LIVING IN SYNC | Lifestyle & Wellness for Women in their 30s · Joelle Suess | Podcast Producer & Entrepreneur

Fit Mom Confessions: How Courtney Makes Fitness A Priority as a Working Mom of Two Busy Boys & Career in HR

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Courtney says she could not "lose myself" after becoming a mom because "my kid deserves better."

1. Living in Sync focuses on Courtney Hendricks and how she prioritizes fitness as a working mom of two boys. 2. Joelle hosts the episode and introduces Courtney Hendricks as a friend from Instagram who connects through fitness and motherhood. 3. The episode asks how Courtney keeps workouts and nutrition consistent while working in HR, raising two sons, and moving across the country. 4. Courtney says she is a working mom of two, married for 15 years, and in her mid-thirties. 5. She describes her sons as almost four and almost seven, and says they are "crazy active." 6. Courtney explains that she grew up in Minnesota, lived in Wisconsin for college and family life, and recently relocated to North Carolina. 7. She says the move felt like "moving your entire family across the country" and calls it "an experience." 8. Courtney contrasts Midwest nice with Southern hospitality and says people in North Carolina stop to chat in grocery stores and the gym. 9. She describes a neighborhood group chat where families swap mail pickup, vacation help, and soccer playdates for the boys. 10. Courtney traces her fitness background to childhood athletics and says her dad and family were always big into it. 11. She says she became serious about strength training around 2011 or 2012 after joining a group to lift together. 12. Courtney recalls once doing mostly cardio and thinking weights were "what the guys do." 13. She says seeing muscle in the mirror changed her view of lifting and made her "fall in love" with strength training. 14. Courtney says COVID became a turning point because she was still showing up with a mask on and then got certified. 15. She explains that people kept asking about her workouts and nutrition, which led her to build an online coaching business. 16. Courtney says she hired a business coach, learned systems and strategies, and now coaches clients online from anywhere. 17. She says workouts have had to move around over time, including end-of-day training, lunch-break gym sessions, and at-home flexibility. 18. Courtney argues that if fitness matters, it has to become "a common non negotiable" instead of something optional. 19. Listeners who want practical fitness routines for working motherhood will hear real scheduling examples and honest tradeoffs. 20. Listeners looking for celebrity workouts or highly produced fitness content may skip this conversational, day-to-day format.

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