Holistic Medicine with 102-Year-Old Dr. Gladys McGarey
The WoMed
Podcast Nation
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
This week, Danielle and Jac are joined by Dr. Gladys McGarey, also known as the mother of holistic medicine and author of “The Well Lived Life: A 102 Year Old Doctor’s Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age”. To start, Dr.McGarey shares what it was like going to medical school and being a women in medicine during WW1. She shares details on how growing up in India with both of her parents being osteopaths influenced her passion for holistic medicine and later led her to co-founding the American Holistic Medical Association. They also discuss Dr.McGarey’s foundational 5 L’s (Life, Love, Laughter, Labour, and Listening) and how they come into play in her book. Lastly, Dr. McGarey shares how she felt going through the Covid-19 pandemic in comparison to other world events she’s seen throughout her life and career.
Be sure to follow Dr. Gladys McGarey at @Begladmd on Instagram and visit her website gladysmcgarey.com. Be sure to also check out her new book “The Well Lived Life: A 102-year-old Doctor’s Six Secrets to Heath and Happiness at Every Age”.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:20.1 | I'm like really mad at myself. |
| 0:22.4 | Why? |
| 0:23.4 | Because I did not ask our guest on this episode. |
| 0:29.2 | Might be like a really important question. |
| 0:31.8 | Oh gosh. |
| 0:32.3 | I feel like there's so many we didn't ask her that I wanted to. |
| 0:34.7 | So I'm curious, what is the most important that we didn't get to? |
| 0:38.1 | I want to know how she styles her hair every day. Okay, her hair is amazing, 100%. It's iconic. |
| 0:45.6 | That is the Dr. Gladys McGarry updo. And it is so precious. I need it. |
| 0:56.1 | It's a braided crown. Oh, I saw. |
| 0:56.9 | I know it is. |
| 0:58.2 | A braided crown. |
| 0:58.8 | That's exactly what it is. |
| 1:00.7 | But it's a bun. |
| 1:02.4 | It's like a braided crown around a bun. |
| 1:05.7 | And it is just that. |
| 1:08.3 | She is the queen mother of ballistic medicine and has completely just blown Jack and I away. I don't know that there's anything else that we can say. We just need y'all to get into this episode with Dr. Gladys McGee. She's 102, by the way. I know. I was just going to say, you guys, this episode |
| 1:29.5 | just has so much wisdom, so much love, so much perspective. Be sure to listen all the way through. |
| 1:38.7 | And at the end, we talk all about her book recently, just released. It's actually available for you right now. |
| 1:46.5 | It's called The Well-Lived Life, 102-year-old Doctors, Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at |
| 1:52.5 | Every Age. Be sure you go check that out right now, right after you get through this episode. |
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