PRIVACY POLICY

Your privacy is important to us. It is the policy of transplanthope.com to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you across our website, https://transplanthope.com.

We only ask for personal information when we truly need it to provide a service to you. We collect it by fair and lawful means, with your knowledge and consent when you submit a message to us using one of the contact forms on this website. We also let you know why we’re collecting it and how it will be used.

We only retain collected information for as long as necessary to provide you with your requested service. What data we store, we’ll protect within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.

We don’t share any personally identifying information publicly or with third-parties, except when required to by law.

This website links to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and practices of these sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy policies.

You are free to refuse our request for your personal information by choosing not to submit your contact details through one of the forms present on this website, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired services.

Your continued use of this website will be regarded as acceptance of our practices around privacy and personal information.

If you have any questions about how we handle user data and personal information, feel free to contact us.

This policy is effective as of January, 25 2020.

We only ask for personal information when we truly need it to provide a service to you. We collect it by fair and lawful means, with your knowledge and consent when you submit a message to us using one of the contact forms on this website. We also let you know why we’re collecting it and how it will be used.

We only retain collected information for as long as necessary to provide you with your requested service. What data we store, we’ll protect within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.

We don’t share any personally identifying information publicly or with third-parties, except when required to by law.

This website links to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and practices of these sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy policies.

You are free to refuse our request for your personal information by choosing not to submit your contact details through one of the forms present on this website, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired services.

Your continued use of this website will be regarded as acceptance of our practices around privacy and personal information.

If you have any questions about how we handle user data and personal information, feel free to contact us.

This policy is effective as of January, 25 2020.

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Book Courtney

 I am one of many donor families.  We all have a personal story surrounding our losses and our gains.  Speaking about our loved ones is a very special way to keep them alive in the darkness of loss.  Recipient’s and their families also have amazing stories of what life was before transplant and after.  The feeling of guilt is shared by so many recipients.  Knowing someone had to die for you to live, very powerful.  These are stories, experiences, and wisdom shared by both sides of organ donation. ‘Transplant Hope’ brings the stories and experiences of both donor and recipients together, in one celebrated place.

I struggled and continue to struggle with my body weight since I was about 9 years old.  My fifth grade classmate, Raphael, used to call me Courtney Cow.  In fact, that schmuck wrote it in my yearbook!  On top of being an angry, manipulative, unheard little girl, I was about to hit puberty in an extremely restrictive religion where love seemed conditional all the way around.  Being so young and confused, I sought love and acceptance from whomever the highest bidder was.  This caused immeasurable damage.  My inability to love myself unconditionally quickly rooted itself in my identity.  I am unpacking those bags, discarding damaged pieces and replacing them with kind truths everyday of my life. 

My dearest life traveler, healing is on the other side of injury.  Light is on the other side of darkness. Opening the padlocked, chained up, sealed drawers of painful memories, and I have many, has been my greatest challenge.  As I journey through the next chapter of my life, I have found much healing and strength in forgiveness.  Yes, forgiveness! One of those bad words like vulnerability. 

I practice being an updated version of myself everyday.  In order to put something ‘new’ in you have to remove something ‘old’. When I come across a memory that sparks a feeling that isn’t serving me anymore, I am reminded of that scene in the classic, ‘Willy Wonka and Chocolate Factory’, with Gene Wilder.  In this scene, Willy Wonka and the remaining contestants enter the very white room with geese and the golden eggs.  Under every goose is a scale-o-meter (my word), that measures the value of each egg.  There are ‘good’ eggs and ‘bad’ eggs.  Some eggs go to the processing plant and some are discarded.  Through visualization, I envision my pasted memories as ‘golden eggs’.  All of them create value in their own way, however, some are serving our greater good and some are not.  Ask the following questions as you review your closet, drawer, or box;

  • Do I need to forgive someone for this pain, sadness, trauma?
  • Do I need to forgive myself for this pain, sadness, trauma?

If you answer YES to either question, revel in the joy of personal power and enlightenment.  You have the ability and power to change the narrative of perception that defines you every day of your life.  Open yourself to the possibility that you can break free from your past and create a future YOU choose!

Can’t and won’t are two words that are misused on a daily basis by most people.  ‘Can’t’ refers to ability and ‘won’t’ refers to a choice.  One is empowering and one is not.  When you choose yourself, YOU always win! The ‘stopwatch’ we call life, ticks and tocks until it doesn’t. Love every second you have, they are a gift after all.