My Body Is for Me: Healing Beyond Chronic Illness with Courtney Somma

In this episode of My Healing Is Your Healing, I’m joined by Courtney Somma, a holistic health practitioner who lived for years with chronic migraines, IBS, inflammation, and daily pain while raising young children and holding a full life together from the outside. Like so many women, she was told her symptoms were normal, manageable, or something she’d simply have to accept. And for a long time, she did—until survival stopped feeling like living.

We talk about what it’s really like to live in a body you can’t trust, how chronic illness slowly erodes confidence and identity, and the quiet grief that comes from canceling plans, numbing pain, and wondering if this is just how life will always be. Courtney shares the moment she realized traditional medicine alone wasn’t enough—and how healing finally began when she stopped treating her body like the problem and started listening to it as an ally.

This conversation explores:
 • How chronic pain and inflammation impact self-trust and identity
 • Why “just pushing through” keeps women stuck in survival mode
 • The difference between coping and true healing
 • How nutrition, nervous system regulation, and mindset work together
 • Why language matters when it comes to diagnosis and identity
 • What it means to believe your body is for you, not against you

If you’ve ever been told your symptoms are normal, minimized your pain because “others have it worse,” or felt disconnected from your body, this episode is for you. Healing doesn’t mean perfection. It means support, curiosity, and learning how to work with your body instead of fighting it.

Courtney is currently offering free access to her Rewire Your Mind, Reclaim Your Health challenge for listeners of this podcast—a two-week experience grounded in science, nervous system healing, and practical mindset tools.

You can connect with Courtney and explore her work here:
 Website: https://www.vitalityholistichw.com

Free Challenge: https://www.vitalityholistichw.com/HYH

Instagram / Facebook / YouTube: @VitalityHolisticHW
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/courtney-somma-94327117/