Dr. Gladys McGarey is recognized as a pioneer for the convergence of allopathic and holistic medicine and is internationally known as the Mother of Holistic Medicine. Following a career in family practice for nearly eighty years, she now has a life consulting practice. After graduating from medical school, Dr. McGarey became the only woman intern at Deaconess Hospital in Philadelphia.  In 1978, she co-founded the American Holistic Medical Association with the goal of uniting licensed physicians who practiced medicine and helped to transform conventional healthcare into a more holistic model. She was the first medical doctor to utilize acupuncture in the U. S. and trained other physicians to use it. She founded the Gladys Taylor McGarey Foundation in 1989 to bridge the gap between holistic and traditional medicine and helped to expand the knowledge and application of holistic principles through scientific research and education. Dr. McGarey also co-founded the Academy of Parapsychology and Medicine, founded The International Academy of Clinical Hypnosis, and was a founding diplomat of the Arizona Board of Homeopathic and Integrated Medicine Examiners.

She has received numerous honors and awards, including the Humanities Award for Outstanding Service to Mankind; the David Stackhouse Award for pioneering excellence in Homeopathy; the YMCA “Tribute to Women” Award in the healing category; one of the Top Ten Arizona Women of 1993; the 2001 Lifetime Distinguished Service Award from Muskingum College in Ohio; the Native-American Elder Award from Phoenix Area of Indian Health Services; and in 2003 was honored by the American Holistic Medical Association as a Pioneer of Holistic Medicine. Dr. Gladys has  spoken at TEDx, and has published a number of books, her most recent being The Well-Lived Life: A 102-Year-Old Doctor’s Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age. Since the May 2023 release of this new book, she has been featured in major journals and the press, including the Wall Street Journal, Psychology Today, CNBC, and more. At age 103, her vitality and charisma has charmed Deepak Chopra, Dan Buettner, and over 200 other podcast audiences, and that energy and charm pervades her book.We all want to know the secret to leading a long, happy life, so who better to ask than someone who is 103 years old? And all the more qualified as a doctor and the mother of holistic medicine.

Please enjoy my conversation with Dr. Gladys McGarey.

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