faafo with courtney

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...