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Total Memory Makeover: Uncover Your Past, Take Charge of Your Future [Hardcover]

Marilu Henner , Lorin Henner
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)

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Book Description

April 24, 2012
If you could remember the confidence you felt when your prom date said yes, could it embolden you to ask for a raise today? Could the thrill you felt fitting into your skinny jeans five years ago inspire you to skip the doughnuts this morning? Would the details of your early days with a heartbreaking ex help you recognize the potential red flags in a sexy new romance?

Marilu Henner says, “YES!”

In this revolutionary new book, the New York Times bestselling author, renowned health advocate, actress, performer, and memory expert helps you develop the ability to remember more of your past, to recall it more clearly, and most of all, to understand your memories as a blueprint for the extraordinary life you were meant to have! Marilu is gifted with Highly Superior Auto-biographical Memory (HSAM), a rare and incredible ability that allows her to vividly recall every detail of her life since childhood. While most of us may prefer to keep the unhappy times buried in the past, Marilu has discovered that only by remembering what happened then can we change our lives for a better now.

The past is prelude to the future. But how much of our lives do most of us really remember? And what would our memories tell us if they could? Get ready to harness the power of your autobiographical memory. Total Memory Makeover is unlike any memory book ever written. It’s not about using mnemonic devices or unusual strategies to remember lists, definitions, names, or numbers.

The simple, practical (and fun!) exercises in this unique book will help you:

· Stop turning painful memories into emotional baggage

· Discover your personal memory Track

· Unlock repressed memories that are holding you back

· Understand the four types of memory retrieval—Horizontal, Vertical, Mushrooming, and Sporadic—and determine which works best for you

· Recall memories faster and stop them from fading

· Teach your kids to have great memories

· Turn your newfound memories into a treasure map to a successful future!

Are you ready? Let’s get started on your Total Memory Makeover!


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"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

"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

About the Author

Marilu Henner is well known for her roles in Taxi and Evening Shade and her participation in The Celebrity Apprentice. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling books, Wear Your Life Well, Marilu Henner's Total Health Makeover, and Healthy Life Kitchen. She lives in Los Angeles.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Gallery Books (April 24, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 145165121X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1451651218
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,261 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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It's very interesting so far. Sheryl Letzgus McGinnis  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
Marilu Henner has made the book fun to read. Diana E. Wirtanen  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
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86 of 87 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Change your course April 24, 2012
Format:Audio CD
This book exceeded my expectations. Using Marilu's analogy of queing up scenes on a DVD I found that memories began filling in with surprising detail. Coinciding with using that analogy as a tool I was given an old photograph and soon found the details of that day, many decades gone, coming to the surface. One of those details was hurtful but rather than being unpleasant it made me realize that other people's words had informed my opinion of myself going all the way back to childhood.

Remembering that day AS IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED helped me to hit a reset button !

I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants the story of their own life to become more vivid. Using your past to take control of your future is a special gift.
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91 of 98 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Let me warn you about this book..... April 25, 2012
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
After a lifetime of poor memory habits I've misplaced about one third of my life's happiness. What a monstrous waste of joy! So what if this was the book you read the first day of college? Or High school? Or Jr. High? OMG I wish I'd gotten this book so much younger! It's amazing how much it's changing the way I experience my world and I'm only on the third chapter.

I've bought thousands of dollars worth of books that I felt like I wasted my money on. This book is not one of those. This is one of those books, that if value were weight, it would be one of the heaviest books in the universe. I never knew how much I'd someday love and appreciate Marilu Henner and her amazing father. Let me warn you right up front, you too will love and appreciate them and wish like hell you'd gotten this book many years sooner. The saddest thing about this book is that I was 59 years old before I got it. The happiest thing about this book, I didn't have to wait till I was sixty! Oh, well, that and all the memories it's helping me access. Wow. What a life I've lived!! What characters!! (eyes watering up)
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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The best memory book ever written April 29, 2012
By Bill
Format:Hardcover
I have been fascinated by Marilu's memory since I saw 60 Minutes. But I had no idea she would write such a thoughtful and well researched book! An easy book to read, it bursts with ideas about life and memory that is refreshing and fun, and provocative. Her description of APR, anticipation, preparation, and recollection; was a highlight of the book for me as it helped me to better understand how living with the right mind set is so important in building memories. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to retain the memories of their lives, and to recall them whenever they want. What a gift!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars We can't all be Marilu
It's not the book for how to not suffer memory loss as we age. I don't need to remember what I wore to lunch on a certain day 20 years ago. Read more
Published 1 day ago by Kakky Lane
5.0 out of 5 stars Marlu's book
Marlu's memory is so amazing. Mine has started to decline as I have aged to 70+, so I was interested in her ideas.
Published 1 month ago by Bruce N Yarborough
5.0 out of 5 stars Review
The item was received on time and as described. It was packed for shipment in a careful and protective manner. I recommend this vendor.
Published 1 month ago by Ron A
2.0 out of 5 stars Too Extreme
Too extreme of ideas. You would have to live on raw fruits and vegetables, too difficult to follow this type of diet.
Published 1 month ago by Gloria J Howard
4.0 out of 5 stars Exercise your brain.
This book is very good at getting your brain working again. Very easy read along with exercises to improve the functioning of your mind. Very good!
Published 2 months ago by tphillips
1.0 out of 5 stars Do not read this book!
Reading this book is really waste of time. Taking away bragging about her memory, the whole book can be condensed into a paragraph or so. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Reader
5.0 out of 5 stars In my humble opinion, a 4.5 star book
I can't disagree with anything Ms. Henner writes about. I deduct half a star for one bleeped out profanity, which may bother some with sensitive consciences. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Joomi Lee
4.0 out of 5 stars Total Memory Makeover: Uncover Your Past, Take Charge of Your Future
Interesting Read. The exercises she describe in order to increase your memory really do work if you concentrate and pay attention.
Published 3 months ago by Beth
3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good reading. I bought the hardback from you.
It's kinda hard to believe that she's as old as she is. She looks a lot younger than that.
It's also kinda hard to believe that she's been married three times and they're... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Robin Grafox
5.0 out of 5 stars Total Memory Makeover
Great book. Even my son bought one. I'm still using it and hope to improve my 77 year old memory even more.
Published 6 months ago by Patricia A. Anderson
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