What if the thing standing between you and the life you want isn't your circumstances? What if it's the lens you're looking through?
Fueled by Love is not a book written from the comfort of the other side. It was written from inside the storm, by a man living with an LVAD keeping his heart beating, waiting on a transplant that hasn't come, building anyway, refusing to quit, choosing love as fuel when everything else runs dry.
In these pages Cliff "The Gift" Wallace takes you through the perspective shifts, hard truths, and lived moments that have kept him moving through one of life's greatest tests. From accepting what is to choosing yourself, from silencing the voice that holds you back to becoming the light someone else needs, this book meets you exactly where you are and shows you what's possible from there.
Viktor Frankl found meaning inside a concentration camp. David Goggins found strength inside pain most people never survive. Randy Pausch gave his last lecture knowing he was dying. Suleika Jaouad wrote about illness before she knew how the story would end. Cliff Wallace wrote this book with a machine in his chest keeping his heart beating and no guarantee of tomorrow.
For readers of Can't Hurt Me, Man's Search for Meaning, The Last Lecture, and Between Two Kingdoms ? this is what survival looks like before the happy ending.
This is not a book about having it figured out. It's a book about showing up anyway. About choosing to build while the storm is still happening. About finding the version of yourself that doesn't need the storm to be over before deciding to live.
Wallace has built an active cross-platform following of over 700,000 across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Threads, YouTube, and emerging platforms. Beyond the current numbers, an additional 379,000 followers were lost to platform bans over the past two years ? audiences that followed him into every rebuild, a testament to the kind of loyalty most authors never earn. His unfiltered documentation of living with end-stage heart failure, the loss of two brothers, and the daily discipline of building from inside a medical storm has made him one of Houston's most recognized independent voices in the wellness and resilience space.
Fueled by Love is the first title in the Built in Chaos ecosystem, which includes The Chaos Code ? a five-pillar discipline framework ? and the Built in Chaos Journal, a 90-day guided companion system. The ecosystem is designed to take readers from perspective shift to daily practice.
Ideal for readers of inspirational memoir, motivational nonfiction, and faith-based resilience literature. Strong crossover appeal for heart health communities, fitness and wellness audiences, grief and loss readers, and anyone navigating adversity in real time.
This title is independently published under Fueled by Love Press and distributed exclusively through Ingram for retail and library placement. The author is available for speaking engagements, book club appearances, and media interviews. Bulk order inquiries welcome.
Written for anyone who has ever asked "why me" and needed something more honest than an easy answer.
Fueled by Love. The morning is coming.
