In a world of growing complexity, technology and isolation, mothers of boys are feeling rudderless without practical wisdom to guide us through these times.
We work so hard, love so deeply, and give to the point of depletion, yet feel like it’s still not enough to prepare and protect our sons.
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.
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 will forget our ancestral wisdom. We will lose each other.Â
And we will raise sons who are disconnected too.Â
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. We feel confused and overwhelmed by conflicting information about how to mother boys well.
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.Â
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.Â
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.Â
"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 a 6-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, and how to embody our own healthy masculine so we can understand and support our sons better.
In our six 75-minute sessions we will:
- Work with the essential Ayurvedic principles and practices for supporting ours and our sons’ health, including practices to…
- strengthen digestion, which is the foundation of our health
- deepen physical and emotional nourishment
- help you live in rhythm with Nature’s cycles (circadian rhythm, monthly menstrual cycle, seasonal cycles and life phases like puberty and menopause) rather than live out of rhythm with Nature, creating stress and dysregulation
- build strong vitality and immunity, cultivating physical, mental and emotional stability and stamina
- Work with somatic practices to heal our nervous systems
- Connect with other mothers of boys in innovative group practices to work through our mothering challenges and unleash our 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.
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6Â Live Sessions
Thursdays
10AM PT / 1PM ET
75 Minutes
Your life is busy so I’ve made it easy for you. Register and add these dates to your calendar...
April 30
May 7
May 14
May 21
May 28
June 4
JOIN US LIVE!
Bonus: Be one of the first 4 people to enroll and get a 1-hour 1:1 session with Courtney (Regular price $200)
Join Mothering Boys Collective
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.” 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.
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
Mothering Boys Collective is for you if you…
- Are exhausted and overwhelmed
- Struggle to navigate your sons’ energy, hormonal changes, social dynamics, negative external influences, and technology
- 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
- Lack a deep, heartfelt, evolutionary community of other boy moms
Your life is busy so I’ve made it easy for you. Register, add these dates to your calendar...
Thursdays at 1:00pm Eastern / 10:00am Pacific
April 30
May 7, 14, 21, 28 + June 4
And join us live!
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!”
~ Lauren
Hi, I’m Courtney, and I believe mothers have the power to create the world we want to live in.
Our liberation comes through our bodies. We can remember on a deeply cellular level how to nourish life and foster our web of interdependence. Our modern world has disconnected from this wisdom, but we can reclaim it.
My first big wake-up call happened in my late 20s when I was sidelined by extreme chronic fatigue. Through it, I discovered Ayurveda. It gave me answers and practices to support my own vitality and healing, and a practical way to nourish and nurture my future family.
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. I was willing to sacrifice, but feared losing myself in the ways so many women before me had.
I worried. Oh, how I worried! About my boys’ sleep, about their diet, about their emotions and socialization. And I worried about my and my husband’s responses to them when we weren’t at our best and most regulated.Â
At the height of the pandemic, I started working with Somatic Experiencing and the nervous system, and 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.
Although I always knew it subconsciously, I now understood in a practical way both the responsibility and power I have to nurture my sons’ highest potential.
One of my most important lessons in all of this is my need to be in community with other women on this evolutionary path.
Women have healthier nervous systems when we’re in safe relationship with others. We’re wired for bonding. It’s not just a want, it's a biological imperative.
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,Â
CourtneyÂ
Credentials
- Certified Advanced Ayurvedic Practitioner with over 15 years of experience
- 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
If you’re looking for a traditional "parenting" workshop 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.
