Somatics & Hormones, Trauma
I’m SO excited to share my *new* self-guided course with you. During my 15 years of working with women in holistic medicine, I’ve seen some obvious patterns. Early on, it was that women were becoming aware of how to heal naturally. And with so much beauty and...
by Courtney | Jul 9, 2025 | Nervous System, Nervous System Regulation, Somatic Experiencing, Somatics, Trauma
I’m not perfect, and I want you to know I won’t try to convince you that I am. I get sick sometimes. I don’t always have a perfect diet or abundant, even energy. I’m not superhuman. But I try to be deeply rooted in my human body and humanity, which I think – in...
