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 in women's health, fitness & performance 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!
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!
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.
Learn how to level up - instead of feeling like you're losing control.
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, Army spouse, world-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 health, research, pro sports & performance, 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 built my private practice so other active women 35+ never have to guess, self‑blame or lose their 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
- 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
- Navigate peri/menopause with clarity, calm & clear proven methods, instead of confusion
- Be surrounded 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 a lot less stress, we're a great fit! Start with a free 30-minute consult to confirm. Don't Wait: Seats are extremely limited.
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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