“I've been in schools for 15 years, and have seen a lot of guest speakers. Rarely have I seen or met a speaker who presents with the authenticity and courage that Courtney brings. The response amongst our school has been enormously positive, and many conversations between our students and staff have arisen from her talk today. I have no doubt that she would find a welcome space speaking in the corporate world."

"Thank you so much again for your keynote presentation at THA’s staff conference last week. Your presence and presentation was an absolute, universal highlight of the day ~ literally everyone has been saying so! Your message of transforming adversity through connection, and community, compassion, resilience, kindness, passion, self-improvement and determination is extraordinary. It’s also one that everyone can find inspiration and personal connection with."

“The powerful personal testimony and lived experience was a message that has embedded into the mindset and consciousness of every Young Person who attended your session at Banksia Hill Detention Centre.  I observed our cohort of Young Men who are often difficult to fully engage and held layers of their own personal trauma and life journeys be positively moved and shifted in their own understandings. The powerful shift created a reflective understanding of their own responsibility as young men in their own families and community and the unacceptable rates of violence and the gender imbalance in Domestic Violence. “

"Personally, I felt your focus on pursuing the light, being the light and resisting the pull of darkness is one that feels so timely and important both within ourselves, our work and universally. I also feel you role model so beautifully the unique strengths of Aboriginal and female leadership … ~ the capacity and willingness to be vulnerable, laser-focused determination and wisdom, a steady foundation of compassion, kindness and ease, alongside what is important and un-negotiable. Thank you so much again Courtney, your presence was an absolute highlight!"