Biography

Linda Hawes Clever, MD, MACP is founder and President of RENEW, a not-for-profit aimed at helping devoted people maintain (and regain) their enthusiasm, effectiveness and purpose. She received undergraduate and medical degrees from Stanford University and had residency and fellowship training at Stanford and UCSF in internal medicine, infectious diseases, community medicine and occupational medicine. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and founding Chair of the Department of Occupational Health at California Pacific Medical Center. She was Editor of the Western Journal of Medicine and the first woman Governor of the American College of Physicians, chaired the Board of Governors and then served as Regent. She was a trustee of Stanford University for 14 years and chaired the Board of public broadcasting's KQED.

Dr. Clever likes walks, good conversations, and good cookies. Her husband Jamie was an internist, as is their daughter Sarah, who is on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and also juggles fascinating 12-year-old twins.

The Fatigue Prescription

by Linda Hawes Clever, MD

The Fatigue Prescription: Four Steps to Renewing Your Energy, Health and Life

Go From Tired and Wired to Active and Healthy!

Do you feel frazzled and over-committed way too often? Sure, there are plenty of reasons: you have lots of worthy stuff on your plate and the world is complicated. But the way you're living may well be sapping your vitality, cutting your effectiveness and even making you sick – and tired.

If any of this sounds familiar, THE FATIGUE PRESCRIPTION will change your life.

After experiencing a fatigue melt-down, Dr. Linda Clever, Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSF and founder of RENEW, discovered a remedy that she and thousands of others have used to refresh, renew, and begin creating whole, healthy lives. In this must-read book, she outlines signs of trouble like aches and anger, boredom and rupturing relationships.

In THE FATIGUE PRESCRIPTION, Dr. Clever also delivers a practical and easy-to-follow guide to taking care of your whole self. She provides vital tips, self-assessment guides, and urgent pointers on how to live the kind of life and have the impact you want. You and she will have a good time together, too.

Linda Hawes Clever, MD knows all about living a whirling, blurring life. After attending Stanford University, where she also earned her medical degree, Linda became known for "firsts" that include first woman Governor in the American College of Physicians, first woman editor of the Western Journal of Medicine, and starting a unique department at California Pacific Medical Center -- all while being a wife, mother and active community volunteer. PHEW! She is a member of the prestigious Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSF. In 1998, she founded RENEW, a non-profit organization that aims to help busy, devoted people regain -- or maintain -- their effectiveness and creativity. ARE YOU TIRED YET? Linda has chaired the board of KQED Public Broadcasting Stations and served on the Stanford University Board of Trustees for fourteen years. READY FOR A NAP?

Thank goodness she developed a series of tools to "treat" spiritual and physical exhaustion so you can keep going while you regain your values, motivation, strength and joie de vivre. She needs THE FATIGUE PRESCRIPTION and so do you!