Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
Welcome to "Maximizing Hormones, Physique, and Running Through Perimenopause," the podcast that redefines your relationship with fitness, nutrition, and hormonal changes.
Hosted by American College of Sports Medicine Practitioner of the Year 2023, women's integrative health, running, and performance expert Louise Valentine, this show empowers you to mitigate impacts of hormone changes without overcomplicating it! Get ready to break through misinformation, ditch outdated male-based methods, and apply what you learn to feel your best, look fit, and run strong, energized, and injury-free at ANY age!
Louise and her clients share how they achieve previously thought "impossible" results, driven by Louise's multi award-winning science-backed nutrition, fitness, running and fat loss methods designed for ambitious everyday runners age 35 and beyond. Get inspired each week as they share how they've turned their own health, hormone, and fitness breakdowns into breakthroughs and how they now lead the way in empowering women just like you do the same!
Whether you're looking to ditch hormone havoc, break through a setback, or want to understand how to lift, train and fuel harmoniously with your changing female physiology, you'll find this podcast insightful and inspiring. No more fighting against your body – Louise is here to help you harness its fierce natural power to achieve a vibrantly energized, well, fit and active life!
If you're an active female who loves to run and wants it all, Welcome to "Maximizing Hormones, Physique, and Running Through Perimenopause" – Your go-to resource to break through to next-level health, hormones, and fitness!
Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#111 - How to Effectively Communicate Your Changing Body's Needs With Your Spouse
One of the hardest parts of perimenopause isn’t always the symptoms themselves, but trying to explain them to the people you love the most.
In this episode, Louise, a leading expert for perimenopausal active women and runners, gets real about what it looks like to communicate with your spouse when your body is changing faster than you can keep up with.
From mood swings, the new odd impacts of stress, and sleep struggles to nutrition shifts and new more refined fueling needs, perimenopause impacts everything, including our relationships. You’ll hear honest stories about triggering comments and the moments when even the strongest marriages feel stretched.
Most importantly, you’ll learn how clear communication, boundaries, and self-awareness can make this transition easier for you and your family. Louise also shares insights from her clients, perimenopause supportive long run fueling strategies, practical meal examples, female-specific nutrient timing for hormone health, and how modeling positive habits for your kids can change generational patterns.
Whether you're navigating this season quietly or feeling overwhelmed, this episode reminds you that you’re not alone and that your needs are valid, important, and absolutely worth expressing!
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Episode Highlights:
(0:00) Intro
(2:57) Why communicating perimenopause changes is difficult
(3:53) Emotional overwhelm and feeling misunderstood
(4:49) Relationship strain during hormonal shifts
(5:26) Normalizing bad days and hormone-driven mood swings
(7:12) How body changes require lifestyle and nutrition changes
(8:04) Hurt feelings, blunt communication, and partner dynamics
(16:05) Fueling, running, and shifting energy needs over 40
(17:51) Setting boundaries and communicating hurtful comments
(20:04) Why partners struggle to understand female-specific challenges
(21:36) Changing meals and nutrition for hormone health
(25:09) Teaching kids healthy food and hormone habits
(27:10) Processing emotions before talking to your spouse
(29:02) Why perimenopause often requires a full life overhaul
(30:42) Actionable strategy: Clarifying one communication boundary
(32:20) Outro
Tune in weekly to "Maximizing Hormones, Physique, and Running Through Perimenopause" for our simple female-specific science-based revolution. Let's unlock our best with less stress!
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