#96 Waste and Recycling – How is it done / Courtney / My Body My Story 45 Over 45

In this episode, you will learn 10 FACTS about Courtney, who was born and raised in Texas, US, and her passion for the environmental industry. We get into details of the waste and recycling business and discuss how it works. We also talk about aging and the main causes of body image issues, how they come up, and how she overcomes them. 10 Facts About Courtney (at the time of the project) 42 years old.Courtney was born in the US and raised in Houston, Texas.She left Texas when she was 18 years old and went to university on the East Coast in Virginia for four years and got her degree in anthropology.Then she moved to Washington DC and got her dream job with the Discovery Channel.Courtney played field hockey in the NCAA Division 1 and loved the sport.In her 20s, Courtney had a plan to travel the World and had this awesome itinerary booked. She was supposed to go to India, Bali, Thailand, and Vietnam, but every single place on her itinerary ended up having a natural disaster that year.She moved to Australia when she was 24 and started her career in the environmental industry. Courtney loved it, specifically the waste and recycling segment. She was there for nine years. When Courtney was overseas, she would always take pictures of bins.Courtney also worked as a sustainability consultant for Harris farm markets. Also, she set up recycling programs for all the major stadiums in Victoria and New South Wales, for Qantas Airlines, hospitals, and KFC.Courtney is married and has two kids. Two boys. One is 12 and the other is 10.Courtney and her family live out in a rural area outside of Sydney with a little horse farm and feels more Texan there than she should.----more---- INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT (auto-generated) Hi, you're listening to the My Body, My Story podcast. And I always struggled that, you know, I just I could never access that deep bass and me and if you, you know, look into like just the body and even like chakras, that's the base chakra. And I realised I was avoiding that. And that's your childhood. That's your insecurity, you know, and that, that groundwork, that foundation wasn't set for me. And so I haven't wanted to access that part of me. So that's been really interesting to see what comes up when I do take those deep breaths, and I usually cry, which is sad. This is the 45 over 45 chapter where we celebrate Rule Breakers and role models, the women who inspire us to live life our way and to show their sensuality beauty, soul, and true essence. Here we talk about what it's like to be 45 Plus, adjusting to the changes that come with time, and we listened to the stories about participants. If you have an interesting story, we'd love for you to participate. You can email us at [e-mail] That's Aleksandra spelled with a K S. Or visit our website aleksandrawalker.com Hello, everyone, and welcome to the My Body My Story project and today with us Courtney in the studio. And while she's sitting in the makeup chair, and Laura is doing makeup for her. I'll be asking a few questions. Hi, Courtney, welcome to the studio and welcome to the project. And let's start and tell us 10 facts about yourself. Thank you. I gotta keep it to 10. No, you can. I wish I was that interesting. I think you were I wish I was that interesting. Yes. Hi, I'm Courtney. I'm 42. I am from Texas. And I was reflecting on my drive here this morning that I moved here when I was 24. So I thought that was really special that I was 24. Now I'm 42. So it sort of mirrors each other. And so here I am, in this chair. I am married I have two kids. Two boys. One is 12 and one is 10. And we just got a new puppy, which is our first pet ever. So it's very special for our family. What's the breed? We bought a miniature Labradoodle and he's chocolate brown. And he's super cute. And we've named him Nacho. Little throw to my Texas roots. And yeah. And I was the US born and raised in Houston, Texas, but then went to university on the East Coast in Virginia. I played field hockey on a division one team for an NCAA in the NCAA, division and loved sport. That's how I identified myself as it was as an athlete. And so it's been interesting as I've gotten older how, especially having kids and getting married, I have lost a lot of the thing that act you know, they're active, sporty - Corty that I used to identify so strongly with. Why would you … you didn't have enough time? Well, it's interesting because my husband, he plays in my professionally, a sport now. And so it seems like all of our time nurtures that hobby, or that, that sport for him. He's a polo player. And so our whole life is horses. So it's sort of funny, I'm from Texas. I'm not even from a farm. But like, I'm from a big city. But now we live out in a rural area. So my rural area outside of Sydney with a little horse farm, and I feel more Texan here than I should. But I never fit in at home. So that's sort of I guess something I've always reflected ...