The Chalene Show | Diet, Fitness & Life Balance

Fitness copyright just got dismantled, deepfake porn just got a law, and Rosie O'Donnell just got honest.
Something happened in a federal courtroom that every fitness creator, every entrepreneur, every woman who's ever built something from scratch needs to hear about. It involves Tracy Anderson, a $110 million fitness empire, and a ruling that just told her anyone can copy 30 years of her work.
And that's just where Chalene Johnson gets started in this episode.
By the end, you'll know why a suburban pharmacist became the face of the biggest deepfake porn crisis in history, what Paris Hilton's new TikTok documentary is exposing, and why the Take It Down Act might matter to you personally, even if you have 200 followers and a private account.
There's also a Rosie O'Donnell facelift confession nobody saw coming, a very honest conversation about women and bodies and who we go after when we're triggered, and a personal announcement from Chalene about where this show is headed next.
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Take It Down Act reporting resource: https://takeitdown.ftc.gov

 
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Listen to the full 57 minute Between Friends episode. Go Directly to this Patreon Episode "A Screenshot Sent By Mistake, Uninviting A Houseguest + What I Walked Away From This Week" https://www.patreon.com/posts/screenshot-sent-159604118
 
Picture this: two women go on vacation together for the first time… and one text about "needing alone time" quietly turns the whole trip into emotional chaos. What starts as healthy communication slowly spirals into awkward tension, hurt feelings, and a friendship dynamic that gets way more complicated than anyone expected.
 
This story is part of The Saturday Spill series a little peek into the wild, unfiltered stuff that usually stays on Patreon. Some weeks it's hilarious, some weeks it's jaw-dropping, but it's always real life that doesn't quite fit on the regular show. If you're into a little chaos and behind-the-scenes tea, you're in the right place. If you love it, amazing…you can listen to the full, unedited version here http://Chalene.com/more

The protein fix for women over 40 that doesn't require tracking, measuring, or losing your mind.

Most protein advice was literally designed to make you fail. And the studies it's based on? Done on young athletic men. Not you.
What nobody tells you about protein in midlife, the real talk on why you're not absorbing it, how much you actually need, and the fix that doesn't require an app or a food scale.
Chalene Johnson spent years obsessing over macros, scanning every package, and still feeling like she was failing every single day. At 57, she's leaner than she was when she was exercising four to five hours a day. She doesn't track. She doesn't restrict. And she finally understands why none of that old stuff was ever going to work.
Here's what most protein advice leaves out. Once you're in perimenopause or menopause, your body stops producing the same digestive enzymes. It literally can't break down protein the way it used to. So even if you're hitting your numbers, you're probably not absorbing what you think you are. This is called anabolic resistance, and it changes everything.
Why the protein studies everyone quotes were done on young athletic men, not you
Why feeling bloated and gassy after eating protein is not a coincidence
Why women in midlife actually need more protein than they did at 35, not less
Why processed protein products are creating inflammation and working against you
Chalene also shares her Smart Girl method for eyeballing protein without a label, app, or calculator, the digestive enzyme tip that was a total game changer, and the one habit every woman she knows who looks amazing at 50, 60, and 70 actually does.
 
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You're Doing Protein WRONG! 5 Mistakes to AVOID for Fat Loss Over 40
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How Much Protein Do You Really Need?
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The honest conversation about midlife anxiety, perimenopause supplement scams, and why women over 40 can't stop adding things to their plate.
I can't stop. I can't rest. And even when I do, I feel guilty about it. Sound familiar? I did my third ketamine therapy session last week and something shifted. I'm not gonna oversell it, but I noticed. And apparently so did hundreds of you who sent me DMs saying you feel the exact same way. We need to talk about this.
We also need to talk about what's going on with women in midlife right now because the messages I've been getting from you are telling me this is not just a Chalene problem. The anxiety. The pressure. The guilt when you finally rest. That's an us problem.
Plus there's a major investigation just published about how supplement companies are targeting women in perimenopause with products that have zero clinical evidence behind them. In at least one case it led to a misdiagnosis of cancer. I'm giving you the one question to ask before you buy anything in this space.
Then we're getting into the Erika Jayne settlement because the media has this completely wrong and the $2 million number everyone keeps repeating is not the whole story.
And at the very end, spoiler warning, my full breakdown of The Crash on Netflix and everything they conveniently left out.
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Dr. Andrew Levinson, Vitality Health Miami Beach: https://www.vhw.co/
The Crash on Netflix
Mean Girl Murders on HBO Max 
Perimenopause supplement investigation: https://www.statnews.com/2026/05/23/perimenopause-misinformation-influencers-supplements-hormones/
 
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Listen to the full 47 minute Between Friends episode. Go Directly to this Patreon Episode "I Did Ketamine Therapy AGAIN Here's What Actually Happened" https://www.patreon.com/posts/i-did-ketamine-158992336
Picture this: Chalene opens up about trying medically supervised ketamine therapy to break her addiction to being busy… and the internet absolutely loses its mind. What starts as a vulnerable conversation quickly turns into backlash, outrage, and one of the most unfiltered discussions she's had in a while.
This story is part of The Saturday Spill series a little peek into the wild, unfiltered stuff that usually stays on Patreon. Some weeks it's hilarious, some weeks it's jaw-dropping, but it's always real life that doesn't quite fit on the regular show. If you're into a little chaos and behind-the-scenes tea, you're in the right place. If you love it, amazing…you can listen to the full, unedited version here http://Chalene.com/more