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Shalene is a New York Times bestselling author, celebrity fitness trainer, and obsessed

with helping you live your dream life.

Well, well, well, we have been controversial lately, haven't we?

Well, apparently, I've gotten so many messages lately on my SpeakPipe and also on Facebook

and Twitter, and just about everywhere else where you're able to connect with me, and

thank you so much.

I like that we are opening up conversations, but I do want to say this.

And by the way, what I'm referring to is just about any time I have somebody on the show

who's an expert in their particular lifestyle with regard to diet, I get a backlash.

Like there are people who say, I can't believe you would have somebody on your show who

is promoting eating meat, or I get people furious that I would have anyone on the show who

would say, eat white rice, and you can eat fruit.

You know, I just want you to know this.

I'm not here to endorse any particular lifestyle, but what I do want, my goal, is to bring

you experts on topics that I'm curious about because I, you're my lifer.

So we're both curious about similar things, right?

And I feel like it's my job to have an open mind and ask the questions that someone might

ask who's just a little bit curious, who wants to know more, who wants to be a critical

thinker and make decisions for themselves.

It doesn't mean that I endorse any one particular lifestyle or definition of success.

I've had authors and experts not related to diet, just related to lifestyle who I don't

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