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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…
Episodes
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#158 - My 15-YEAR Journey to Get a Pelvic Congestion Syndrome Diagnosis - What All Women Need to Know
What happens when you know something is wrong with your body, but doctors keep telling you everything is normal? For 15 years, Louise Valentine searched for…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#157 - Testosterone Therapy: What Does The Science Say & Where Are We Headed?
What do high-quality scientific studies say about testosterone therapy for addressing low energy, stubborn body fat, low libido, and other impacts of changing…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#156 - Masterclass Part 2: How to Master Your Adrenal, Stress & Cortisol Regulation
Most often, the key to better hormones, deeper sleep, a badass body composition, and stronger running isn't doing more, but learning how to slow down and…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#155 - Masterclass Part 1: How to Master Your Adrenal, Stress & Cortisol Regulation
Often, the reason we're exhausted, struggling to recover, fat loss resistant, seeing rapid hormone decline, or noticing frustrating changes in our body isn't…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#154 - FAQ: Do Strategies I Learn On This Podcast Apply To My Husband Too? Yes! Here's How!
What if the health strategies you are learning for yourself could also help your husband feel better, sleep better, and stay stronger as he ages? In this…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#153 - Why "Eat 100g of Protein Per Day" is Terrible Advice - Relative to Who WE Are
Generic protein advice can sound simple, but for ambitious active women and runners in perimenopause, it misses what our female body actually needs. In this…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#152 - How I Taught My Daughter The Importance of Getting Proactive Bloodwork as a Female Runner & Swimmer
“Normal” and basic blood work does not tell us the whole story. In this episode, Louise Valentine, a multi-award-winning women's integrative health…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#151 - My Doctor Offered Me Birth Control to Manage My Symptoms: Here's Why I Politely Declined
What happens when the treatment offered to quiet your symptoms also quiets the hormonal signals you are trying to understand and working hard to support? In…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#150 - There is Never a "Perfect" Time, Only a Decision
Waiting until life gets easier may be the very thing keeping you stuck. In this short episode, Louise Valentine shares a simple reminder for women navigating…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#149 - Lessons Learned on Balancing a Love of Running, Building a Badass Physique & Vibrant Longevity From Our Last Training Cycle
As our hormones and female physiology change, running a bit less and more strategic is essential to feel stronger, healthier, and even faster. Louise…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#148 - How to Level Up Libido, Happy Hormones, Date Nights & Connectedness With Your Spouse
At Breaking Through Wellness, taking more strategic care of yourself also means making more room for joy-filled experiences with the people you love. In fact…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#147 - How She Did It: Stacey Ditches Supplements, HRT, Depression & Diets for a Sustainable Total Body Transformation
Feeling better in perimenopause has less to do with doing more and more to do with finally giving your female body what it needs. In this episode, Louise…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#146 - Real Examples of How to Work With Your Changing Hormones, Not Against Them
Perimenopause changes how your body responds to training, nutrition, caffeine, sleep, recovery, and many supplements, making it feel like the things you always…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#145 - How to Navigate the Fine Line of Fueling for Physique, Fat Loss & Endurance Performance When Our Daughters Are Watching
Your daughter may forget what you served for dinner, but she may remember how you talked about your body. In this episode, Louise Valentine, one of the world’s…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#144 - 5 Simple & Effective Strategies to Ditch Stubborn Fat, Feel, Look & Run Your Best
Most often, the habits slowing your progress as your hormones and female physiology change are not the big ones, but the small choices you repeat every week…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#143 - Part 2: Why Ovulation & Luteal Phase Symptoms Ramp Up & What To Do About It
Your body is not failing you. It may simply be asking for a different kind of support. In this episode, Louise Valentine, a leading expert for perimenopausal…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#142 - Part 1: Why Ovulation & Luteal Phase Symptoms Ramp Up & What To Do About It
What if your cravings, mood swings, bloating, and difficult workouts are not signs that you are losing control, but signals that your body needs different…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#141 - How to Regulate Stress, Cortisol & Your Nervous System Without Losing Your Badass, High-Performing Athletic Edge
Your body is not broken. However, some methods you've relied on in the past may be mismatched for this season of life. In this episode, Louise Valentine, a…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#140 - Our New Exclusive Membership for Female Runners Ready to Maximize Vibrant Health, Fitness & Unlock Our Perimenopause Potential
Our biggest breakthroughs in maximizing our perimenopause health, fitness and body composition success do not come with doing more. Rather, it's when we can…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#139 - A Refreshingly Calm Clarification of Fasted Training Nuances Specific to Female Runners
What if the workout habit you thought was helping your body is actually making perimenopause harder? In this episode, Louise Valentine, one of the world’s…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#138 - How She Did It: Jen's Victory Crushing Cleveland Half Marathon
Sometimes your biggest race win is not the time on the clock. It is realizing your body is still capable of surprising you. In this episode, Louise Valentine…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#137 - How to Know When Exercise & Running is No Longer a Productive Way to Manage Stress
Your body often tells the truth before your mind is ready to admit it. In this episode of Maximizing Hormones, Physique, and Running Through Perimenopause…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#136 - Part 3: The Ultimate Perimenopause Masterclass for Ambitious Active Women & Runners: It Starts in Our 30s - Here's What You Need to Know!
In this episode, Louise Valentine, one of the world’s leading perimenopause experts, continues part three of her Ultimate Perimenopause Masterclass for…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#135 - Part 2: The Ultimate Perimenopause Masterclass for Ambitious Active Women & Runners: It Starts in Our 30s - Here's What You Need to Know!
You were never meant to lose strength, energy, muscle, and confidence just because your hormones started changing! In this episode of Maximizing Hormones…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#134 - Part 1: The Ultimate Perimenopause Masterclass for Ambitious Active Women & Runners: It Starts in Our 30s - Here's What You Need to Know!
Your body is not failing you. However, it is likely asking you to change the way you fuel, train, and live to support it as your hormones change.In this…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#133: The Art of Knowing How & When to Pivot Your Fitness, Physique & Running Goals in Midlife
What happens when the goal you once wanted starts costing you the life, energy, long-term health or body composition results you actually want? In this…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#132 - Is it Possible to Achieve Peak Fitness in Mid-Life? Yes! Here Are 4 Ways
Great News: Your strongest, most fit, capable, lean, and healthy body isn't behind you - It's just getting started! In this episode, Louise Valentine, one of…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#131 - Is HRT Being Overprescribed? Science-Backed Considerations You Need to Know!
Not every viral menopause tip deserves a place in your body. In this episode of Maximizing Hormones, Physique, and Running Through Perimenopause, Louise…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#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…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#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…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#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…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#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…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#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…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#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…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#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…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#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…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#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…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#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…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#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…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#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…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#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…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#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…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#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…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through 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…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#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…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#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…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#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…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#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…
- 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…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#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…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#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…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#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…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running 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…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#106 - Real Life Examples How Healthy Foods Can Inflame The Crap Out of Us!
Ever wonder why your “clean” meals sometimes make you feel bloated, puffy, or downright awful? In this fierce, honest episode, Louise, as one of the world’s…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#105 - The Art of Being Strong Yet Sexy & Fierce Yet Feminine
As hormones change age 35 and beyond, true strength isn’t just about lifting heavier, but finding balance between a variety of strength training strategies…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#104 - Choosing to Retire at Age 40 to Lead With Love, Precision & Purpose
What if midlife wasn’t the end of your best runs, vibrant health, and unstoppable performance, but it was the start of something even stronger? In this…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#103 - Female-Specific Taper Week Strategies to Crush Running Goals in Perimenopause
After years of running, we know that our strongest race day performance starts before we even lace up our shoes and hit the start-line. Now, it's time to…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#102 - Examples How Our Health & Fitness Threshold is Changing
As hard as it is for us to hear, the “grind harder” and "bigger, faster, stronger" mindsets that once got us results are now holding us back. In this powerful…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#101 - How to Lower LDL Cholesterol Without Meds in as Little as 3 Months
Lady runners and endurance athletes, don't let anyone ever tell you we can't lower our cholesterol, balance our hormones, and boost our running performance…
- Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause
#100 - How She Did It: Katie Defies Perimenopause Odds to Rewrite Women's Running, Health & Body Composition Outcomes
Fact: The narrative we’ve been told about perimenopause, that it means slowing down, feeling like crap, gaining fat, and losing our strong, fit, and athletic…