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Hi, I’m Courtney, and I help depleted mothers of boys reclaim their vitality and raise the sons our world needs.

In a world of growing complexity, technology and isolation, mothers of boys are feeling rudderless without practical wisdom to guide us through these times.

The world is coming for our sons. But a mother running on empty cannot hold the line.

There’s a particular kind of depletion that comes from raising boys. It lives in your body, not just your mind. It feels like everything is constantly ON.

The volume.

The physicality.

The way their energy moves through a room.

The way their big feelings land on you first — because you’re the safest place.

We wouldn’t have it any other way. But it’s also so much…too much, very often.

You’ve read the books. You’ve watched the Instagram reels about nervous system regulation while your own nervous system was actively dysregulated. You’ve tried the deep breaths.

And you still snapped at dinner.

And then you lay awake thinking about it.

We ask ourselves questions like…

🌿 How can I access the stamina and presence to keep up with my son’s energy, stay emotionally connected with him, and mother well?

🌿 How do I manage the intense physical and emotional changes my son is going through, nourish his body and mind, and help him express healthy masculinity?

🌿 How do I raise a boy who is empathetic, strong and confident and doesn’t need to harm or dominate others to feel a sense of power?

🌿 How can I raise my son to be able to resist negative influences, stay secure in his values, protect the vulnerable and stand up to social pressure even if it means not fitting in?

🌿 How do I navigate these challenges when I already feel overwhelmed, exhausted, and lack The Village?

As mothers we are carrying so much right now. If you’re like so many moms, you may struggle to maintain the routines you and your sons need to be healthy. You may feel overwhelmed and exhausted just trying to keep up and find yourself numbing out at the end of the day. You may worry about your sons becoming isolated, angry, violent, excluded, or preyed upon.

Maybe you’ve been drawn to this work because you know in your bones that what’s happening in your body affects what happens in theirs.

Or maybe you’re done white-knuckling motherhood. Because you want to stop surviving the day and start actually being present for it — for them, and for yourself.

Or maybe you’re here because you’re tired and someone is finally speaking specifically to you as a mother to a boy, and while people seem to be saying a lot about boys and men, you’re not finding much practical support.

Whatever brought you here — I see you.

We are living in a world of disconnection.

Disconnection from our bodies

Disconnection from nature's rhythms

Disconnection from each other

When we live in a world of disconnect, we’ll be guided by external influence rather than our own internal guidance system. We’ll live in our minds and our screens rather than our bodies. We'll fuel our lives from stress energy rather than Source energy. We'll lose our ancestral wisdom. We'll lose each other. 

And we'll raise sons who are disconnected too. 

Mothering from disconnection leaves us feeling overwhelmed, stressed, full of self-doubt.

The stress directly impacts our hormones and emotional health. We struggle to set boundaries or routines without feeling depleted. We feel the pressure of societal expectations and influences around masculinity and parenting.

And here’s what nobody tells you: you’re not depleted because you’re failing. You’re depleted because you’re a woman living in a body not designed for the pace and pressure of modern life — trying to raise a boy in a culture that is actively working against both of you.

The overwhelm and depletion you feel is not a personal failure. It’s a completely predictable response to an impossible set of conditions.

You are not the problem. But you are the answer.

Not because you need to try harder. Not because there’s one more book or podcast that’s going to turn the tide. But because the wisdom that will actually help you — and help your son — is already in your body. It just needs the right conditions to surface.

There are so many “answers” coming at us from psychologists, parenting experts, doctors and holistic practitioners.

These approaches are usually focused just on the child and parenting from our intellect — just one more thing to add to our “To-Do List” of learning.

This is not more information for your already-full mind to manage.

This is a place where something actually shifts — in your body, in your nervous system, in the way you walk into a room where your son is losing it.

What’s missing is a parenting wisdom anchored in something deeper and more innate — a body-based wisdom that doesn’t require you to continually look outside yourself for answers.

In a complex world we need to simplify.

With the ancestral, body-based wisdom of Ayurveda and Somatic Experiencing, we learn a simple system for understanding our body and life. Through this we build our vitality and regulate our nervous system. We reclaim a deep cellular memory of how to nourish and support Life that guides us in our mothering.

In a disconnected world, we also need community.

The female nervous system needs safe relationships to be healthy. To decrease our stress we need a Village of other women mothering boys to hear us, hold us and help us navigate our challenges and celebrate our triumphs. When we’re less stressed, we can tune into rhythm and Source. That lets us access and anchor into a deeper intuitive knowing that goes far beyond any parenting book.

"This morning I cleaned out my family's medicine drawer and found 10 different medications and prescriptions that we no longer need to use. It's amazing that [after incorporating these practices for a year] my son no longer needs medicine for migraines, I don’t need to take the amoxicillin, iron supplements, estrogen or allergy pills, and my other son no longer needs the vomiting medicine. My eczema and allergies are gone, and I feel great. Sometimes I feel regret because I wish I had known about your course sooner."

~ Jeanne

Mothering Boys Collective is an 8-session program based on Ayurveda and Somatics. In MBC we will…

  • Cultivate more regulation and flexibility in our nervous systems so we can move out of chronic stress and start fueling our lives from deeper, more sustainable energy.
  • Learn practices to create healthy rhythms and habits for our families.
  • Awaken the ancestral wisdom and intuitive knowing of how to nourish ourselves and nurture our sons.
  • Create connections with other mothers of boys so we can feel a greater sense of safety in our nervous system through community.
  • Learn about the nervous system and male puberty, so we can understand and support our sons better.

In our eight 90-minute sessions we will:

  • Work with Ayurvedic wisdom for supporting your and our sons’ health, including practices to…
    • strengthen digestion, which is the foundation of health
    • deepen physical and emotional nourishment
    • help you live in rhythm with Nature’s cycles rather than live out of rhythm, creating stress and dysregulation
    • build strong vitality and immunity, cultivating physical, mental and emotional stability and stamina
  • Work with somatic practices to nurture your and your sons' embodiment and nervous systems health
  • Connect with other mothers of boys in innovative group practices to work through your mothering challenges and unleash our individual and collective power

We can raise the men who will help us create the world we want to live in. But we can’t do this alone. We need each other.

8 Live Sessions

Wednesdays

10AM PT / 1PM ET

90 Minutes

Your life is busy so I’ve made it easy for you. Register and add these dates to your calendar...

October 28

November 4

November 11

November 18

November 25

December 2

December 9

December 16 

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$797

or 3 monthly payments of $279

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Bonus: Be one of the first 4 people to enroll and get a 1-hour 1:1 session with Courtney (Regular price $200)

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This isn’t a course with homework. This isn’t a place you have to show up and be perfect. There’s no “getting behind.”

The women who show up for this do so tired. They don’t arrive with bandwidth to spare. They come because something in them knows it’s time — and then they find that this work gives them energy rather than asking for more of what they don’t have.

This is a soft spot for you to land and find nourishment for yourself and courage for your mothering.

We can raise the men who can help us create the world we want to live in. But we can’t do this alone. We need each other.

Mothering Boys Collective is for you if you…

❤️‍🔥 Love your boys fiercely and some days you’re completely undone by them

❤️‍🔥 Can feel your nervous system running the show — the snapping, the shutting down, the lying awake replaying the day — and know something has to shift at a body level, not just a mindset level

❤️‍🔥 Are watching your son move through the world and feeling a quiet, persistent fear — about the men he’s being shown, the screens pulling at him, the culture coming for his heart

❤️‍🔥 Are trying to manage your own hormonal and emotional fluctuations while mothering

❤️‍🔥 Feel helpless reading the headlines and worry about the examples of masculinity shaping your son’s heart and mind

❤️‍🔥 Are not looking for more information to process with your mind — you’re looking for something to land in your body, something that changes how you feel when you walk into a room where your son is struggling

❤️‍🔥 Lack a deep, heartfelt, evolutionary community of other boy moms

This program is designed specifically for the needs of the female nervous system:

âś” Small, incremental changes

âś” Grounded, body-based practice (not just ingesting more info with our minds)

âś” Community connection and support

Join Now

Wednesdays at 1:00pm Eastern / 10:00am Pacific

October 28

November 4

November 11

November 18

November 25

December 2

December 9

December 16

One Payment of

$797

or 3 monthly payments of $279

JOIN THE COLLECTIVE

Bonus: Be one of the first 4 people to enroll and get a 1-hour 1:1 session with Courtney (Regular price $200)

“When I started, my energy was below 1. After only three months of these practices, my energy was at an 8 on most days. I’m now six months in and my energy is still that high! Now I finally have the vitality to work full-time and show up more fully as a mother.”

~ Lauren

My first big wake-up call happened in my late 20s when I was sidelined by extreme chronic fatigue, then healed it with Ayurveda.

In 2013 my first son, Sam was born, and two years later, my son Archie. Like so many moms, I flourished…and I struggled. I felt like my boys’ needs and my own were at odds. At the height of the pandemic, I started working with Somatic Experiencing and the nervous system, and -  combined with Ayurveda - it took my practice and my mothering to a whole new level. I saw in real time how my nervous system states have a direct impact on my family and the rhythm of our lives.

I supported my own nervous system and saw my boys’ behavior improve and our family become more in tune and cohesive.

I now commit my two decades of individual healing practice in service to the collective. Because of our current chaotic cultural climate - rapid systemic breakdown, technological change, and the powerful influences undermining the physical and emotional health of women and children - I’m focussing my work on meeting the needs of mothers of boys.

With both bold, piercing insight into the challenges modern mothers face, along with practical, applied wisdom, I bridge the personal and political in helping mothers access the power of their own life force to create the families and communities, and world we want to live in. 

We need each other so we can mother our boys well. I’m glad you’re here, and I hope you’ll stay.

Much love, 

Courtney 

Credentials

  • Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist with over 15 years of experience
  • Certified Advanced Ayurvedic Practitioner Member of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association
  • Masters of Arts Degree, UC San Diego
  • Bachelor of Arts Degree, Colgate University
  • Study with renowned Ayurvedic and Somatic teachers, including Dr. Marc Halpern, Dr. Claudia Welch, Kimberly Ann Johnson and Dr. Vasant Lad.
  • Certified Yoga Teacher
  • Certified Health Coach
  • Pancha Karma Specialist
  • Mother of two boys

If you’re looking for a traditional "parenting" class where we only focus on the kids, child psychology and motherhood hacks (that just add more to your plate), this might not be for you.

If you want to learn how to nurture yourself and your sons in the way they most need it - though attending to your own nervous system and theirs - I really hope you’ll join me.

Our sons need us, and the world needs us to commit to this path. Together. Now.

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