Welcome to Breaking Through Wellness
World-Leading* Integrative Support for Female Runners 35+: Optimize your hormones, body composition, physique & energized injury-free performance... without meds, macros, endless supplements or fad diets!
Our all-inclusive support helps you feel vibrant, lean & strong while confidently mitigating perimenopause symptoms & building a resilient body that you know how to work with for life.
*Top U.S. & international awards listed below. 🇺🇸 Proudly a military spouse owned private practice.
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Lady Runners 35+: Your badass perimenopause tribe lives here!
Watch & learn how we unlock your potential with female-specific science, simplicity & sustainable success:
In this video, I share how I help you optimize hormones, body composition, fitness or running performance, while confidently mitigating peri/menopause symptoms & decline!
Perimenopause begins in our 30s, with more than 100 potential symptoms. We lead the way in rewriting this story for women who love to feel, look & run their best!
Most advice wasn’t built for women like us:
- Type‑A, fitness & wellness‑minded
- We value whole foods & fueling well
- We deeply value looking like we workout
- We give our family & work our very best
- We love to run, lift & push limits
- We're stubbornly independent
- We value routines, structure & clarity
- We value science-backed holistic solutions
- We value proven, root-cause approaches
My work has been recognized globally for helping women like you optimize your health, hormones, lean physique & strong injury-free running without unnecessary medications or endless supplements.
Women like us are proving perimenopause doesn't have to mean setbacks or decline.
Inside our practice, your journey is fully customized, while being supported by a community of women who love fitness & running, value real food & learning how to train, fuel & live in alignment with their changing hormones.
You'll never feel like you're navigating this alone. Most women who join stay for years - because they finally feel like they've found a place that understands nuances specific to everyday female runners & the physiology of midlife.
Here's what happens when women stop guessing & start working with their physiology:
Recognized For Leading The Way in Women's Health
"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, runner, Army spouse, leading exercise physiologist, scientist & women's integrative health practitioner.
Menopause & hormone decline started prematurely for me, despite doing “everything right” as a Type‑A wellness‑minded runner. I was eating well & training hard to be healthy, strong, lean & fit. Even working at the highest levels of healthcare, in research & pro sports, my body & energy tanked.
Like most "fit" women, symptoms were dismissed, I was told a lifetime of meds was my only option & I was given advice built for men, younger women or non‑runners. It didn’t work. In fact, it made my health, hormones & fitness decline faster!
Turning my own breakdowns into breakthroughs led to a 23-year multi industry-leading career in exercise science, nutrition & women’s integrative health. I started my practice so other active women 35+ never have to guess, self‑blame or lose their best health, hormones, physique or performance.
Today, my methods & the results they produce are recognized by leading organizations for “rewriting women’s health & fitness for active women 35+."
In Badass Breakthrough Academy, you'll work 1:1 with me, in an all-inclusive experience to:
- Optimize hormones, mitigate symptoms & improve or reverse biomarkers naturally
- Navigate peri/menopause with clarity, calm & clear proven methods, instead of confusion
- Lean out or recomposition your body without wrecking your hormones or metabolism
- Run stronger, faster & be injury-resilient for life
- See results from your lifting efforts in building a long, lean looking physique, not bulk
- Be supported by inspiring ambitious active women & runners who refuse to decline
You get a comprehensive curriculum, personalized plans & efficient direct 1:1 access to me so you’re never left trying to “figure it out” on your own.
Here's how we unlock your potential with female-specific science, simplicity & sustainable success:
- Get 6 months detailed whole-person support via 1:1 sessions & customized plans: Learn how to address root causes, optimize health, hormones & work with your unique changing hormones to ditch symptoms fast, crush your goals & feel your best in weeks, NOT months!
- Know when & why to eat what: Our *simple* fueling framework with female 35+ nutrient timing, portions & specific whole foods is proven to comprehensively mitigate decline!
- Love go-to wellness, nutrition, fat loss, lean out & fitness routines that actually work AND science-backed hacks so you can still enjoy a few fun foods &/or alcohol? This is for YOU!
- Learn how your female body's changing & *exactly* what to do about it: Step-by-step modules with practical resources & checklists deliver our proven process to unlock your best energy, hormones, mood, cortisol & blood sugar regulation, metabolism, sleep, libido, nervous system, mental & gut health + badass body composition & fitness results. Thrive thru peri/menopause with a low stress *logic-driven* lifestyle you can sustain, NOT B.S. diets, endless supplements, macros or meds.
- Sculpt your best lean physique, train to be cortisol & injury resilient as you unlock your strongest running performance & longevity: Innovative female 35+ specific strength videos can be done in your home or gym with beginner, time-efficient & advanced options. Our robust fitness library, fat loss, lean out, body recomp, core, pelvic floor, recovery, efficient injury comeback & running methods deliver award-winning results. All plans customized to YOUR body, goals & busy life!
- Gain women's integrative health support from an expert with proven results for 1,000s with access to at cost functional labs & cutting-edge proactive insights to feel your very best.
- Learn, laugh & level up faster with supportive like-minded women: In our small private non-Facebook Community, vacations & strategy calls we share what's working best to quickly break through setbacks & maximize holistic longevity in the joy-filled active lives we love!
If you value confidently knowing how to age strong, fit & *vibrantly* well - with far less stress - we're likely an excellent fit! Start with a complimentary 30-minute consultation. Enrollment is intentionally limited to maintain exceptional 1:1 support.
This is not a quick fix: It's $2997 for your first 6 months with flexible monthly payments. Then, it's $97/month to renew all-inclusive access (nearly 100% do), as our methods improve with emerging female-specific science, so we continue to build badass strength, resilience & optimal health! 💃
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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