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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 or needing endless supplements, diets or medications!Get ready to break through

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All Episodes

50:38

#127 - 3 Exact Science-Backed Strategies to Ditch...

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2026/04/02

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 this episode, Louise Valentine, one of the world’s leading integrative health practitioners and exercise physiologists, gets deeply personal and shares why this work matters so much to her, both professionally and personally. She opens up about painful experi...

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45:59

#126 - Examples How I Help Clients Go Off Most...

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2026/03/26

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 experts, challenges the idea that women in perimenopause need a growing list of pills, powders, and quick fixes just to feel normal again. She explains why so many active women are stuck in a reactive cycle with supplements, medications, and restrictive strat...

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35:48

#125 - Why Time Changes Hit Us So Hard in...

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2026/03/19

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 high quality sleep and we do our best to protect it. But - then the time changes. Are you too shocked at the impacts it can have on your training and energy? One night's poor sleep can catch up with us in our training not the next day, but even days late...

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3:18

#124B - Your 3-Minute Daily Pause Practice to Hack...

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2026/03/12

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 momentum of daily life and reconnect with their bodies through a simple pause practice. Many of us move through stressful days on autopilot, pushing forward without noticing how tension and mental noise build up. This episode offers a practical way to interru...

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41:19

#124A - How to Hack Your Cortisol & Blood Sugar...

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2026/03/12

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 hidden challenge many active women face during perimenopause: chronic stress, elevated cortisol and blood sugar. For driven women who love running, training hard, and pushing themselves, the constant “go, go, go” mindset can quietly disrupt hormones, i...

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50:11

#123 - Part 2: Jen Reverses Biomarkers, Ditches...

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2026/03/05

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, sits down with Jen to share a transformation story that challenges everything many women believe about aging, hormones, body recomposition, running, and performance! Jen highlights how simple, consistent strategies like whole-food nutrition, strategic ...

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54:04

#122 - Part 1: Jen Reverses Biomarkers, Ditches...

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2026/02/26

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 with Jen, an everyday runner and mom who transformed her health, hormones, and body composition after years of frustration. Jen shares how anxiety, overtraining, fasting, and misinformation left her injured and stuck, despite doing everything she thought was “ri...

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55:32

#121 - Optimizing Breast MRIs, Estrogen Patch...

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2026/02/19

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 powerful lessons from her own health journey and client experiences that every woman should know, especially during perimenopause. She explains how hormone shifts can impact everything from medical testing accuracy to inflammation, fat loss resistance, s...

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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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