When I was 25 years old my doctor told me I was going to die.  My lifelong battle with asthma was coming to an end.  After 25 years of drug, drugs, and more drugs, my doctor said the drugs that were keeping me alive, were also killing me.  He said I didn’t have much time to live and I didn’t have a choice.  I could either continue to take the drugs and die slowly over the next year or stop the drugs and die immediately from the asthma.

I knew there had to be a third choice. In order to save my life I had to take control of it, and I did.  I made dramatic changes to my beliefs and my lifestyle and I got rid of the drugs and the asthma.

When I got healthy, I wanted to tell everyone.  “You don’t have to be sick”  “You don’t have to be fat.”  “With just a few simple changes to your diet and lifestyle, you can change you life.”   I knew disease didn’t have to be monitored and controlled – it could be eliminated!  I started speaking, writing articles and coaching.

So many people were facing health problems with no great solutions, and it was so unnecessary.  In 1994, I wrote a small book based on physiology and health, “Body Ecology”. When I was in graduate school, I expanded “Body Ecology” into “Perfect Body, The Raw Truth” and then revised it, in 2002, and changed the name slightly to “Perfect Body, Beyond the Illusion.”

These books concentrate on mind/body health – food, exercise and beliefs.  The food plan is simple – fresh, raw, organic fruits and veggies because what we eat is the biggest contributor to either health or disease. Of course, the plan isn’t just about food. It is about getting and staying healthy.  Therefore it includes exercise, rest, healthy beliefs and a positive attitude.

“Perfect Body, Beyond the Illusion” is still being read around the world.  It has been very successful in helping people recover from heart disease, cancer, diabetes, asthma, and many other debilitating conditions, to go on and live full and happy lives.

In 2007, I co-authored “Overcoming the Myth of Aging” with Stephen Zocchi.  Stephen introduces the perspective and questions of people with no symptoms of disease. We took the same ideas in “Perfect Body” and made them more approachable and easier for everyone to adopt.

My science background is in Physiology. I earned a master degree in Health Communications and a Ph.D. in Human Sexuality. My writing, speaking and coaching topics include health, energy, sex and personal power.