Podcast appearances and mentions of Brenda E Cortez

Bonus Episode. Voices-19 Authors Talk About the BookWelcome to another bonus episode where I'll be talking with Jean, Kim and Rosie who wrote chapters in the book Voices-19: Their  Legacies Live On, Stories Collected by Brenda E. Cortez. In each of the 18 chapters of this book, the authors write about a family member they have lost to COVID-19. Jean in New Jersey lost her sister, Vivian Meitzler on April 16, 2020. Kimberlee in Pennsylvania lost her father Paul Letizi on October 29, 2020 and Rosie in Texas lost her mother Mary Castro on Mary 17, 2020. Rosie was a guest on this show on Episode 3 and is the founder of the Yellow Heart Memorial. Jean worked with Brenda Cortez to collect the stories and reached out to the other people who contributed to this book. For a personalized copy of "Voices-19" please reach out directly to any of 19co-authors, their contact information is in their chapter.Below are the links to order the book and the social media contact information for some of the guests on the show. Voices-19 on BC Books, LLC Voices-19 on Amazon Here is a link to Episode 3. Rosie in TexasThe Voices-19 Book on Instagram @voices19bookKimberlee's Instagram @kletiziRosie's Instagram (and also the IG for the Yellow Heart Memorial) For context on this interview and the ever-changing pandemic, we recorded this episode on September 15, 2022.If you've lost a loved one to COVID and would like to share your story on the show, please send me an email.  My email address is forthosewelostpodcast@gmail.com. Or go to the website forthosewelostpodcast.com and click on contact button and you can reach me that way as well.This show won't ever have a paid members area or episodes you have to pay to listen to, but there are expenses with hosting a podcast. If you would like to help, please support the show.   All episodes are written and produced by me and all music is used under the protection of fair use.Our social media accounts can be found:TwitterInstagramFacebookUntil next time!---Long Road Ahead by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100588Artist: http://incompetech.com/Support the show

Brenda E. Cortez is a living kidney donor to another mom, which is what inspired her to write her first children's book. She is the creator of Howl the Owl© (plush owl and book series) and his special message of Help Others With Love. Brenda's experiences have sparked her passion to make a difference in the world through her books, including her latest non-fiction book, "Voices-19", and now the stories she helps others bring to life. Today's guests, Brenda Cortez and Gina Sirico, give a voice to those we lost to Covid-19. Their legacies will live on forever by their stories that are told. In this beautiful book, 19 grieving families celebrate their loved ones' lives by sharing their stories. Voices-19:Their Legacies Live On was written to celebrate the lives of those lost to COVID-19. Those lost to this virus are not just a number or a statistic. They are our mothers and fathers, our sisters and brothers,our aunts and uncles, our grandparents, cousins, friends and even our children. It's time to humanize the numbers that you see on the news daily. Covid is real. Ask anyone of these families left behind to grieve. These beautiful souls made a difference to the world and impacted many lives, perhaps even your life. Everyone in the world has been affected by the pandemic but for almost 1 million families in the USA alone, their lives will never be the same, and no one will ever be back to “normal”. Together we can be the empathy and compassion for those families left behind experiencing PTSD and Prolonged Grief Disorder. So many were unable to say goodbye or to be with their loved ones as they took their last breath, due to Covid restrictions, while others had no funeral services or were able to witness their loved one's burial. This grief is like no other. It is my hope that this episode educates, inspires and changes your perspective to understand those that were lost to Covid-19, were not just a number, they were human beings, who have made a difference, touched our lives and are still loved and missed today. Please say their names with me! Please join us today to hear stories of bravery, hope and inspiration. To learn more about these families or to contact one or all of them, please contact Brenda E. Cortez at: https://www.bcbooksllc.com/voices19 or howltheowl3@gmail.com Please remember to SUBSCRIBE today and tell your friends about this inspiring conversation. ALL episodes can easily be found on all podcast platforms. If you have a “Starting Over” story you'd like to share or if you are feeling stuck, lost faith in yourself, and having difficulty seeing the joy through challenges, lets chat: Mary A Markham

Brenda E. Cortez is a living kidney donor to another mom, which is what inspired her to write her first children's book. She is the creator of Howl the Owl© (plush owl and book series) and his special message of Help Others With Love. Brenda's experiences have sparked her passion to make a difference in the world through her books, including her latest non-fiction book, "Voices-19", and now the stories she helps others bring to life. Today's guests, Brenda Cortez and Gina Sirico, give a voice to those we lost to Covid-19. Their legacies will live on forever by their stories that are told. In this beautiful book, 19 grieving families celebrate their loved ones' lives by sharing their stories. Voices-19:Their Legacies Live On was written to celebrate the lives of those lost to COVID-19. Those lost to this virus are not just a number or a statistic. They are our mothers and fathers, our sisters and brothers,our aunts and uncles, our grandparents, cousins, friends and even our children. It's time to humanize the numbers that you see on the news daily. Covid is real. Ask anyone of these families left behind to grieve. These beautiful souls made a difference to the world and impacted many lives, perhaps even your life. Everyone in the world has been affected by the pandemic but for almost 1 million families in the USA alone, their lives will never be the same, and no one will ever be back to “normal”. Together we can be the empathy and compassion for those families left behind experiencing PTSD and Prolonged Grief Disorder. So many were unable to say goodbye or to be with their loved ones as they took their last breath, due to Covid restrictions, while others had no funeral services or were able to witness their loved one's burial. This grief is like no other. It is my hope that this episode educates, inspires and changes your perspective to understand those that were lost to Covid-19, were not just a number, they were human beings, who have made a difference, touched our lives and are still loved and missed today. Please say their names with me! Please join us today to hear stories of bravery, hope and inspiration. To learn more about these families or to contact one or all of them, please contact Brenda E. Cortez at: https://www.bcbooksllc.com/voices19 or howltheowl3@gmail.com Please remember to SUBSCRIBE today and tell your friends about this inspiring conversation. ALL episodes can easily be found on all podcast platforms. If you have a “Starting Over” story you'd like to share or if you are feeling stuck, lost faith in yourself, and having difficulty seeing the joy through challenges, lets chat: Mary A Markham

#livingkidneydonor #kidneydonor #author Our Special Guest will be Author and Founder of HOWL (Help Others With Love) Brenda E Cortez! She will share her Living Kidney Donor Story and Why she started HOWL?! Brenda also hosts a show based on her amazing book “Because of Organ Donation”! For more info on Brenda E Cortez: https://www.howltheowl.com/ https://www.becauseoforgandonation.com/ Hope with Jonathan :

Happy Valentine's Day and National Donor Day! What better gift to give someone on Valentine's Day than their HEART! And, I'm not talking figuratively, I'm talking physically! If you were told at the age of 16 that you had a congenital heart defect called Transpositions of the Great Arteries and needed a heart transplant would you still look at life through a positive lens and believe that “Someone else has it worse than me?” Hailey Steimel is 25, an AUTHOR of "A Heart on Valentine's Day" and an incredible uplifting young woman who looks at life through a positive lens. Listen to Hailey's incredible story on your favorite Podcast platform. Nearly 40,000 babies are born with a heart defect in the United States each year. In 2021, 1900 children were on the national transplant list waiting for a lifesaving organ. Please register to be an organ donor at donatelife.net, registerme.org, or in the Health app on your iPhone. A special THANK YOU to Brenda E Cortez for being an amazing Book Coach and Publisher for Hailey's book, “A Heart on Valentine's Day.”Contact Hailey Steimel at: IG: https://www.instagram.com/hearttransplant2014/ Twitter- hearthailey2014 Linkedin- Hailey Steimel Please remember to SUBSCRIBE today and tell your friends about this inspiring conversation. ALL episodes can easily be found on all podcast platforms. If you have a “Starting Over” story you'd like to share or if you are feeling stuck, lost faith in yourself, and having difficulty seeing the joy through challenges, lets chat: Mary A Markham Spiritual Life Coach www.maryamarkham.com Email: mary@maryamarkham.com IG: maryamarkhamlifecoach FB: Mary A Markham Spiritual Life Coaching

Happy Valentine's Day and National Donor Day! What better gift to give someone on Valentine's Day than their HEART! And, I'm not talking figuratively, I'm talking physically! If you were told at the age of 16 that you had a congenital heart defect called Transpositions of the Great Arteries and needed a heart transplant would you still look at life through a positive lens and believe that “Someone else has it worse than me?” Hailey Steimel is 25, an AUTHOR of "A Heart on Valentine's Day" and an incredible uplifting young woman who looks at life through a positive lens. Listen to Hailey's incredible story on your favorite Podcast platform. Nearly 40,000 babies are born with a heart defect in the United States each year. In 2021, 1900 children were on the national transplant list waiting for a lifesaving organ. Please register to be an organ donor at donatelife.net, registerme.org, or in the Health app on your iPhone. A special THANK YOU to Brenda E Cortez for being an amazing Book Coach and Publisher for Hailey's book, “A Heart on Valentine's Day.”Contact Hailey Steimel at: IG: https://www.instagram.com/hearttransplant2014/ Twitter- hearthailey2014 Linkedin- Hailey Steimel Please remember to SUBSCRIBE today and tell your friends about this inspiring conversation. ALL episodes can easily be found on all podcast platforms. If you have a “Starting Over” story you'd like to share or if you are feeling stuck, lost faith in yourself, and having difficulty seeing the joy through challenges, lets chat: Mary A Markham Spiritual Life Coach www.maryamarkham.com Email: mary@maryamarkham.com IG: maryamarkhamlifecoach FB: Mary A Markham Spiritual Life Coaching

George Franklin III is president of the Transplant Quarter Century Club and a contributing writer of Because of Organ Donation, a book by Brenda E. Cortez. George had a kidney transplant more than 45 years ago. Listen in to learn his secret for keeping his gift of life healthy and strong.

 In this Episode , Gary has a conversation with Brenda E. Cortez. Brenda is a living kidney donor and prolific children's book author, who has a passion for helping others. (She was inspired to write her first book, “My Mom is Having Surgery” after her daughter centered her college entrance essay around Brenda's organ donation- and the inspiration, she felt from it.) Brenda is now a strong advocate for living donation awareness. Because of this advocacy, and her passion for helping others, Brenda came up with the slogan, HOWL: Help Others with Love. Brenda's series of children's books are both astounding and inspirational. Brenda's newest book, which is not a children's book, titled “Because of Organ Donation” brings together the biographical stories of twenty-five inspiring members of our global health community – including donor-families, recipients of donated organs, and living donors. Brenda's Children's books - https://www.donatelife.net/books/Brenda's latest book - https://www.becauseoforgandonation.com/

Today’s guest, Terri Pilawa was on top of the world. She had a great job, an amazing son, met her husband and was in the best shape of her life. Everything was going well until she felt like she was suffocating and couldn’t breath. Terri was in denial and couldn’t believe this was happening to her. After suffering from a misdiagnosis of adult asthma for 5 years and many trips to the emergency room, Terri was diagnosed with NSIP Pulmonary Fibrosis in 2012. After days, months, years of not knowing if and when she would survive, she believed that “Giving up is too easy” and fought the good fight for her life. KEEP FAITH ~ KEEP FIGHTING Terri shares her starting over again and again journey as she fought for her life to the end. Hear the incredible details of how she felt like she was drowning or suffocating daily, and hung on until the end, begging for lungs. ONE LIFE FOR ANOTHER Just when she thought her life was coming to an end, having her DNR (Do not Resuscitate) in order, and having trouble breathing when responding to the nurse, “I need my lungs!” "I NEED MY LUNGS!" Shortly thereafter that night, on June 24, 2015, at 10:00 p.m. her doctor called and said she had lungs for her, not a perfect situation, but had lungs for Terri. The celebration of yelling and cheers were put on hold as she was too weak and getting too excited would use too much of her limited supply of oxygen. By midnight her donor was off the use of a ventilator support and by 3:00 a.m. the journey of a 13 hr surgery, Terri was getting lungs. What became a tragic end of a life for one family, was a gift of life for another. Terri was fortunate enough to meet her donor’s family and hear how her Donor, Maria Quinteros, a 22 year old woman, said, “YES” to being a donor, saved Terri’s life and now lives inside her, celebrating the gift of life every single day. Terri is truly blessed and grateful for her second chance of life. TAKEAWAYS NEVER TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED GIVING UP IS TOO EASY LOVE LIFE NEVER GIVE UP Check out her story along with other inspiring author stories in “Because of Organ Donation” by Brenda E. Cortez and H.O.W.L. the Owl If you need help or would like to DONATE to Onebreathfoundation, please go to: www.onebreathfoundation.org CONTACT: Terri Pilawa at: terri@onebreathfoundation.org Website: www.onebreathfoundation.org

Today's guest, Terri Pilawa was on top of the world. She had a great job, an amazing son, met her husband and was in the best shape of her life. Everything was going well until she felt like she was suffocating and couldn't breath. Terri was in denial and couldn't believe this was happening to her. After suffering from a misdiagnosis of adult asthma for 5 years and many trips to the emergency room, Terri was diagnosed with NSIP Pulmonary Fibrosis in 2012. After days, months, years of not knowing if and when she would survive, she believed that “Giving up is too easy” and fought the good fight for her life. KEEP FAITH ~ KEEP FIGHTING Terri shares her starting over again and again journey as she fought for her life to the end. Hear the incredible details of how she felt like she was drowning or suffocating daily, and hung on until the end, begging for lungs. ONE LIFE FOR ANOTHER Just when she thought her life was coming to an end, having her DNR (Do not Resuscitate) in order, and having trouble breathing when responding to the nurse, “I need my lungs!” "I NEED MY LUNGS!" Shortly thereafter that night, on June 24, 2015, at 10:00 p.m. her doctor called and said she had lungs for her, not a perfect situation, but had lungs for Terri. The celebration of yelling and cheers were put on hold as she was too weak and getting too excited would use too much of her limited supply of oxygen. By midnight her donor was off the use of a ventilator support and by 3:00 a.m. the journey of a 13 hr surgery, Terri was getting lungs. What became a tragic end of a life for one family, was a gift of life for another. Terri was fortunate enough to meet her donor's family and hear how her Donor, Maria Quinteros, a 22 year old woman, said, “YES” to being a donor, saved Terri's life and now lives inside her, celebrating the gift of life every single day. Terri is truly blessed and grateful for her second chance of life. TAKEAWAYS NEVER TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED GIVING UP IS TOO EASY LOVE LIFE NEVER GIVE UP Check out her story along with other inspiring author stories in “Because of Organ Donation” by Brenda E. Cortez and H.O.W.L. the Owl If you need help or would like to DONATE to Onebreathfoundation, please go to: www.onebreathfoundation.org CONTACT: Terri Pilawa at: terri@onebreathfoundation.org Website: www.onebreathfoundation.org

Have a great app idea? The Co-Founders of Travello did and with no tech experience created this popular travel social network. Find out the steps that Ryan Hanly and Mark Cantoni took to take a great app idea and turn it into a global success. Plus, there’s a worldwide shortage of organ donors. Meet the amazing Brenda E. Cortez, a living kidney donor who gave her kidney to a complete stranger. Brenda is now a children’s book author Howl The Owl & advocate for organ donation.  Follow us on Twitter Join us WorldAbout.com  

Chatting With Sherri welcomes author Brenda E. Cortez!   Brenda E. Cortez donated her kidney to another mom 14 years ago and has since had a passion for raising awareness for organ donation. This passion has also led to her writing children’s books on the topic to help children understand better and relate. Brenda believes in being kind and helping others so she created her book character around that topic. Howl the Owl™ is character in Brenda’s books and his name stands for Help Others With Love! Visit howltheowl.com for more information about Brenda, her books and her mission. Howl the Owl is a plush animal as well, and has been traveling the world with families who have been hosting him. He also has his regular Facebook page to highlight all things Howl, as well as Instagram and Twitter.  He is a mascot now too! The mascot has been traveling with me to different organ donation events this year in Vegas, Iowa and Ohio.

Brenda is a living kidney donor and children’s book author. She has a passion for helping others and educating the community through her experiences. She was inspired to write her first book; My Mom is Having Surgery. Being a living donor herself, her daughter centered her college entrance essay around Brenda’s donation and the inspiration she felt from it. Brenda is now a strong advocate for living donation awareness. Because of this advocacy and her passion for helping others, Brenda came up with the slogan, HOWL: Help Others with Love.  You can email Brenda at - brenda@howltheowl.com and follow her on Instagram - HowlTheOwl To purchase her books go to www.howltheowl.com If you would like to be a Living Kidney Donor, you can fill out this simple form - https://iuhealth.org/living-donor-evaluation-form Don't forget...If you have a suggestion or would like to be on Worldly Church Girl. shoot an email to https://worldlychurchgirl.com/contact/

Living Kidney Donor and Author Brenda E. Cortez writes children books about organ donation. These books are for small children and hospitals buy her books to help kids and family understand the processes of surgery and organ donation from a child's perspective. http://www.howltheowl.comvideo: https://youtu.be/sjR-KNAjtTQ