How I Unwound My Childhood Mental Health Through Healing My Nervous System

<p>To the mamas holding it all together while still longing to feel like <em>you</em> — Courtney&#39;s Holy Mama community is opening its doors soon. Join the waitlist to be the first to know:<a href="https://www.courtneywren.com/holy-mama-waitlist"><u>https://www.courtneywren.com/holy-mama-waitlist</u></a></p><p><br></p><p>Before she was ten, Courtney had been diagnosed with panic disorder, generalized anxiety, and ADHD — and put on the first of what would be over a decade of psychiatric medication. In this solo episode, she tells the real story behind those diagnoses: the night terrors that started in infancy, the panic attacks that felt like dying, the label of &quot;problem child&quot; that followed her through school, and the slow unraveling of her trust in her own body.</p><p>At 20, sitting at what she calls her rock bottom, Courtney chose to stop looking outside herself for a fix. What followed was years of somatic therapy and nervous system work that did what medication, energy healing, and a dozen specialists couldn’t: it healed her. By 29, her anxiety, panic attacks, ADHD symptoms, and PCOS were gone.</p><p>This isn’t a story about blame — Courtney is clear that everyone around her, from her parents to her doctors, was doing their best with what they knew. It’s an invitation to get curious about what a child’s nervous system is actually communicating, and to imagine what becomes possible when we stop treating a diagnosis as a life sentence. She also shares a first look at her upcoming course, Parenting the Nervous System, launching this fall.</p><p>If you or someone you love has ever been told a diagnosis is just &quot;who they are,&quot; this episode offers a different way to see it.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect With Us</strong></p><ul><li><p>The Initiated Man — Mike’s men’s community for doing this work in brotherhood, not alone: <a href="https://www.itsmikeelliott.com/TIM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.itsmikeelliott.com/TIM</a></p></li><li><p>The 2:2 Couples Container — private, intensive couples work with Mike &amp; Courtney: <a href="https://www.thesacredwe.com/2-2-container-details" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.thesacredwe.com/2-2-container-details</a></p></li><li><p>Sign up for our couples list: <a href="https://www.thesacredwe.com/thesacredwe" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.thesacredwe.com/thesacredwe</a></p></li><li><p>Bringing the Oracle to Him: <a href="https://www.courtneywren.com/bring-your-oracle-to-him" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.courtneywren.com/bring-your-oracle-to-him</a></p></li><li><p>Rebirth 1:1 with Courtney: <a href="https://www.courtneywren.com/containers" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.courtneywren.com/containers</a></p></li><li><p>Work with Mike: <a href="https://www.itsmikeelliott.com/coaching" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.itsmikeelliott.com/coaching</a></p></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Email: </p><p><a href="mailto:transform@itsmikeelliott.com"><u>transform@itsmikeelliott.com</u></a>  </p><p><a href="mailto:relating@courtneywren.com"><u>relating@courtneywren.com</u></a></p><p>Instagram: </p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mikeelliott.relating/"><u>@mikeelliott.relating</u></a>  </p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/courtneywren.relating/"><u>@courtneywren.relating</u></a></p><p><br></p>