Louise Valentine

Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause

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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  Get ready to break through misinformation, ditch outdated male-based methods and apply what you learn to feel your best, level up...

Author

Louise Valentine

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Sports

Podcast website

www.buzzsprout.com

Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

#92 - Reclaiming Calm, Simplicity & Ease to Feel, Look & Run Your Best For Life 31.07.2025

Feeling overwhelmed by all the wellness advice, fitness fads, and hormone hacks out there? Do you know that you're taking on too much but don't know how to hold yourself back from being a rockstar in all areas of life? You’re not alone. In this raw and heartfelt solo episode, Louise, one of the world’s leading health, fitness and performance experts, opens up about the pressure to do it...

#91 - 5 Perimenopause Warning Signs From Your Female Body 24.07.2025

Is your body whispering... or screaming for help? In this empowering episode, Louise, one of the world’s leading health, fitness and performance experts for everyday recreational runners, opens up about the unexpected signs your body is entering the heart of perimenopause, often long before the typical hot flashes or changes in your cycle show up!  She sheds light on subtle, easily overlooked symp...

#90 - 2 Strategies to Fix Your Hormones & Ferritin Naturally 17.07.2025

Feeling off, exhausted or like your body isn’t responding to your fitness, nutrition and wellness efforts the way it used to? You’re not alone, and it’s NOT normal or “just part of aging!”  But it is likely your changing hormones talking to you.  Ready to support them? In this powerful episode, Louise, named one of the world's leading integrative health and fitness practitioners specializing...

#89 - Female-Specific Nutrition Quality, Timing & Holistic Stress Management to Thrive 10.07.2025

Want better results with less overwhelm? Today we discuss the truth about how to fuel with your changing hormones and female physiology, with innovative nutrient timing and strategies that even the most well-meaning nutritionists, doctors and coaches aren't aware of.  Female-specific science matters and today we break it down clearly and concisely for you! In this episode, Louise, one of the...

#88 - How to Let Go of Perfectionism to Glow Again 03.07.2025

What if a refined, focused, and lower stress approach is the key to finally feeling, looking, and performing your best with lifelong sustainable success?  In this heartfelt solo episode, Louise, one of the world’s leading health, fitness, and performance experts, invites high-achieving active women to pause, reflect, and embrace a new kind of summer challenge, one rooted in calm, confidence, and l...

#87 - How to Snack to Mitigate Symptoms, Level Up Body Composition & Performance 26.06.2025

What if the one thing you've been taught to avoid when supporting your best health, body composition, and fitness results was actually what your female body needed most? In this fierce and fire-filled episode, Louise busts the myth that snacking is bad, especially for active ambitious women navigating changing hormones age 35 and beyond. As one of the world's leading exercise physiologis...

#86 - Mental Obesity: What it is & How to Prevent it 19.06.2025

Ever feel like you're trying to learn everything you can about best health, nutrition, and fitness methods to feel, look, and perform your best but you're still not seeing great results? In this refreshingly honest episode, Louise, one of the world’s leading health, fitness, and performance experts, unpacks the idea of mental obesity, which is consuming too much information without takin...

#85 - The Biggest Misconception About Running During Perimenopause 12.06.2025

Is running really "bad" for you during perimenopause?  If you’ve ever been told to “stop running” because you’re a female in your late 30s, 40s or 50s, this episode is your reset button. Louise, a leading expert for perimenopausal active women and runners, breaks down one of the biggest myths floating around: that running is bad for women in perimenopause. Spoiler alert, it’s not, if you...

#84 - Proactive Bloodwork & Nuances Specific to Runners 05.06.2025

Are you trying hard to do everything “right” with your health, eating clean, training hard, prioritizing sleep, but still feeling off? Frustrated with lack of attention to your lab work or feeling lost, not knowing what biomarkers to consider? If you’re a wellness-minded active woman, especially a runner or endurance athlete age 35 and beyond, the truth is your lab work is telling you a story, EVE...

#83 - All About Ovulation: Symptoms, Strategies & Nuances Specific to You 29.05.2025

What if ovulation doesn’t make you feel powerful, radiant, or unstoppable despite what everyone says it should?  In this eye-opening episode, Louise unpacks women's real, messy, and often misunderstood experiences during ovulation. From weight fluctuations and bloating to mood shifts, sleep disruption, and anxiety, your body might be telling a different story, and that doesn’t mean something’...

#82 - How Our Clients Are Going Off Anxiety, ADHD & Depression Meds Despite Perimenopause 22.05.2025

What if the symptoms you’ve been medicated for aren’t actually you, but your hormones trying to get your attention? While not always the case, sometimes, it is! In this powerful and refreshingly honest episode, world-renowned health and fitness expert Louise teams up with Coach Amy to share real stories of active women reclaiming their mental and physical health, without relying on endless medicat...

#81 - 3 Areas to Strategize in Midlife for Ultimate Health, Happiness & Fitness 15.05.2025

Midlife can feel like a storm, between careers, kids, marriage, and the shifting tides of perimenopause. But what if the chaos is calling you to recalibrate instead of collapse? In this raw and relatable episode, Louise, a leading expert for perimenopausal active women and runners, takes you inside her personal season of reflection and reveals three powerful strategies that are helping her stay gr...

#80 - 7 Surprising Ways to Improve Your Performance & Speed in Perimenopause 08.05.2025

What if perimenopause could be your comeback season instead of your slowdown?  In this episode, Louise, one of the world's leading health, fitness, and perimenopause practitioners, shares seven powerful and practical ways to boost speed and performance during perimenopause, inspired by her own race day breakthroughs and coaching hundreds of women through similar wins. Whether you're chas...

#79 - 5 Things Holding Back Your Fat Loss & Body Composition Changes 01.05.2025

Training hard and eating well but still feeling stuck with stubborn stuck fat that won't budge or lack of seeing significant body composition changes? You’re not alone—and it’s not your fault.  In this powerful episode, Louise, one of the world’s leading women's health, fitness and performance experts, breaks down five hidden reasons why ambitious active women and runners aren’t seeing t...

#78 - The Most Perimenopause Race Day Experience Ever 24.04.2025

Ever feel like you’re doing everything right—but your body has other plans? In this raw and relatable episode, Louise, one of the world's leading experts for perimenopausal runners and runners with a history of hormone-related concerns, opens up about her latest race day experience that was hijacked by perimenopause symptoms, mindset struggles, and hormonal chaos. From early wakeups and surpr...

#77 - The Art of Balancing Fat Loss, Physique & Running Without Compromising Our Vibrance 17.04.2025

Ever feel like your body isn’t keeping up with your goals—even though your mind is all in? In this raw and empowering episode, Louise, one of the world's leading exercise physiologists specializing in active women and recreational runners, shares her personal journey as a dedicated runner navigating fat loss, muscle building, and hormone health during perimenopause. Speaking to ambitious, act...

#76 - Why I Left Social Media to Protect My Health, Hormones & Vibrance 10.04.2025

In this heartfelt solo episode, Louise, one of the world’s leading perimenopause fitness experts and integrative health practitioners for everyday female runners age 35 & beyond, opens up about a major shift—taking a big social media break to reclaim her focus, health, next-level fitness, and joy. She reflects on how this decision led to deeper connections within her private community, even be...

#75 - Rewriting Women's Running Age 35 & Beyond: Permission to be YOU & do what you love! 03.04.2025

In this episode, we explore what it really takes to thrive as a recreational runner during perimenopause and menopause. With so much misinformation out there, especially in traditional fitness, fat loss, and running advice, Louise, one of the world’s leading women's health, fitness and performance experts, gives us a fresh perspective rooted in female-specific science. You'll hear real-l...

#74 - How I Went to My Doctor & Got Everything I Needed (& You Can Too!) 27.03.2025

In this empowering episode, your host Louise, a multi award-winning women's integrative health practitioner, performance scientist and one of the world's leading exercise physiologists specializing in the needs of active women and recreational runners, opens up about her personal journey through the broken U.S. healthcare system—sharing real frustrations, devastating setbacks, lessons le...

#73 - Debunking Caffeine, Cortisol, Anxiety & Belly Fat 20.03.2025

If you've been told to give up caffeine completely during peri/menopause, it's time to set the record straight. In this episode, Louise, a multi award-winning exercise physiologist, women's integrative health practitioner, and performance scientist, breaks down the myths around caffeine, cortisol, anxiety, and belly fat—and how they’re actually all connected! You'll learn why h...

#72 - 10 Nutrition, Fitness & Fat Loss Concepts to Rethink in Perimenopause 13.03.2025

In this episode, Louise, a multi industry-leading expert for peri/menopausal active women and runners, dives into 10 critical concepts every woman should reconsider during peri/menopause. From outdated medical advice to misleading nutrition trends, she cuts through the noise and focuses on science-backed strategies to help you feel strong, energized, and in control of your health. Women struggle w...

#71 - 5 Mindset Shifts to Unlock Your Strongest Spirit of a Vibrantly Fit & Well Athlete 06.03.2025

In this empowering episode, Louise explores five key mindset shifts that can help women over 35 regain their strength, confidence, and vitality. If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed by conflicting health advice, struggling with shifting hormones, or wondering if you still have what it takes to be an athlete, this episode is for you.  As one of the world’s leading perimenopause experts and best-selli...

#70 - The Ultimate Female-Specific Supplement Guide: Strategies, Timing & Type 27.02.2025

In this episode, Louise, a multi award-winning women's integrative health practitioner, performance scientist, and one of the world's leading exercise physiologists specializing in active women and recreational runners, shares essential, female-specific supplement strategies for active women and endurance athletes. Drawing from over 22 years in exercise, nutrition, and wellness, she brea...

#69 - How to Break Through Weight & Scale Fluctuations During Perimenopause 20.02.2025

In this episode, Louise, a multi-award-winning expert for perimenopausal active women and runners, explores why the scale fluctuates during perimenopause and how to navigate weight changes without frustration. She shares her personal journey with shifting hormones, stress, and weight fluctuations, shedding light on how these factors impact body composition. She breaks down the role of stress, slee...

#68 - HIIT Cardio Nuances for Runners, Injured Runners & Fitness Lovers 13.02.2025

In this episode, Louise, one of the world’s leading women's health, fitness, and performance experts, dives into the myths and realities of HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training) and cortisol management for women over 35, especially fitness enthusiasts, runners and those recovering from injuries. With so much conflicting advice out there, she clears the confusion and shares science-backed st...

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