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 | 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 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...
by Courtney | Jun 24, 2025 | Nervous System, Nervous System Regulation, Somatic Experiencing, Somatics, Trauma
I’ve been to a few daylong retreats this year. There are so many positive things I took away from them: connection with other women, inspiration from a variety of teachers and healers, and time to reflect and envision. But since my work is teaching women how to...
