Courtney Thompson
American former volleyball player
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Aug 30, 2026
The big business banking on women freezing their eggs
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12:04

Courtney ThompsonGUEST
She did two cycles, and she's now 39, and she's happily paying her storage fees for her eggs with no plans to use them currently.
5 MINS LATER

Bronte GosslingGUEST
And it's incredibly disappointing, it's disheartening when these women go back and try and use their frozen eggs and they can't.
REASON YOUR BRAINS OUT with Courtney Thompson and Nicole Fawcett (2 of 2)
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Courtney ThompsonGUEST
I was just thinking if you're sa- if the group's, like, safe enough to do that, right? In kind of that, "Hey, I'm gonna be mad at you, but we're gonna get over it and stay connected," then I think you've really hit the magic.

Courtney ThompsonGUEST
Um, and I was only a five because at the end of the day, you're, you are stuck with your family for better or for worse.
John MayerHOST
So Courtney, you're gonna steel man why you would strongly disagree that a healthy team culture will lead to more wins.
REASON YOUR BRAINS OUT with Courtney Thompson and Nicole Fawcett (1 of 2)
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Courtney ThompsonGUEST
But I would also argue to that point, like, if you can find a way to play club volleyball and do school basketball, school tennis, or whatever, the experiences that you learn from an individual sport ... or a different coach or team dynamic, I think all plays into you as an athlete, as a human.

Courtney ThompsonGUEST
And if we're specifically talking about the Olympics, it is a long game to make an Olympic team, and your career on the USA team isn't defined by your first season at all, and it takes a long time to...

Courtney ThompsonGUEST
There's, like, a big runway for most people trying to figure out the international world, how to train at that level, how to take care of their body.

Courtney ThompsonGUEST
So if you're, you're gaining all this experience, physically you're not as broken down, you aren't resentful, the psychology piece, you're still loving the game in some way, I think all of that would outweigh whatever you would get from the societal pressure to do one.
6 MINS LATER

Courtney ThompsonGUEST
And so we wanna give them the best chance to be the best that they can be.
