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The Campfire Way is an integrative wellness method combining ancient, advanced, and universal wisdom to coach people to health and happiness in all aspects of their lives.

About The Campfire Way

The Campfire Way is an integrative wellness method combining ancient, advanced, and universal wisdom to coach people to health and happiness in all aspects of their lives.

About Courtney, Founder &

Like many of us, I grew up eating the Standard American Diet (SAD). By age 20, despite being a professional dancer and looking extremely healthy on the outside, I was not healthy on the inside (physically or mentally). On May 3, 2001, I went to the E.R. due to an acute pain in my abdomen. I left with a prescription for Vicodin, no answers regarding my pain, and feeling extremely unsatisfied and ignored by our current healthcare system.
The next day I reevaluated everything I knew about food, lifestyle, and even society. I call it the inciting incident of my existential crisis. I devoured books about alternative health and began traveling the world, (going so far as to live in five countries), to learn alternative ways of eating, living, and spirituality.
Over the next two decades I ate incredibly well—but something was still off. I didn’t understand how to truly care for myself. I was an overworking, over-functioning mother seeking validation outside myself. I lived in my head overanalyzing and missing the present moments, life’s gifts were lost to loop thinking.

Uh-oh, here comes the childhood stuff, right?

You guessed it—and another visit to E.R. too (this time from a panic attack)! Here my journey took another turn. I saw what my over-functioning was doing to my life, and I tuned into to my heart. I heard my inner child telling me she was sick of seeking external validation and over functioning. The next day, I quit one of my jobs (yes, “one of”) and went back to school to become a health and wellness coach and learned to start loving myself.
Today, I bring years of study from traditional schooling (Harvard, Cornell, the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, University of Minnesota, even the Sorbonne—to be fair I mentioned I come from over-functioning background and I’m working on it to this day). I also have extensive experience studying non-traditional health modalities by working with indigenous tribes in Peru and Colombia, psychedelic therapies, breathwork, and meditation). All these steps brought me to formulate The Campfire Way.
The Campfire Way is a return to our roots. A remembering. The simplicity and comfort of a discussion over a fire, stars shimmering overhead, and full access to our hearts. Every single one of us holds the universal wisdom necessary to be healthy and happy. We just need to come back to ourselves to remember how.

Testimonials

Pat Klette

I am so thankful for Courtney’s health workshop for gymnasts. It was extremely informative, easy to follow along with—and overall so cool!

Pat Klette

Anna Sterk

My son and I took Courtney’s healthy living workshop and could not be more pleased. She presented the material in such a fun and accessible way that got the participants involved and excited to make healthier choices. The content was backed up by science and brought to life with interesting facts. Courtney is an engaging presenter and a fount of knowledge on health and wellness. We walked away with some great healthy lifestyle tips that we continue to use.

Anna Sterk

Damiana Andonova

Courtney is a wonderful listener, an intuitive thinker, and has way of nonjudgmentally creating space for you, and what lurks beneath your most challenging thoughts. Through a series of sessions, I took an audit of where I am and where I want to be, we looked at real, biological challenges and unveiled what lurks behind—my shadows. I loved the open-endedness of her style leaving room for exploration and what ifs, in the most expanding way. I enjoyed our time together and the trust we were able to cultivate within ourselves and the universe more broadly.

Damiana Andonova

Nevena Torodovic

Courtney is simply brilliant. She gives me hope, direction, and a radical and positive approach to my challenges that’s been life changing. I scribble notes during our sessions because there’s such a wealth of knowledge and I leave each one feeling so much better. I can’t recommend her enough!

Nevena Torodovic

Damiana Andonova

Courtney is a wonderful listener, an intuitive thinker, and has way of nonjudgmentally creating space for you, and what lurks beneath your most challenging thoughts. Through a series of sessions, I took an audit of where I am and where I want to be, we looked at real, biological challenges and unveiled what lurks behind—my shadows. I loved the open-endedness of her style leaving room for exploration and what ifs, in the most expanding way. I enjoyed our time together and the trust we were able to cultivate within ourselves and the universe more broadly.

Damiana Andonova

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