Marilu Henner is a New York Times bestselling author and actor best known for her roles in Taxi and Evening Shade and for her participation in The Celebrity Apprentice. Her life-changing books include Total Memory Makeover, Wear Your Life Well, Marilu Henner's Total Health Makeover, and Healthy Life Kitchen. She lives in Los Angeles.
"This is not a book that will, as many others do, teach you how to
memorize the order of the cards in a deck, or long sequences of pi.
It is not a book about improving one's memorization skills, however
helpful that might or might not be. Instead, this is a book about
reclaiming what, in many cases, has been lost--the individual's
ability to recall the details of his or her own life. And as such,
this is perhaps the most valuable book on memory to have been
published to date. This is therefore a book about revelations--the
private, personal revelations that can come about when one is able
to give context to a restructured and reinvigorated ability to
recall. Pretty heady stuff. It is always most impressive, in this
reader's opinion, when in today's culture of dependency on
"experts," an individual chooses instead to blaze their own path to
health and healing. Ms. Henner is just such an individual, and as
her impressive track record of books old and new attests she gets
remarkable results."--New York Journal of Books
"The author's awe-inspiring memory skills, profiled in an episode
of 60 Minutes, have eclipsed the fame she won for her portrayal of
Elaine Nardo on the beloved TV sitcom Taxi. Despite realizing from
an early age that she processed memory differently than other
people, Henner didn't know there was a name for her superlative
powers of recollection until she began working with researchers at
the University of California, Irvine. There, she learned that she
is one of a very small number of people classified with Highly
Superior Autobiographical Memory. The average person can recall up
to 11 events from each year of their life; Henner remembers--in
precise detail--every day of her life since the age of 12. By
sharing her ability, Henner writes, readers will be able to "use
these lessons to transform your memory, your past, and ultimately,
your future." Blending anecdotes from her personal life and career
with scientific data and exercises designed to trigger specific
types of memories, the author guides readers on a tour through
their past. Henner forgoes typical approaches like mnemonics, place
pegs and memory palaces. One test stimulates the olfactory nerves
to turn up sense memories; another asks readers to revisit their
21st birthdays to uncover the different ways they archive memories.
As the text progresses, Henner skillfully demonstrates how memories
can help readers process their past, direct their present and shape
their future. Other useful chapters address how to effectively
record events in a journal and the ways parents can help their
children preserve memories. Henner's enthusiasm is
infectious."--Kirkus Reviews
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