The Fit Nurse Diaries

Are you a busy nurse trying to lose weight but feeling stuck after every diet, fitness program, or “fresh start”? If you're a busy nurse, healthcare worker, or woman trying to lose weight while balancing shift work, family, and life, this episode is for you. In this episode of The Fit Nurse Diaries, Courtney Brooks dives into the mindset shift that changes everything. Using the powerful &quot...

The life you want is waiting on the other side of discomfort. So it’s time to stop letting fear, self-doubt, and your comfort zone control your next move. In this episode of The Fit Nurse Diaries, Courtney Brooks shares the powerful message behind Giddy Up 2.0. Using the metaphor of getting on a horse, you’ll hear why facing fear is the key to transforming your health, career, confidence, relation...

True fitness transformation for nurses starts when you stop chasing temporary results and become the 2.0 version of yourself who lives the lifestyle every day. Join us for another episode with the Fit Nurse coaches in Miami, as we talk about identity shifts, sustainable habits, mindset work, self-awareness, discipline, gratitude, and alignment. This conversation is especially for female nurses, sh...

The Fit Nurse HOTSEAT: Behind every coach in the Fit Nurse Movement is a story you would never guess from the photos. In this hot-seat episode, Courtney pulls four of her coaches into the chair and asks powerful questions about transformation, resilience, and what it really takes to become your 2.0 version. As you’ll soon discover, these women are not Fit Nurse Movement coaches because their journ...

Most nurses’ fitness journeys die in the first month. Work gets busy, someone needs you, or maybe an injury hits. Before long, you quit. This episode shows you how to break that loop for good. In this episode of The Fit Nurse Diaries, Courtney Brooks shares 12 years of real lessons on weight loss, mindset, and building a healthy lifestyle that lasts. You’ll hear how Courtney went from failing clas...

Being a fit nurse is less about restriction, skipped meals, or saying no to every birthday - and more about building a sustainable fitness lifestyle. One that works for busy nurses who juggle shifts, workouts, steps, eating out, and a full social life. This episode of The Fit Nurse Diaries shows you how fitness for nurses can be a real lifestyle... Instead of another short phase that only works wh...

If you're a nurse who struggles with body image, gym confidence, dating rejection, or constantly chasing validation - this episode of The Fit Nurse Diaries shows you where real self-worth actually comes from. (Hint: it's not your body, the scale, or someone choosing you). Courtney sits down with Fit Nurse Movement coach Elise to unpack women's confidence, body image, and self-worth...

You can go on vacation, eat out, enjoy the food, and still feel confident in your body. In this episode of The Fit Nurse Diaries, Courtney breaks down how she navigated eating in Thailand using flexible dieting, balanced meals, protein-first choices, and sustainable weight loss habits - without falling into the restrict-and-binge cycle. This episode is all about building a sustainable lifestyle as...

Welcome to the very first episode of the Fit Nurse Diaries podcast. I'm Courtney Brooks, and this is the origin story behind a community now serving 230+ active nurses who refused to trade their health for their nursing career. Today I'm sharing the full arc, including travel nursing through COVID, five night shifts a week on a locked-down unit, and the hour commute each way. You'll...

If you're a nurse who feels exhausted, bloated, and disconnected from your body… you just found the fitness podcast for nurses that changes everything. Right now, more nurses than ever are dealing with burnout, weight gain, long shifts, and the pressure to "have it all together." But behind the scenes, our health keeps slipping. And nobody in the fitness world is really talking abou...