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We are all “Motherless” (Mothering Boys Starts 4/30)

Last week I wrote about “62 million men visiting a porn site that had content described as a ‘Rape Academy’” - one in which men gave tutorials about how to drug their partners so they could do the unthinkable. While the number of men who actually were part of the group was exaggerated, there’s s...

by Courtney LaCava — Apr 21, 2026

62 million men? (Mothering Boys Collective April 30th)

Right now my social media feed is filled with the “62 million men at the online ‘Rape Academy.” There are reports that the number is highly exaggerated. Regardless, it’s profoundly disturbing. As I got my boys ready for school this morning, I carried this story in the back of my mind - the horro...

by Courtney LaCava — Apr 17, 2026

Dinner then The Matriarchy

All over my social media feed is talk about the matriarchy. I’ve been talking about it too. And I noticed a trend. When I post about the inequity and victimization, I get a lot of engagement. When I talk about what we can do to start taking action…crickets. I don’t think it’s because people are...

by Courtney LaCava — Mar 19, 2026

🎯 Staying on target in troubled times

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

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