About ME

Courtney G. Smith, aka The Reiki G, is an award-winning film producer, Reiki Master, certified Life Coach, and TEDx Speaker who discovered that going with the flow has proven to be her best recipe for life. 

A year after her undergraduate studies at Michigan State University, Courtney was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease myasthenia gravis in April 2001. Courtney had a thymectomy on September 11, 2001, to force the MG into remission. After having her chest cracked opened for the surgery, Courtney realized that the disease had not come close to going into remission. As a result, Courtney went on a mission to make people aware of their health. She enrolled as a graduate student at MSU in the fall of 2002 to begin pursuing her master’s in health communication. Due to circumstances beyond her control, Courtney was only able to complete 17 out of the 33 credits required for the completion of her degree. 

When she returned home to Chicago, Courtney went on a quest to make the public aware of what women with autoimmune diseases go through daily. She founded Control Your Auto Productions, Inc. in April 2006 and began producing and filming the award-winning film Beauty Does Lie: The Untold Stories of Autoimmune Diseases in June of that same year. Beauty Does Lie features seven women with five different autoimmune diseases and commentary from two doctors: a rheumatologist and neurologist. 

Currently, Courtney is on a healing journey for the MG. Since May 2014 she has used Reiki, food, yoga, supplements, and meditation to heal her body. She is ecstatic to see her body transform each day. Courtney has learned to listen to her body, and honor all the messages her body conveys each day.

Courtney's personal healing journey led her to become a Reiki Master Level II, and certified Life Coach. She truly enjoys seeing her clients and students’ progress while helping them to transform their energy.