What if the problem isn’t that you’re doing too little, but that you’re trying to do everything at once?

In this episode, Louise, one of the world’s leading health, fitness, and performance experts for ambitious active women and runners, shares a powerful reframing for women navigating perimenopause, health, fat loss, and performance. Instead of chasing all goals at the same time, she introduces a four months at a time-based approach to the year, focusing on one clear priority at a time. Whether that’s restoring vibrant health and hormones, losing fat, improving body composition, leveling up a fit toned physique or running stronger, the message is clear: clarity and focus creates results.

Louise breaks down why fat loss should be treated as a short, intentional phase, not a lifestyle, and how staying stuck in “diet mode” quietly sabotages hormones, our metabolism, energy, and confidence. She also explains why food is more than fuel. It’s information and molecules that signal a specific effect and impact on the female body. The right foods, eaten in the right state, give your body the molecules it needs to build hormones, recover from training, mitigate frustrating symptoms, improve health, and thrive through perimenopause.

The episode also challenges the idea that women should slow down or stop running as they age. With the right fueling, strength training, and recovery, women can run strong well into perimenopause and beyond. The women of Breaking Through Wellness are proudly living proof of what is possible when we work with our changing female physiology and not against it!

If you want a calmer nervous system, better results, and a smarter way to train and eat in 2026, this episode lays out a sustainable path forward.

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Episode Highlights:
(0:00) Intro
(4:39) Building a foundation for hormones and long-term health
(6:56) The four main focus areas women cycle through
(10:20) Why fat loss should be a phase, not a lifestyle
(14:12) How focused support improves results and reduces stress
(18:30) Food as molecules and nervous system regulation
(24:47) Running strong through perimenopause and beyond
(31:22) Three mindset shifts to thrive in 2026
(33:48) Outro

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