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 or needing endless supplements, diets or medications!
Get ready to break through misinformation, ditch outdated male-based methods and apply what you learn to feel your best, level up a fit toned physique and run strong, energized and injury-free at ANY age!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, optimize natural hormone production, break through a setback, or you 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 a wellness-minded 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!
Episodes
132 episodes
#130 - 4 Simple Steps to Unlock Your Most Vibrant Health, Energy & Fitness Potential
In mid-life, unlocking the next level of your health, fitness, or performance is not about doing more, but doing the right things that work with your changing female body - and with consistency.In this episode, Louise, a one of the world...
#129 - Part Two: Family Friendly Dinner Ideas That Keep Us Fit, Lean & Fabulous in Perimenopause
What if fueling your best health, hormones, physique, and fitness in perimenopause didn't have to be confusing, complicated, or suck? Answer: It doesn't have to!In this episode, Louise, one of the world’s leading women's integrative heal...
#128 - Part One: Family Friendly Dinner Ideas That Keep Us Fit, Lean & Fabulous in Perimenopause
Feeling confused about how and what to eat for dinner to best support your female body's ability to mitigate perimenopause symptoms and maximize your health, hormones, and fitness in mid-life?In this episode, Louise, one of the world's l...
#127 - 3 Exact Science-Backed Strategies to Ditch Brain Fog for Good
Brain fog, fatigue, and frustrating symptoms of perimenopause are not signs that your body is failing, but instead are signals that it needs a different kind of support. Today, learn the what, why, and how to mitigate common symptoms!In ...
#126 - Examples How I Help Clients Go Off Most Supplements By Session One
What if the real answer is not more supplements, but a better understanding of what your female body actually needs?In this episode, Louise Valentine, one of the world’s leading women's integrative health, fitness, and performance expert...
#125 - Why Time Changes Hit Us So Hard in Perimenopause & Science-Backed Sleep Strategies That Help
If you're like the ladies of Breaking Through Wellness - wow, do we love our high-quality sleep so we can keep feeling, looking, and running our best! Most serious wellness and fitness-minded women already know the importance of hi...
#124B - Your 3-Minute Daily Pause Practice to Hack Cortisol, Balance Blood Sugar & Hormones With Greater Calm & Ease
What if the most powerful thing you could do for your health today is simply pause and slow down to notice how strong, capable, and resilient you are?In this short guided daily practice, listeners are invited to step out of the constant ...
#124A - How to Hack Your Cortisol & Blood Sugar Response, Balance Hormones & Create Inner Calm
This simple and effective upgrade to your health, hormones and performance only takes two minutes a day!In this episode, Louise Valentine, one of the world’s leading integrative health practitioners and exercise physiologists, explores a...
#123 - Part 2: Jen Reverses Biomarkers, Ditches Injuries, Belly Fat, Maximizes a Physique & Running Transformation at 47
What if perimenopause could actually become one of the strongest, healthiest seasons of your life? In this episode, Louise, one of the world's leading women's integrative health practitioners, performance scientists, and exercise physiologists,...
#122 - Part 1: Jen Reverses Biomarkers, Ditches Injuries, Belly Fat, Maximizes a Physique & Running Transformation at 47
Perimenopause does not have to be the beginning of decline, but can instead be the start of your strongest chapter! In this inspiring success story, Louise, a leading expert for perimenopausal active women and runners, sits down wit...
#121 - Optimizing Breast MRIs, Estrogen Patch Reactions & Canker Sore Cures: What You Need to Know!
Most symptoms we're dealing with as active women and runners aren’t random at all, but are instead clues our body is trying to give us.In this episode, Louise, a multi-award-winning women's integrative health practitioner, shares three p...
#120 - Dr. Megan Hellner on RED-S & Eating Disorders in Female Athletes
Often, the reason we feel tired, stuck, or frustrated in our training, fitness, and health as active women and runners has nothing to do with willpower and everything to do with under-fueling relative to our female body's energy and support nee...
#119 - Candid Reflections on Rewriting Women's Running, Nutrition & Perimenopause Health Outcomes
Unfortunately, many of the ways we've been taught to train, eat, and “push through” as females who love to feel, look, and run our best are working against our best health, hormones, and longevity in vibrant active living.In this episode...
#118 - Innovation in Fibroid Freedom & Minimally Invasive Surgical Solutions With Dr. Ryan Armstrong
What if the symptoms you have been told are “just part of hormonal changes and perimenopause” are actually a misdiagnosed medical condition that's progressively getting worse without being properly addressed?In this episode of Maximizing...
#117 - How She Did It: Sheri Ditches Symptoms & Unlocks Her Best Holistic Health, Hormones, Physique & Running
What if the reason running suddenly feels harder has nothing to do with your discipline or aging and everything to do with your hormones and how you support them as they change? Many find it shocking that mechanisms of perimenopause...
#116 - Why I Adopted a Perimenopause Support Cat
Most often, what helps us heal and thrive in midlife is not another supplement, medication, tracker, hack, or protocol… but instead, it's slowing down enough to let joy, clarity in how to best support our female body, and our confidence shine b...
#115 - 3 Simple Mindset Shifts to Thrive Through 2026 AND Perimenopause
What if the problem isn’t that you’re doing too little, but that you’re trying to do everything at once?In this episode, Louise, one of the world’s leading health, fitness, and performance experts for ambitious active women and runners, ...
#114 - How She Did It: Holistic Physical & Mental Healing with Psychotherapist Kim Gillette
Do you believe in "miracles" when wellness-minded runners understand simple sustainable ways to work with our changing hormones and female physiology? After this profound success story, you will!What if the pain, exhaustion, and bu...
#113 - 2025 Wrap Up & Unexpected Lessons Learned
What if “leveling up” has nothing to do with doing more, pushing harder, or chasing the next goal?In this honest 2025 wrap-up episode, Louise, one of the world’s leading health, fitness and performance experts, reflects on a year that ch...
#112 - Strategies to Overcome Fit Shaming & Protect Your Vibrance With Less Fear
Unfortunately, we live in a world where valuing a lifestyle that protects our best health, fitness, and vibrant athletic performance often makes other people uncomfortable. Let's talk about how to navigate this frustrating scenario!In th...
#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 a...
#110 - How to Regain Control, Clarity & Confidence as a Runner to Thrive in Perimenopause
Ever feel like your body is shifting faster than you can keep up with? This episode is a breath of clarity for every ambitious female runner navigating the wild pivots of perimenopause while still wanting to feel strong, confident, and in contr...
#109 - How to Navigate Racing When You Have a History of Amenorrhea
What if chasing a race-day PR quietly pushed your body back into amenorrhea?In this episode, Louise, one of the world’s leading health, fitness and performance experts, shares a raw, real story of how one hard 5K and a busy stage of life...
#108 - How She Did It: Molly Ditches Fatigue, Injuries & Perimenopause Symptoms to Unlock Strong Speedy Running
What really happens to running in perimenopause, when hormones change, recovery slows, and the old training playbook stops working? In this episode, Louise, a leading expert in helping active women who love to run thrive through perimenopause, ...
#107 - What It REALLY Feels Like to Level Up in Perimenopause
Thriving through perimenopause does not have to be about losing our best health, hormones, fitness, and running, but instead, it can be about learning and leveling up to unlock our fierce female body's potential! In this episode, Lo...