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PODCAST

Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause

Louise Valentine

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 Get ready to break through misinformation, ditch outdated male-based methods, and apply

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All Episodes

59:26

#120 - Dr. Megan Hellner on RED-S & Eating Disorders...

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2026/02/12

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 needs. In this powerful conversation, host Louise Valentine, one of the world's leading exercise physiologists and women's integrative health practitioners specializing in active women and recreational runners, sits down with Dr. Megan Hellner to unpack ho...

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61:33

#119 - Candid Reflections on Rewriting Women's...

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2026/02/05

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, Louise speaks directly to driven, active women who want to feel strong, lean, energized, and confident through perimenopause and beyond. As a multi award-winning women's integrative health practitioner, top trainer, and exercise physiologist she expla...

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37:37

#118 - Innovation in Fibroid Freedom & Minimally...

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2026/01/29

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 Hormones, Physique, and Running Through Perimenopause, Louise Valentine, one of the world’s leading integrative health practitioners and exercise physiologists, sits down with Dr. Ryan Armstrong to break down fibroids, chronic pain, and vascular issues in a ...

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50:08

#117 - How She Did It: Sheri Ditches Symptoms &...

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2026/01/22

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 typically start as early as our 30s and this tends to be even harder on ambitious females who love to run - but the good news is, YES, we can do something about it! In this episode, Louise, a leading expert for perimenopausal active women and runners, sits d...

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57:37

#116 - Why I Adopted a Perimenopause Support Cat

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2026/01/15

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 bright. In this deeply personal and unexpectedly powerful episode, Louise, a leading expert for perimenopausal active women and runners, shares the real story behind her “perimenopause support cat” and why it represents something much bigger than adoptin...

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35:18

#115 - 3 Simple Mindset Shifts to Thrive Through 2026...

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2026/01/08

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, shares a powerful reframing for women navigating perimenopause, health, fat loss, and performance. Instead of chasing all goals at the same time, she introduces a four months at a time-based approach to the year, focusing on one clear priority at a time. Whet...

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63:24

#114 - How She Did It: Holistic Physical & Mental...

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2026/01/01

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 burnout you have been pushing through are not things you have to “power through,” but signals asking for a different approach? Louise, a multi award-winning women's integrative health practitioner and physiologist, sits down with longtime running friend Kim, a ...

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49:37

#113 - 2025 Wrap Up & Unexpected Lessons Learned

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2025/12/25

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 changed her in ways she never expected. While the outside markers of success were there, running strong, looking more fit, exponential business growth and endless client wins, the real transformation happened internally. She opens up about the unexpected ways b...

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35:15

#112 - Strategies to Overcome Fit Shaming & Protect...

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2025/12/18

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 this episode, Louise, as one of the world’s leading integrative health and fitness practitioners, speaks honestly about a topic many ambitious active women quietly struggle with: fit shaming. As women move through perimenopause and menopause, prioritizing nutri...

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33:50

#111 - How to Effectively Communicate Your Changing...

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2025/12/11

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 imp...

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47:27

#110 - How to Regain Control, Clarity & Confidence as...

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2025/12/04

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 control. Louise, a multi-award-winning women's integrative health practitioner, performance scientist, and exercise physiologist specializing in empowering female runners to navigate the impacts of changing hormones on their health and performance, opens up ...

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33:17

#109 - How to Navigate Racing When You Have a History...

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2025/11/27

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 almost cost her cycle again, even after 22 years of working to optimize her hormones. She explains what amenorrhea is, how it connects to RED-S, the former “female athlete triad,” and why so many active women are still under-fueling without realizing it. You...

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46:57

#108 - How She Did It: Molly Ditches Fatigue,...

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2025/11/20

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, sits down with Molly, a lifelong runner, professional chef, wellness coach, nutrition professional, busy mom, and Breaking Through Wellness Badass! Molly opens up about rebuilding her speed, strength, and confidence, proving that this stage of lif...

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34:37

#107 - What It REALLY Feels Like to Level Up in...

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2025/11/13

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, Louise, one of the world’s leading perimenopause experts for women who love to run, pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to look, feel, and run your best through this transformative stage of life. She speaks candidly about the loneliness that often co...

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#106 - Real Life Examples How Healthy Foods Can...

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2025/11/06

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 leading health, fitness, and performance experts, breaks down how even the healthiest habits can backfire during perimenopause. She shares raw, real-life examples of how stress, impacts of changing hormones, and food timing collide and what to do when your once-perfect routine suddenly stops working. From alcohol pairings and carb choices...

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32:47

#105 - The Art of Being Strong Yet Sexy & Fierce Yet...

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2025/10/30

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, power, dialed in female-specific nutrient timing and your most confident vibrantly well glow... that's resilient enough to shine through life's up and downs! In this empowering episode, Louise, one of the world’s leading experts in women's health, fitness, and running, challenges the all-or-nothing mindset that dominates women’s fit...

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47:23

#104 - Choosing to Retire at Age 40 to Lead With...

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2025/10/23

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 inspiring episode, host Louise Valentine, one of the world's leading experts for perimenopausal avidly active women and runners, reminds every woman that it’s never too late to pivot, reset, and build your own dream happy place. Louise opens up about her journey of “retiring” at 40 after a remarkable career, not to stop working, but to serve f...

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35:20

#103 - Female-Specific Taper Week Strategies to Crush...

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2025/10/16

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 discuss nuances as our hormones change age 35 and beyond and how to optimize race day outcomes! Ready to thrive? Hell yes you are! In this energizing episode, Louise shares the excitement of taper week leading up to the first Breaking Through Wellness retreat and half marathon in the Finger Lakes of beautiful New York. With real stories of w...

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36:11

#102 - Examples How Our Health & Fitness Threshold is...

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2025/10/09

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 episode, world-leading perimenopause women's health, fitness and performance expert Louise Valentine breaks down why women in their 30s, 40s, and 50s, especially runners and Type A high-achievers, need to rethink how they train, fuel, and recover. She introduces the idea that “the threshold has changed”. Our bodies, hormones, how ...

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42:07

#101 - How to Lower LDL Cholesterol Without Meds in...

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2025/10/02

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 without extreme diets, endless supplements or prescriptions. Most of the time, there is a (much) better way and it's time we learn some specifics, nuances, and targeted female-specific strategies to try! In this episode of Maximizing Hormones, Physique, and Running Through Perimenopause, Louise Valentine, one of the world’s leading health,...

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