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The Verywell Mind Podcast

253 - Reshape Your Life with Actress/Author Ali Landry

The Verywell Mind Podcast

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Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Education

5703 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Ali Landry was first spotlighted as Miss Louisiana Teen USA in 1990. She won the Miss USA title in 1996 and then starred in an iconic Super Bowl commercial advertising Doritos. She’s gone on to star in several movies and written a book called Shape Your Life. But Ali’s life hasn’t always been easy. She went through a very public marriage that was annulled after only two weeks. The breakup was featured in tabloids across the globe. She remarried years later, and her father-in-law and brother-in-law were kidnapped and murdered. Ali is speaking out about what the highs and lows of her life have taught her so far. She says when she started feeling tired all of the time, and had trouble sleeping, she didn’t excuse it as stress or aging. Instead, she decided to take back her life. Some of the things she talks about today are ways she developed a healthier mindset, the strategies that helped her work through pain and grief, and how she empowers herself to create positive changes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast. We've interviewed over 100 authors, experts, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians, and others to help you learn strategies to care for your mental health.

0:22.9

This episode is hosted by psychotherapist and bestselling author Amy Morin. Now let's get into the episode.

0:47.2

Okay. Have you ever wanted to change your life but weren't sure where to start?

0:51.3

Do you sometimes question how to realistically develop a healthier mindset?

0:55.2

Do you think that you lack the time or the energy that you need to create positive change? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you've come to the right

1:01.0

place. Today I'm talking to actress and author Ali Landry about how to reshape your life.

1:07.5

Ali first came into the spotlight as Miss Louisiana Teen USA in 1990. She won the Miss USA title in 1996,

1:15.9

and then she starred in an iconic Super Bowl commercial advertising Doritos. She's gone on to star in several movies,

1:23.5

and she's written a book called Shape Your Life. But Allie's life hasn't always been really easy.

1:29.5

She went through a very public marriage that was annulled after only two weeks.

1:33.7

The breakup was featured in tabloids across the globe.

1:37.1

She remarried years later, but then her father-in-law and her brother-in-law were kidnapped and murdered.

1:43.1

Ellie's speaking out about the highs and those in her life and what she's learned from them so

1:46.8

far. She says when she started feeling tired all the time and had trouble sleeping, she didn't

1:52.0

excuse it as stress or aging. Instead, she decided to take her life back. Some of the things she

1:58.4

talks about today are the way she developed a healthier mindset,

2:02.1

the strategies that helped her work through pain and grief, and how she empowers herself to

2:07.1

create positive changes. Make sure to stick around until the end of the episode for the

2:11.5

therapist take. It's the part of the show where I'll give you my take on Allie's strategies

2:15.9

and share how you can apply them to your own life. So here's Allie Landry on how to reshape your life.

2:22.6

Allie Landry, welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast. Thank you so much. It's such a pleasure to be

2:28.7

joining you. So excited to have this conversation. Me too. So your new book is called Reshape Your Life. Don't

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