Raised in the Wild: How the Lodge Made Us Resourceful Mothers & Entrepreneurs with Cortney Teed

In this intimate sister-to-sister episode, Audrey and her sister Cortney revisit the unconventional childhood that shaped them — spending half their lives in a remote fly-in lodge deep in the Canadian wilderness.

They talk about what that upbringing gave them: resourcefulness, work ethic, entrepreneurial instinct, and the ability to create something out of nothing.

And what it cost them: dysregulation, pressure, unpredictability, and the emotional labor of growing up inside a family business.

Together they reflect on how those early patterns show up in their motherhood, their businesses, their nervous systems, and the way they now choose to raise their own children with more presence and gentleness than they ever received.

This episode is both nostalgic and revealing — a story of breaking generational patterns, honoring what served, releasing what didn’t, and learning to mother in a way that heals the girl you used to be.

Topics We Cover

✨ Growing up in the middle of nowhere

Lessons from lodge life, isolation, and working from childhood.

✨ What the wild imprinted in us

Resourcefulness, problem-solving, improvisation — and chronic dysregulation.

✨ Parents as entrepreneurs

What we absorbed by watching our parents run businesses: the good, the messy, and the “we’re not repeating that.”

✨ From survival to choice

How adult nervous system work changed the way we create, mother, and lead.

✨ Doing motherhood differently

Breaking urgency culture, choosing presence, protecting home as sacred, and raising kids who don’t have to earn belonging.

✨ How our childhood shaped our businesses

ADHD tendencies, grit, creativity, and our ability to build unconventional work that supports our families.

About Cortney:

Cortney is a stay-at-home mom of two and the owner of two small businesses that reflect both her creativity and her love for community. She owns The TÜK Boutique, a custom gift boutique where she laser engraves and designs personalized pieces ranging from earrings to Christmas ornaments and everything in between. She is also the owner of Cortney’s Pawperty, a warm and trusted home-based doggy daycare and boarding service. Balancing motherhood with entrepreneurship, Cortney has built a life centered on family, passion, and the joy of creating meaningful connections, whether through a handcrafted gift or caring for someone’s four-legged family member.

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