Order your own beautifully photographed collector's edition hardcover in the USA (go to HOME to buy DIGITAL book worldwide) to serve as both a daily reference guide and captivating book to display prominently in your home. C.L.E.W. is the perfect gift that will last a lifetime.
For only $29.99 with FREE shipping and tax included as a gift from publisher, you can GET A C.L.E.W. FOR LIFE! in just 2 business days.
Use the SHOP NOW buttons ABOVE fortax & shipping includeddirectly from publisher. The book will arrive at your door in just 2-3 business days nationwide. (All hardcovers are in-stock and ship directly from publisher.)
Use the button below ￬ for book purchases on Amazon (all hardcovers are shipped by publisher) including digital versions in both English and Spanish (Español).
I am a former New York educator turned author, speaker, poet, and trainer from San Francisco now permanently residing in Georgia. Beginning in 2012, the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center urged me to make public how and why I survived a non-preventable and nearly fatal event in 1996 and to write a book based on my personal program “Climb, Lift & Eat Well...”® to help others enjoy a remarkable quality of life as I do.
Given current worldwide events, the circumstances surrounding my survival in 1996 as a direct result of my health & fitness routines are more relevant than ever. The changes I made six years earlier in 1990 to shed more than 50 pounds safely in six months to prepare for a ten-year high school reunion were inspired by my own science & physical education classes in high school & college. My powerful and gripping story of how and why I survived a sudden-onset, non-preventable, idiopathic (unknown cause) case of Septic Shock and Multiple Organ System Failure on Valentine’s Day 1996 as a direct result of “C.L.E.W.,” leaves audiences, including the medical community inspired and motivated to act upon my every word.
Whatever precipitated my antibodies to go into overdrive was, and will forever remain, an unsolvable mystery. Doctors found no source of infection. The infectious disease expert and critical care team believed it was some viral infection I caught from being in the very close proximity of a sick student coughing, sneezing, and handling classroom items without washing his or her hands first. They also determined I had a very healthy immune system, yet during the course of less than one day I went from being a healthy and fit thirty-four-year-old wife and mother to a woman trapped in the body of an elderly, dying patient. My husband was told I had a ten percent chance of survival and likely 24 to 36 hours left.
Although critical and on life-support, I never lapsed into a coma during my 29-day ordeal in the Intensive Care Unit. I communicated by pointing to an alphabet board. I am the 20th century prime example of how and why “heart health equals brain health.” My powerful story was featured in a Hudson Valley, New York newspaper in November 1996.
My determination to create a massive worldwide shift in the paradigm by disseminating crucial health and fitness information based only on principles of anatomy, physiology, and the laws of physics as they apply to the prevention, mitigation and reversal of conditions and diseases is crystal clear.
I am a champion of old-school methods based entirely on empirical evidence as I bring the best of the 20th century into the 21st to benefit the public at home, at the office, and during business and leisure travel. I speak from my heart as I deliver my signature remark to readers and audiences during book talks:
“Experience is the best teacher.”
As a Parisian-born, Lebanese/Mediterranean immigrant, the circumstances surrounding my arrival at what was then New York City’s Idlewild Airport (later JFK International) in a retrofitted former military piston-engine DC-6 flown by two WWII veteran pilots laid the foundation for the strong and inspirational educator and writer I would later become. I recount why the US military and veterans mean so much to me personally since 1961 through today.
My triumphant story of how I was able to save my own life in 1996 now serves as a most timely and relevant lesson in 2020-24 and beyond as it captures the hearts and minds of all who hear my powerful firsthand account. My company motto states my mission best after I reveal the shocking, yet inspiring details of why I created it ~ “Let’s prevent what we can and be combat-ready for what we cannot as we enjoy and make the most of every single day.”
In my groundbreaking and insightful book, I respect the brilliant design of the human body and brain as I demonstrate how to make my trademarked program "CLIMB, LIFT & EAT WELL..."®️ aka C.L.E.W. an integral part of your life. I am a no-nonsense former New York educator turned health and fitness author and trainer from San Francisco now based in the great state of GEORGIA. I will show you how to rise above all the nonsense and the noise and embrace my teachings based entirely on anatomy, physiology, the laws of physics, and empirical evidence. Class is now in session ~
GET A C.L.E.W. FOR LIFE!®️ "CLIMB, LIFT & EAT WELL..."®️
Discover an exceptional way to live ~ Allow me to expertly guide you in creating the most efficient and effective workout space both at home and at the office as I demonstrate proper form and safety techniques. I will teach you how to CLIMB a revolving stair machine or flights of stairs correctly, LIFT free weights progressively, and EAT WELL via beautiful, healthy, and delicious whole food at home, at the office, and during business and leisure travel. I will show you how to create the ideal personal studio ~
C.L.E.W. STUDIOS - EXCELLENCE AND AUTHENTICITY DELIVERED WITH FINESSE®️
I am so pleased and happy to call the PEACH STATE of GEORGIA my new permanent home! 🍑 I travel nationwide and internationally to present educational and motivational book talks. I also recite my original and inspirational poems which speak to the hearts and minds of audiences everywhere. ❤️✍️
