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PRAISE FOR THE FATIGUE PRESCRIPTION
The Fatigue Prescription is a compelling book designed for these busy times; Dr. Clever offers a practical means of taking stock of self, and then embarking on a wise means of renewal.
Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone
If you are tired of the army of health experts and their bewilderingly complex, ever-changing advice, The Fatigue Prescription is for you. In this practical, crystal-clear book, Dr. Linda Hawes Clever maps a solid plan that will increase your zest and fulfillment in life.
Larry Dossey, MD, author of The Power of Premonitions
This timely and insightful book is a how-to on maintaining excellence in a helter-skelter world. Dr. Cleverlongtime physician at San Franciscos California Pacific Medical Center, a clinical professor at UCSF, and a high-level volunteer (Stanford trustee, KQED board chair)knows what its like to have many balls in the air and keep her eye on them all. She shows us how to get back in touch with our basic values and organize our lives around them.
Elaine Petrocelli, President of Book Passage and www.bookpassage.com
Linda Hawes Clever, wise physician of the body and of the spirit, has long been an admired national leader in helping others help themselves. In The Fatigue Prescription, Dr. Clever has extended her healers reach to those of us with full, hectic schedules and seemingly not enough energy to deal with them. Drawing upon her extensive experience in the area of renewal, she offers valuable insights for diagnosing and dealing with the fatigue of too much to do. Taking care of yourself is not selfish, its self-preservation is Dr. Clevers clear and saving message. Here is a prescription worth filling.
Charles J. Hatem, MD, Harold Amos Academy Professor of Medicine at
Harvard Medical School
Fatigue is the number one problem that I see in my busy psychiatric practice. Women are especially vulnerable. We do too much and yet we have much more to do. Traditional medications dont work, counseling doesnt usually address this problem, and our families and employers always seem to want more. Dr. Linda Hawes Clever gives us realistic and practical tools to help all of us live a calmer, more satisfying life. I strongly recommend reading this book as you begin your journey of renewal.
Leslie Lundt, MD, XM radio host
This dynamo of a book by renowned physician Dr. Linda Hawes Clever is direct from her heart to yours. This is a one-stop resource for deepening your self-awareness and reconnecting with sources of energy and optimism you may have presumed lost. Just as she promises, you will emerge from this reading experience wiser, happier, healthier!
Janet Bickel, MA, career and leadership development coach and consultant
Fatigue is becoming an American epidemicand it costs us dearly in personal energy and in our capacity for national progress. In The Fatigue Prescription, Linda Hawes Clever, MD, a physician with deep public health experience, supplies wise advice on preventionand also on recovery and renewal.
Donald Kennedy, President Emeritus of Stanford University and former
editor of Science
Tired all the time is named TATT by physicians and is one of the commonest reasons that people consult a physician. This marvelously and lightly written book can help you avoid developing TATT and lead you to a place where being is more important than doing. The time is ripe for all of us to move on from our world of excess and Linda Hawes Clever provides a clear path.
Richard Smith, MD, former editor of the British Medical Journal
Linda Hawes Clever is a remarkable woman and has written an equally remarkable book to help us all overcome stress, give us the energy to achieve our own best objectives, and rediscover the joy in our lives.
Arlene Blum, author of Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life and Executive
Director of the Green Science Policy Institute
How come many of us are so tired? Does fatigue serve a survival purpose, and if so, what might that purpose be? The antenna of fatigue says, Slow down. Rest. As a back of the pack marathoner for over forty years, I should be a world expert on fatigue, but I am not. Is it muscle lactic acid buildup? Or is it brain fatigue, the cortical cells depleted of staying power? Or is it the spirit that flags in its resolve, looking elsewhere for renewal and respite? Linda Hawes Clevers handsome book takes on these big-issue considerations and helps find resolution to universal fatigue. Read and renew.
Walter M. Bortz, II, MD, author of We Live Too Short and Die Too Long
and Next Medicine
If you want a boost to your energy, take Dr. Clevers Renew-O-Meter. Feel the relief, feel renewed. Finally, a book of practical, healthy tips that can be easily taken in daily doses!
Jan Yanehiro, Emmy-winning broadcaster
How do we get through our to-do list day in and day out without getting flat out exhausted? Sounds like a tall order, but The Fatigue Prescription gives you concrete strategies to rise above your busy schedule and rediscover the meaning behind the madness. Going beyond quick fixes takes courage and discipline on your part, but this book is packed with easy-to-use interactive tools to bring the vitality and joy back into your life.
Jamie Woolf, author of Mom-in-Chief: How Wisdom From the Workplace
Can Save Your Family From Chaos
How did our lives become so extraordinarily complex? With uncommon insight, Dr. Clever helps pare down the non-essentials and provides a simple four-step prescription to a better life. This book is truly a refreshing oasis from which we can refuel our spirits.
Eliza Lo Chin, MD, MPH, President-Elect of the American Medical
Womens Association and editor of This Side of Doctoring: Reflections from
Women in Medicine
People who are too busywhose only complaint is that the day is not long enough or whose excuse for forgetting things is that their neuron synapses are on overloadare people just like me. The good news is we are often doing just what we want to do and would not want it any other way. But the other side of the story is that often we are so overloaded that fatigue sets ina level of fatigue that cant be relieved just by a good nights sleep. We are the ones who need The Fatigue Prescription. We need this to take control of our lives, rather than feeling that our lives are controlling us. We need to know new rules to work within. Dr. Linda Hawes Clever, in The Fatigue Prescription, has given us the new rulesso that we can continue our busy productive lives, but with control.
As nurses, we need to also take time for renewalpersonally and professionally. Nurses give so much of themselves to their patients and patients families in their critical caring role. In order to continue the giving, there needs to be replenishment. Dr. Clever, through years of conversations with nurses, knows this better than we do ourselves. The Fatigue Prescription provides us with a pathway for our personal and professional renewal. Without this renewal, fatigue slips in as constant giving without replenishing becomes so wearing that we begin to lose our caring touch. The Fatigue Prescription has something in it for every nurseand for anyone who needs to take control of their busy, over-committed lives.
Deloras Jones, RN, MS, Executive Director of California Institute for