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I want to share some body-based realism for this moment in time. I’m a woman who - for better or for worse - has always felt deeply the injustice of the world and the pain and suffering of others, but also with a clear vision of what could be. Fresh out of college I worked in shelters for wom...

by Courtney LaCava — Mar 03, 2026

💔 What happened to the men?

We’re holding profoundly heavy energy right now. It’s hard to know what’s real and not real anymore. Anytime we’re dealing with something so disorienting, we have to root into what we know is true. One of the truths I’ve been sitting with is that the majority of the violence and depravity is hap...

by Courtney LaCava — Feb 03, 2026

Heated Rivalry, The Female Nervous System, Trauma & Eros

There’s been so much discourse around why the show Heated Rivalry has so intensely affected people, especially women.* But there’s an angle I haven’t seen talked about yet. It has to do with safety, shutdown and dissociation, our pelvises, and the erotic. The foundation of a woman’s health is i...

by Courtney LaCava — Jan 19, 2026

🔮 What’s ahead in 2026

As we ease into the new year, I wanted to take a minute to re-introduce myself, share about my work and how I can support you, and what I have in store for you in 2026. My passion is helping women feel more alive and embodied, and reclaim their power through nature-based, body-based wisdom. I tea...

by Courtney LaCava — Jan 14, 2026

❤️‍🔥 What’s really real for you?

I’ve spent the last month in a bit of an altered state. I went on retreat in New Mexico in early December and then went right into the holidays. The week of retreat was one of the most beautiful and profound of my life. As I was held by the stunning nature at Ghost Ranch, was in community with s...

by Courtney LaCava — Jan 07, 2026

🐻 My Mama Bear Came Out

I dealt with some conflict this morning. I won’t share the details because my purpose isn’t to shame her. But I challenged someone who has a history of sharing private information about children in our community - some with high needs - whom she had access to in her work. People gossip. I get i...

by Courtney LaCava — Oct 15, 2025

❤️‍🔥 Protecting First Love & Human Intimacy

Yesterday I saw a segment with Tristan Harris, co-founder of The Center for Humane Technology. He spoke about how tech companies are focused on creating “AI companions.” The #1 use for AI right now, according to Harvard Business School, is personal therapy - essentially humans sharing their inne...

by Courtney LaCava — Oct 09, 2025

Motherhood & Bending Without Breaking

I took a Mom-cation this week - 3 days of glorious alone time at my friend Christine’s rental on Cape Cod - and I spent some of it in bed, recovering from a virus. It’s been rocking my body (and not in the good way 🫠). September is always intense for me. It’s that transition from summer into fal...

by Courtney LaCava — Oct 02, 2025

🍓 Women’s health & picking berries

“How are we supposed to learn to love the world if we don’t pick berries?” I saw a woman say this on TikTok. I was heartstruck. That woman was Robin Wall Kimmerer, the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Wisdom of Plants. The book has been on my ni...

by Courtney LaCava — Sep 17, 2025

❤️‍🩹 When our children get sick

My oldest, Sam, started middle school last week and came down with something a few days before. Even before he complained of being sick I knew he was headed in that direction. It’s always in the eyes. They start to get glossy in a different way. And once my pitta boy with a huge appetite tells...

by Courtney LaCava — Sep 17, 2025

Boys, Violence & the Nervous System

So many of us have been rocked by the ongoing violence in our newsfeeds. I don’t want to add to the noise and cast blame. I do want to offer a perspective that helps us heal. To do that we need to speak to the elephant in the room: The people committing these acts of violence are almost always m...

by Courtney LaCava — Sep 16, 2025