My name is Courtney. I have been married to the love of my life for 21 years.
We have 3 kids: Karis- 19, Ethan-16, and Levi-15
We love our pup, Loki. He’s the bestest boy.
We live on site at a Christian camp in Colorado. We have a simple life, and that has been the best for all of us.
I homeschool my two teenage sons, and my daughter is now in college!
I work part time doing outdoor education and recreation at the camp where we live, and I’m also slowly working on a memoir.
I enjoy the outdoors/nature, cooking and baking, learning about and implementing evidence-based nutrition, moving my body, creating homeschooling units, writing, and reading among many other things.
In creating this blog, I want to make sure that I am honoring who I am, in all my imperfection and knowing that I canNOT do a lot of things that I would love to, and I’ve decided that I’m okay with that! I also have mental health considerations (this tends to be seasonal).
My goals/vision/things to share:
- Real life
- Mental Health struggles and healing
- Trauma/PTSD
- Anxiety
- Depression
- ADHD
- Alcoholism/Sobriety
- My relationship with Jesus
- Simple living
- Homesteading
- Backyard chickens
- Raised Bed gardening
- Natural living
- All the homemade things (see below)
- Homemade recipes/tutorials
- Sourdough things
- Other bready things
- Snacks
- Dinners
- Breakfasts
- Sides
- How we eat nutritiously on a budget
- How it’s completely possible to be healthy when you don’t have a lot of money
- My homeschooling journey and the imperfections with-in it
- Homeschooling curriculum/routines/plans
- Homeschooling a teenager
- My homeschooling units
- Ways we have cut our spending without sacrificing what’s important to us
- Our continual struggle with money-management but ways that we are overcoming
- Learning to live more simply so that we can save more
- Hygge lifestyle and the importance, especially during the fall/winter seasons
- My wellness journey
- Going from over-exercising and obsessive dieting to intuitive eating and joyful movement
simplycourtney.org 
8 responses to “About Me”
I really enjoyed reading “Loving Myself As Is”. I saw myself in the words you wrote. Thank you for sharing.
I’m glad I finally found your Blog. I’ve been looking for it. Hmm maybe that’s something you should think about. Any way, I’m looking forward to reading several of your links. I’m especially looking forward to finally seeing what “THM.”
I actually don’t do THM anymore. It was too much. I’m learning to be happy with who I am.
Hi! Do you still homeschool, too, or have you swapped to something different? I ask because I noticed that in the description on your Facebook page, but I haven’t seen anything about it yet while just browsing your blog. Either way, I’d love to hear about whatever your experience with it has been. 🙂
I don’t homeschool anymore. My mental illness made it impossible.
I need to update my page. Whoops.
That’s really understandable! Kudos to you for acknowledging your limits and resting in God’s providence elsewhere. ❤
Thank you! I have finally given control to God because I have tried to make many things work that weren’t from Him (only from my desires). He has brought so much peace lately. It’s wonderful.
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