# #124A -  How to Hack Your Cortisol & Blood Sugar Response, Balance Hormones & Create Inner Calm

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Podcast: [Maximizing Hormones, Physique & Running Through Perimenopause](https://stenobird.com/podcast/maximizing-hormones-physique-running-through-perimenopause-6687130)
Published: 2026-03-12T07:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 2479

## Resource

This simple and effective upgrade to your health, hormones and performance only takes two minutes a day! In this episode, Louise Valentine, one of the world’s leading integrative health practitioners and exercise physiologists, explores a hidden challenge many active women face during perimenopause: chronic stress, elevated cortisol and blood sugar. For driven women who love running, training hard, and pushing themselves, the constant “go, go, go” mindset can quietly disrupt hormones, i...

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