Welcome to Breaking Through Wellness
World-Leading* Holistic Results for Female Runners 35+ to Feel Our Best: We unlock vibrant health, hormones, a badass body composition & mitigate perimenopause symptoms without meds, maximize a fit toned physique & run strong, energized & injury-free!
*Top U.S. & world-leading awards listed below. 🇺🇸 A military spouse owned private practice.
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Watch & learn how we unlock your potential with female-specific science, simplicity & sustainable success:
Over 100 perimenopause symptoms start in our 30s. We lead the way in rewriting this story for women who love to feel, look & run our best!
Your journey is customized to you, as you join our Community of strong women learning how to level up vs. lose it as our hormones change:
Ready for World-Class Holistic Support to Thrive?
"The programs (Louise) Valentine develops exemplify the impact one can have when they move scientific findings into evidence-based practice, working to meet women's unique health, wellness & physical activity needs."
-American College of Sports Medicine Practitioner of the Year 2023 Press Release
Hi! I'm Louise, a mom, Army spouse, award-winning exercise physiologist, scientist & women's integrative health practitioner.
Mechanisms of perimenopause start in our 30s & silently wreak havoc on Type A wellness-minded females who love to run, fuel well & deeply value being our most vibrantly healthy, fit, strong, lean & toned. Then, one day it's not so silent & we think, "WTF am I doing wrong?! I refuse to feel like shit!"
ALL aspects of our physical & mental health are impacted, how we should fuel, run, lift, manage stress/cortisol, support hormones, lose fat & feel our best. Welcome to the right place to take action!
A relentless fight to turn my body's breakdowns into breakthroughs in my 20s & 30s led to a 23-year multi industry-leading career designing methods that support & work with our female body. Now, in my one-of-a-kind private practice, I ensure my fellow ambitious women who work hard to feel, look & run our best never face unexpected setbacks & premature decline like I did due to dismissal of our symptoms & counterproductive advice designed for men, younger women & non-runners.
Named one of the world's leading experts rewriting women 35+ health, hormone, body composition & fitness outcomes, I customize my proven methods & comprehensive Academy to YOUR body & goals:
- Start with 6 months whole-person support via 1:1 sessions & detailed comprehensive plans: Learn how to address root causes & work with your unique changing hormones to optimize your holistic health & fitness, ditch symptoms & feel your best in weeks, NOT months.
- Unlock your body's potential using one simple sustainable fueling framework: Learn when to eat what with female 35+ nutrient timing & best whole foods proven to upregulate natural hormone production + mitigate future symptoms, health, hormone & fitness decline!
- Confidently support your changing body with step-by-step modules & checklists: Optimize hormones, energy, mood, cortisol resilience, metabolism, body composition, fitness results, blood sugar, recovery, sleep, libido, mental & gut health, etc = thrive thru peri/menopause with a strategic lifestyle, NOT B.S. diets, endless supplements, macros or meds.
- Look your best with *specific* methods that sculpt physique changes w/o bulk & maximize strong injury-free running for life: A robust strength training & fitness video library, innovative fat loss, lean out, body recomp, injury prevention/comeback & run methods deliver award-winning results, with all plans customized & adjusted specific to your body.
- Level up with supportive like-minded women who refuse to let peri/menopause suck: Our private Community, retreats & strategy calls are very small & curated, as we all value staying highly focused, ditching B.S. industry noise, living a vibrant symptom-free lifestyle & doing what it takes to quickly break through setbacks & maximize longevity in the joy-filled active lives we LOVE!
If you deeply value aging strong, fit & vibrantly well, we're an excellent fit! Start with a free 30-minute consult to confirm. Don't wait: Due to my detailed support & equitable rates, seats are very limited.
At $2997 for your first 6 months (monthly payment options) & only $97/mo to renew (most do), our methods improve with female-specific science, so will you & your badass *sustainable* results! 💃
I'm Ready to Unlock My Best With Less Stress!Proud to be a Small Holistic Practice with a Big Heart, Badass Results & Industry-Leading Awards:
I didn't learn this in med school! Everything is so easy-to-follow. At an age where I'm supposed to be watching my body break down, I'm getting stronger, more fit & am more energized during long work days. I didn't think it was possible to PR my marathon in my 50s & not need Advil after, but I now know how to train & fuel WITH my female body! I recommend & refer out to Badass Academy for any active female who wants optimal health, longevity, fitness or to run strong for life!
Nancy, Physician
Get ready to log into the Academy & think, "Holy crap, she gets me!" You can expect to feel seen, be fully heard in 1:1 sessions & understand how to work with your female body in a life-changing new way. This program is ahead of science, as Louise has lived through what she teaches. Despite my husband deployed, 4 kids & a full-time job, I feel stronger, energized & fit despite the most stressful phase of my life yet!
Heather, Duke Trained Nurse Practitioner
In my late 30s I was feeling fat & slow, like I was doing all the right things & it shouldn't be this hard! I lost 17 pounds, learned how to listen to my body & lean out without tedious tracking. Louise is a very response coach, creates resources as you need them & has amazing mindset, nutrition, fat loss & recovery hacks that fit my busy life!
Jen, Former U.S. Olympian
When I joined, I thought it was a long shot, but I was ready to fight to feel like myself again. I didn't want perimenopause to mean I have to lay down & die! In 2 weeks I lost weight, went from 5 hours of terrible sleep to sleeping like a baby & no longer had mood swings. My libido is back, my muscle definition improves weekly & heavy periods eased without an ablation or medication! Everything is so kept practical that, for the first time ever, I'm confident this is sustainable.
Charlotte, Nurse & Mom to 4
I was really discouraged, feeling like running was taking everything from me rather than fulfilling me. I have immense gratitude for the practical coaching, videos & handouts that explain everything. I no longer have headaches, struggle with psoriasis or lethargy! I understand why I bloat, why I get headaches & know how to keep inflammation low. I feel stronger every day & I actually look forward to running again! It took only weeks in this program to get rid of chronic pain & issues in my hip vs. years of PT that left me frustrated. Months later, I ran a 5K at a pace I hadn't seen in YEARS! When I joined I wanted to find my strength again & figure out how to handle this changing body. This program helped me do that & so much more. I feel like a whole new woman - thank you, thank you!
Cara, Busy Mom & CEO
I went from terrible hot flashes, cravings, considering a hysterectomy & HRT to my strongest yet. I joined this program for myself, but when my husband & kids commented how fit I look & asked to learn the nutrition strategies I was, I realized how much female-specific nutrition & training changes EVERYTHING! Now, we're all getting healthier, more fit & stronger together. The Breaking Through Wellness ripple effect is priceless!
Cathy, Mental Health Counselor
Despite working in the medical field for years & feeling like I knew a lot about my health, eating well, fat loss & strength training, I'm blown away by my experience! I went off HRT in 2 months & threw away most supplements. Acne my Dermatologist couldn't help is gone. I love that I know WHY I can't sleep, how to target specific areas of my body with strength training & have fat loss plans that are simple & modifiable without feeling restricted. I'm SO grateful to no longer be slowing down, feeling aches when I run, juggling diets or perimenopause "solutions." As my understanding of my body deepens & is kept simple to fit my life, I'm proud to have ease in feeling, looking & running my best!
Stacey, Health Educator
Thank you for giving me my wife back. I couldn't stand watching her wake up at 4:30, do endless Peloton, diet, feel miserable with bloating & poor sleep. She's finally seeing results that reflect how hard she works to take care of herself & fueling her body to perform. I've lost weight & improved fitness with your tips, too! Game changers! To say this program paid for itself is an understatement. Even our kids are learning more of the right timing & types of food. It's made such a difference!
A Client's Husband :)
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