In this episode, learn practical science-backed tips for recreational female runners. As a leading health, fitness, and women's integrative health expert, Louise clears up fitness myths and highlights why specific strength training strategies are key for women 35 and older. She explains why traditional high-intensity strength and cardio workouts may not be the best for runners, who already deal with high stress from endurance training. Instead, she recommends a balanced approach that includes targeted strength training, hormone-friendly running, nutrition, and lifestyle adjustments.

Listeners will learn how to manage stress, select running-specific exercises to prevent injury, and maximize energy, muscle, and fat loss. Louise also introduces the Breaking Through Wellness membership, offering runners and active women customized resources like metabolic conditioning, sports nutrition timing, integrative women's health education, done-for-you strength training workouts, strategic running programs for females, and coaching calls to optimize performance and well-being age 35 and beyond. Tune in to make fitness simple, strategic, and specific to you to crush your goals with less stress!

Visit https://www.breakingthroughwellness.com/ for our free nutrition guide, to join our new Membership or book a FREE 30-MINUTE CONSULT. Our industry-leading 1:1 Academy for active women, healthcare professionals and runners is filling fast, so don't wait!

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Episode Highlights:
(0:00) Intro
(5:02) Personal journey: Lessons from career in sports science
(7:32) Cutting-edge science in women's fitness
(8:46) Achieving quick results through community-driven programs
(12:15) The field vs. the science: Breaking Through Wellness insights
(19:21) Importance of specific strength training for runners
(23:31) The pitfalls of HIIT for recreational runners
(27:19) Effective metabolic conditioning methods
(31:01) Outro

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If tired of unresolved symptoms like fatigue, bloating, brain fog or fitness decline, this episode offers a fresh, holistic approach to understanding your body to feel, look and perform your best!

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In this episode, we break down cutting-edge gut health science and why it’s an essential pillar for vibrant well-being, fitness and performance during perimenopause. Louise, one of the world’s leading integrative health practitioners, shares practical tips to support, protect and restore gut health, from day-to-day lifestyle habits to addressing known gut imbalances and challenges. She explains how gut health affects everything from digestion and immunity to mental clarity, mood and hormones—and how issues like fatigue, fat gain, poor sleep, fitness decline, muscle loss and hormone imbalances often start in the gut.

Louise clears up common myths and outdated practices, revealing why gut health is key to energy, blood sugar, inflammation and hormone balance. She also introduces the simple science-backed three-month process needed to restore gut health with sustainable success. As a leading expert who's empowered 100s to maximize their gut health, the many benefits of joining the Breaking Through Wellness Community for personalized support, strategies relative to active women and curated food lists takes it to the next level of whole-person care.

Key takeaways include the power of customized nutrition to support your activity level and unique symptoms, how to recognize little known gut-related symptoms and symptoms that we think are a lifelong diagnosis which may just be poor gut health that needs our support. Get ready to learn how to avoid gut-damaging foods and small lifestyle tweaks like mindful eating, proper fueling around exercise sessions and stress management that can change the game.

If ready to join a community of active women, healthcare professionals and runners who confidently know how to maximize their holistic health and fitness, get a free 30-minute consult and join us today in our new Membership or industry-leading 1:1 Academy at BreakingThroughWellness.com today!

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Episode Highlights:
(0:00) Intro
(2:08) Introduction to the All About Gut Health Masterclass
(3:24) Personal journey with gut health and professional insights
(4:50) Overview of resources: membership benefits, Q&A calls, food lists
(6:10) Gut health importance and program disclaimer
(9:22) Combining integrative health with traditional medicine
(12:49) How gut health affects overall wellness
(18:51) Foods and habits to support gut health
(22:31) Day-to-day strategies for improving gut health
(24:14) Impact of stress and eating habits on digestion
(33:19) How stress and exercise affect gut health
(45:25) Early life factors influencing gut microbiome
(55:07) Limitations

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In this episode of Maximizing Fitness, Physique, and Running Through Perimenopause, Louise - as one of the world's leading exercise physiologists and integrative health practitioners joins Trish and Julie, hosts of The Wellness Empowerment Project, as they dive into the complex world of women’s health.

Louise shares her personal journey overcoming health, fitness and running obstacles and offers actionable advice for women to support their hormones and gut health naturally. She breaks down myths around probiotics, explains how cortisol impacts hormones, and highlights the power of food as medicine, especially for active women over 35. Louise covers strategies like seed cycling, managing cortisol, and balancing blood sugar to mitigate perimenopause symptoms.

Louise also discusses the benefits of prioritizing whole foods over quick-fix supplements, providing a holistic path toward wellness and unlocking your best fitness, regardless of your age, setbacks or a busy life. Listen in to discover science-backed ways to work with your female body and build a resilient, health-focused lifestyle.

Tune into the Wellness Empowerment Project here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wellness-empowerment-project-two-nurses-exploring/id1707764069

Episode Highlights:
(0:00) Introduction to The Wellness Empowerment Project
(2:08) Louise Valentine’s background and health journey
(4:46) Overcoming health obstacles and navigating early perimenopause
(8:32) Understanding gut health and the role of food
(10:55) Louise’s approach to a three-phase gut repair process
(15:16) Balancing hormones through diet and lifestyle
(22:28) Explanation of the "cortisol steal" and its effects
(27:50) Impact of intermittent fasting on women’s hormones
(32:30) Seed cycling and its benefits
(37:11) Birth control as a common prescription and its long-term effects
(39:04) Discussion on the transition to hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
(43:36) Outro

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