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Marilu Henner’s Advice for Making a Change Today
Marilu Henner is perhaps best known for her roles on television series such as “Taxi” and “Evening Shade,” but over the last decade has taken a more prominent role as a health-and-fitness guru. The 57-year-old actress, who has appeared recently on Celebrity Apprentice, says she feels better than she did in the late 1970s when she played sexy cabbie Elaine Nardo on Taxi.
Henner has provided health and fitness insight to thousands through her best-selling books, hosting the TV program Shape Up Your Life on FitTV and The Discovery Channel, and by dispensing advice on her Web site, www.Marilu.com.
In her latest book, Wear Your Life Well: Use What You Have to Get What You Want, she challenges readers to break out of the routine of their lives and leverage their experiences to perform better in the rest of their lives. She expanded on some of those thoughts in an interview for Core Performance.
Tip # 1: Start today.
“People always think that this image of this person they’re supposed to be is so far away from the person they are today. They think, ‘someday I’m going to do this or as soon as the little one goes off to kindergarten or my husband gets a new job, then this is going to happen.’ They have this ‘someday’ aspect to their lives that keeps them from thriving. You’ve got to force yourself to make the change.
“One of the biggest challenges is getting out of your comfort zone, getting away from the boundaries you set by doing the same things day after day. What is normal? Normal is feeling imprisoned by your body, health, job or relationship that’s made every day the same. The question is why you’re in this rut and how do you get out of it.”
Tip # 2: Resist the norm.
“Normal is killing America. You have people who beat cancer and go back to eating bad food and spending their days in front of TV. Why? Because they want to get back to normal.
This is so true with food. If you change your palate, you change your life. We’ve grown so accustomed to tasting food a certain way that we don’t know what real food is anymore because of all the chemicals we’ve been ingesting for years. It’s become a conditioned response. It’s normal.”
Tip # 3: Always be ready.
“[Training] helps your career because you feel good about your presentation. If somebody wants me to work on something, it’s not like I need a month to get in shape. I always feel ready and that’s key. People don’t feel ready. They’re waiting for this big life to happen and they’re not doing the preparation in the meantime.
Forget my career, this helps me in my life. I didn’t have children until my 40s and I can keep up with my kids who say I’m never tired. I wake up in the morning saying, ‘What’s next? What am I doing now?’ It’s not like I’m manic or crazy. I have a lot of gusto and I like feeling as good as possible.”
About The Author
Pete Williams – Pete Williams is a contributing writer for CorePerformance.com and the co-author of the Core Performance book series.
