Mads Christensen manages to take the sour with the sweet, when life puts him to the test.
He tackles coronavirus, unemployment and a recent separation from his wife of 20 years with a stubborn optimism.
In the beginning of march put the 55-year-old livsstilsekspert in the ‘Mads & Monopolet’ for the first time the words on the marital crisis. For he was a man in crisis, he admitted, but at the same time, it was “the great vitalizing and interesting” to take the bull by the horns and not escape.
“I have forgotten how to think a true thought, and it is I started to learn now. It is insanely exciting,” he said.
Mads Christensen has vacated the home and now lives on his boat, where he stays alone. Here he is in the last two weeks have been even more isolated, as he has been infected with the coronavirus.
But even though he’s no longer together with his wife, they are not divorced, he explains.
“For the children, it matters that we are not divorced. It is the primary consideration, nor do we have a need for it. It is very drastic.”
In the popular radio show, where he for many years has helped the perplexed danes out of difficult dilemmas, explained Mads Christensen, he has been a shadow of himself, which he has long suppressed. He will now be a more authentic human being.
“the Authenticity stands or falls with the credibility. Credibility rests on a foundation of honesty, and I have been neither in many years.”
Mads Christensen was only in a short period of time ill with the coronavirus, as sygdomsmæssigt not hit particularly hard. He was on his feet again after a few days in bed. Economically it is far worse, as all of his speaking engagements several months in advance is cancelled.
It is also no secret that separationens aftermath also still feel out on the boat, where he lives.
“That is sensible. I have good contact with my children, but it is not the world’s funniest situation,” he says.
“however, It is better to do something than not to do something. But it is terrible to make those you care about, get bored of it.”
Coronakrisen casts a gloomy shadow over the lives and the future in many respects, but Mads Christensen chooses to focus on life’s small joys, and hold on to an optimism about the future.
“I get the best out of the situation. I gave me to be alone,” he says.
“I play guitar, read books, vinterbader and see it as an extended holiday. I find it is actually not like a nasty ailment.”
