"I've never met anyone like her. She's a real force of nature. I call Courtney, "Rolling Thunder."
- Gary Swanson, Actor, Lifetime Member of the Actor's Studio, & Founder of The Montauk Group
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SEPTEMBER 2014 ISSUE:
5 VITAL SIGNS OF SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION
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"The same way energy lies within all matter, consciousness similarly lies within all matter. It is through our own expanding consciousness and awareness of our disturbed energy that we heal our troubled bodies." - Courtney, The Mind Body Method
Courtney Marchesani, CEO of Inspired Potentials, is a natural health educator, advocate, and mind-body expert on sensitivity. She is a certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and Mind-Body Medicine Integrative Counselor. Courtney focuses on natural, holistic, health care solutions which support individuals making nutrition and lifestyle changes to improve their health.
Courtney has worked as a Mental Health Practitioner in social services for over ten years, as a writer/publisher, and an administrator. Her career in health began after graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the University of Montana. She worked in Seattle, Washington in mental health, affordable housing advocacy, and prevention of homelessness. While working toward her Integrative Health Coach certification through the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and Master's of Science in Integrative Medicine Health Sciences at Saybrook University, she apprenticed with herbalist Joyce Netishen in Olympia, WA.
Courtney specializes in the often hidden health struggles of Highly Sensitive People (HSP). HSP's were first written about by Dr. Elaine Aron in her book The Highly Sensitive Person. Often overwhelmed by the intensity and stimulation from the world, HSP's make up roughly 15 to 20% of the population. Because this overwhelming sensory overload has a direct impact on our health, Courtney designs health protocols with natural and holistic therapies which increase creativity, reduce symptoms and help with relationships. While working in mental health Courtney made several insights which go unacknowledged in modern psychology and medicine, that individuals who suffer from homelessness, mental health, and addictions are often Highly Sensitive People who have never been identified as HSP.
From her advocacy work Courtney has received awards for outstanding service in mental health. She won the Best Community Service Award in Housing and Mental Health (Seattle, WA) due to her activism, lobbying, and progressive leadership. She is the author of, The Energetic Psychopath: How to Protect Yourself and Recover from Violence, The Fifth Chamber, and Feeding the Trauma Spirit: How to Heal the Hidden Body. You will find her articles in Om Times Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Elephant Journal.
Courtney has worked as a Mental Health Practitioner in social services for over ten years, as a writer/publisher, and an administrator. Her career in health began after graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the University of Montana. She worked in Seattle, Washington in mental health, affordable housing advocacy, and prevention of homelessness. While working toward her Integrative Health Coach certification through the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and Master's of Science in Integrative Medicine Health Sciences at Saybrook University, she apprenticed with herbalist Joyce Netishen in Olympia, WA.
Courtney specializes in the often hidden health struggles of Highly Sensitive People (HSP). HSP's were first written about by Dr. Elaine Aron in her book The Highly Sensitive Person. Often overwhelmed by the intensity and stimulation from the world, HSP's make up roughly 15 to 20% of the population. Because this overwhelming sensory overload has a direct impact on our health, Courtney designs health protocols with natural and holistic therapies which increase creativity, reduce symptoms and help with relationships. While working in mental health Courtney made several insights which go unacknowledged in modern psychology and medicine, that individuals who suffer from homelessness, mental health, and addictions are often Highly Sensitive People who have never been identified as HSP.
From her advocacy work Courtney has received awards for outstanding service in mental health. She won the Best Community Service Award in Housing and Mental Health (Seattle, WA) due to her activism, lobbying, and progressive leadership. She is the author of, The Energetic Psychopath: How to Protect Yourself and Recover from Violence, The Fifth Chamber, and Feeding the Trauma Spirit: How to Heal the Hidden Body. You will find her articles in Om Times Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Elephant Journal.
My Training
I trained as a Health Coach at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York City. It is the largest nutrition school in the world. At IIN I learned over 100 different nutritional theories. My education also gave me a rounded knowledge in holistic health, stress management, and functional medicine by the world's leading health and wellness experts. My favorite teachers at IIN were Dr. Christiane Northrup, Dr. Bernie Siegel, Dr. Andrew Weil, and Dr. Lissa Rankin. One thing that connects these four amazing healers is: they believe the power of healing is within us, never outside us.
After I received my health coach/counselor certification I decided to go further and was accepted into the Mind-Body Medicine Integrative Health and Sciences Master's of Science program at Saybrook University.
After I received my health coach/counselor certification I decided to go further and was accepted into the Mind-Body Medicine Integrative Health and Sciences Master's of Science program at Saybrook University.
Traditional medicine and healing.
Courtney uses a traditional wisdom approach to balancing health and wellness, which relies upon the mind, body, and spirit. In traditional medicine, pathology is the last stage of disease and it is understood as a long-standing disharmony of the vital force. The balance of mind=body-spirit has been key to medicine since the days of Hippocrates. All life events are essential to a cure, utilizing the science of today, with the wisdom of the past. Mind-body therapies can successfully prevent many chronic diseases and science is beginning to show this connection through new research. You can view some of the newest research on my integrative medicine research page here. The core difference between western medicine and traditional medicines is the traditional healer treats the person, not the condition.
Specialty Services
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Specialty areas include health protocols for:
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APRIL 2015 ISSUE: HEALING THE TRAUMA SPIRIT WITH TRANSPERSONAL ART
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