faafo with courtney

are you working more hours but still struggling to get ahead? stressed about the cost of living, worried about losing your job, or wondering how much money you'll need before you can finally enjoy your life? what if more money isn't necessarily the answer? i've been talking about money, financial security, manifestation, materialization, and what i call "mundane money woes" for YEARS. these audio...

how do digital nomads actually make money? have you ever heard of retainers? and why are so many people unwilling to tell you where their income really comes from? i've been working independently for over 20 years, and retainers were one of the biggest game changers for me. in this clip, i talk about landing one of my first long-term clients while walking the streets of new haven, connecticut. tha...

what if the part of you trying to protect you from discomfort is also keeping you from seeing yourself clearly? this 2018 throwback comes from The Porch , where i was talking about ego and how differently it can show up when we actually start watching ourselves. we may say we're all connected, then convince ourselves that our situation is somehow different. we may avoid working with a group becaus...

quotes: -- "i do not have to leave my house to be entertained." -- "detroit is extremely significant for me on so many different levels." -- "i end up getting an email from detroit electrical company. what are the odds?" -- "pull the plug can go so many different ways, but it's just literally like unplug from the connections coming to america." summary: detroit kept showing up this week. i reached...

NOTES: 1) 🇺🇸 the image attached is a real photo of the bat house that was built and placed in my backyard after the bats were safely removed from the walls, because bats are protected in florida and could not simply be harmed or disposed of. -- 🇧🇷 A imagem em anexo é uma foto real do abrigo para morcegos que foi construído e instalado no meu quintal, após os morcegos terem sido removidos das pared...

quotes: -- "god does not give one person all the answers because god knows that human beings are easily corruptible and they will abuse their power." -- "if you're in a space right now with people that you wouldn't want to be in lockdown with, fucking move." -- "the two bravest women that i know in my life don't look anything like me." -- "so the universe, god, my ancestors snatched me out of that...

quotes: -- "i am put on this earth to bring hope to people. a lot of people don't like that." -- "a lot of people don't teach empowerment. they teach dependency. know the difference." -- "stop withholding your power." -- "my mother once told me, she said, never block someone's blessing by rejecting a gift." -- "you be the ghost writer of their life. they think they're the main character in their o...

quotes: -- "a lot of these teachers, preachers, spiritualists, politicians depend on the dependency of their followers to survive." -- "we are the tools. we are the altars. we are the medicines." -- "if they are as bad as they say they are, why do they need help? make it make sense." -- "i don't believe in borders. i don't believe in boxes. a box is a border. a circle is a border." -- "you've got...

from the episode “it becomes very frustrating at some point also because they are interrupting our ability to help the people who actually fucking deserve it.” “what i find very sad about humanity is the fact that there are a lot of people who have never had anyone be kind to them.” “i think it's sad that we live in a world as human beings where so few people have had someone show them grace and t...

quotes "what if we did the thing before the energy called for it?" "avoidance and healing are two different things." summary on this episode of faafo with courtney, recorded friday, september 11, 2026, courtney pulls a spread that keeps circling one question: have you apologized? she walks through her morning cards, timing, early birdie, earth, and a handwritten four of clubs that read have you ap...

i do not use cards for readings. never have. this time i picked a condom instead of a card and let the words fall where they wanted. no script, no plan, just intuition on three condoms. pick one, thee fantasy shoppe, starts at :40. question: when was the last time you were ratchet? words: mirrors, weeds, abundance, distance. pick two, trojan magnum, starts at 10:38. question: what are my gifts? wo...

what are you unwilling to sit with for thirty seconds? because that tiny irritation, that thing you keep avoiding, it might not be standing in your way at all. it might be the whole lesson. Key Takeaways: Small frustrations reveal larger conditioning. Most people need more quiet, offline, grounded time than they realize. Discomfort is often the doorway to growth. Speak up when something isn't work...

summary: instagram asked me this morning if i needed a scroll break. i built the answer to that question a few weeks ago. the respite. if you have the code and you haven't been yet — the door is open. if you're a past guest who hasn't heard from me, you will. if you're new here and curious what an alternative actually looks like, the respite is at respite.faafo.app . read the full blog post at htt...

original video date: june 8, 2022 -- this episode started as a video on june 8, 2022, titled reconsider “like minded people” and diversify your portfolio. so much has changed since then --- i was in rural america in the middle of nowhere. now i am in bahia, brazil. but the message still hits. especially for people who are looking for answers from a spiritual perspective and have been stuck for a w...

"All my skinfolk ain't kinfolk" is a famous quote attributed to author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston -- ------ you probably have somebody in your ancestral line who sold out a revolution or a fucking rebellion. let's be fucking honest about this right now. not all skinfolk are kinfolk. people use a color for a cover. and some of your ancestors were cowards. sisi breaks down traitor energy,...

"don't come at me about AI because it's a privilege to be able to shit on AI when many people don't have the privilege to even have the imagination or have never seen a representation of anyone outside of themselves playing subservient to someone else." audio from a facebook live i did on february 22, 2026, when i came back to facebook after a long break and accidentally turned my profile into a c...

i clicked yes when the platform asked if my podcast was AI. i could have said no. here is why i didn't --- and why the people who are loudest against AI are often the same ones who have never contributed a single thing to the internet they are so busy defending. read "i said yes and i would do it again" check out the The Free Man's Line: Bell and Franklin Family podcast. sources: The Architect of...

if you choose to love an awakened woman, know that it’s not about playing it safe. this poem by sophie bashford is a raw invitation into deep, soul-stirring connection. she reminds us that loving a woman who’s awake—spiritually, emotionally, energetically—is going to shake you up, not tuck you in. this isn’t about comfort, it’s about evolution. it’s for those ready to rise, to be stretched, and to...

se você escolher amar uma mulher desperta, saiba que isso não tem nada a ver com jogar seguro. este poema de sophie bashford é um convite cru para uma conexão profunda que mexe com a alma. ela nos lembra que amar uma mulher que está desperta—espiritualmente, emocionalmente, energeticamente—vai te sacudir, não te embalar. não se trata de conforto, mas de evolução. é para quem está pronto para se el...

this is me reading something i wrote back in november 2001 when i was probably living in oklahoma. now i'm in brazil and sharing this because it feels more important than ever. it's about how i went from charging less than $20 for readings because i didn't know my own power, to over $190 an hour once i realized what i could actually do. the shift happened when i stopped listening to people who tre...

this is me reading something i wrote back on june 9th, 2017 - a piece i called "spellbound." it came after one of the craziest life upheavals i'd ever experienced, followed by three months of sitting in almost complete silence, which led to a major awakening and what i can only describe as a major download or upload. the piece is about wholeness - about traveling through time to collect all the sc...