Marilu Henner's Blog, page 206

I'm ready for my closeup

Give yourself a screen test!

Videotape yourself today doing all the activities you want evaluated – like walking, talking, dancing, singing, and taking out the garbage. Or sitting at the computer, cooking, brushing your teeth, wearing your favorite outfits.

This is a wonderful tool for spotting bad posture, speech ticks, voice pauses, and fashion faux pas.

It might seem a little egotistical or persnickety, but get over it – because it works! You'll be able to improve because you know what...

Featured recipe from Marilu's table * Kung pao rice & veggies

Take-out often means Chinese food that's over-salted and under-veggied. It may seem like a quick and easy dinner option, but making your own Chinese food is just as quick and easy (and far tastier, and cheaper).

This vegan recipe provides plenty of protein from the edamame (soy beans) and brown rice. It's good served hot or at room temperature, which makes it a great brown bag lunch option (still with a small ice pack in there), or a dinner that can "hold" until kids get home from practice o...

Spirit Sunday * Small changes

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Practice presence * Make a sacred space in your home. Spend time there daily, paying quiet attention to life. The sheer abundance, diversity, complexity, beauty, fragility of life ought to take your breath away.

 

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Help reduce antibiotics on farms

A human health crisis is brewing on our nation's farms. An estimated 70 percent of antibiotics used in the United States are fed to animals that are not sick, a practice that breeds antibiotic-resistant bacteria and causes costly, painful, and sometimes deadly human diseases.

Last year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) acknowledged the scientific consensus on the connection between human health and this nontherapeutic antibiotic use on the farm. Yet the FDA's actions, including a...

Fitness Friday * Back to school

Remember the "good old days" when we all walked to school? Okay, maybe we took the bus – but our parents and grandparents probably walked to school. And it didn't hurt them to get that exercise every day.

So – if your kids live within a mile of their school, why not have them walk?

Now, we know it's a different world. There's a lot more traffic, and there are definitely dangers out there we don't want our kids anywhere near. But what about a group walk? With adult chaperones (you see...

New beginning

What's your new beginning? Each day is a fresh start. Each day brings a new opportunity.

Don't wait for Monday, or the first of the month, or the new year. Your new beginning starts today. Celebrate it with a song (thanks to Coach Heather and Tracy Chapman) and a smile.

Then… and this is big… go change the world.

When you know your place, when you're fulfilling your dreams and living your truth, when the message inside you is consistent with the way you live in the world, then you have...

Featured recipe from Marilu's table * Brown bag lunches

Today we have a couple of recipes to perk up your brown bag lunches. These are kid-friendly (you know your kid best, so adapt the recipes to fit!) ways to get some extra fruits and veggies into them during the day.

Oh, and the world's easiest cookies are here, too. Because every kid wants dessert… but that doesn't mean you need to buy junk food, and it doesn't mean you have to be a kitchen slave either.

Check these blog posts for more ideas!
Brown bag it * basics, leftovers, salads
Brown bag...

Gotta move (can you feel it?)

Gotta move, gotta get out

Gotta leave this place, gotta find some place

Some other place, some brand new place

Some place where each face that I see

Won't be staring back at me

Telling me what to be and how to be it

Some place where I can just be me

So this song, Gotta Move by Barbra Streisand, isn't about pushing your chair back, moving your eyes away from the monitor, and exercising to increase your heart rate. Instead it reminds us that any change takes movement, action, and maybe even...

Cruise with Marilu and other health experts

A Taste of Health presents the ultimate gift for your mind, body and spirit. Share the experience and wisdom of some of the world's leading authorities and experts in holistic living and natural health, including Marilu Henner!

Some of the other presenters include *

Dr. Joan Borysenko * A pioneer in mind/body medicine and a New York Times bestselling author of fourteen books. Her writing has also appeared in The Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Prevention Magazine, and the...

Go with the flow? Or not!

This is a "face your fears" kind of day.

Yesterday we talked about making a plan for the future. Sometimes that future is scary, or at least has scary elements. Instead of being held back by your fear of the unknown (or by someone else's fear on your behalf), how about stepping out, taking the risk, and gaining the knowledge? It won't be an unknown anymore. You've learned something specific, but you've also learned that you have what it takes to risk. And that's a very good thing.

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