Dr. Gladys McGarey Interview for Osteopaths - Fri, May 17th, 10am PT / 1pm ET (1 hour)
We are so honored to be able to offer this live interview with Dr. Gladys McGarey FREE for all osteopaths.
Dr. Gladys McGarey is a 103 year-old physician and author of Well-Lived Life. Her parents studied with A.T. Still (imagine that!) She is still seeing patients and rides her trike daily! Wow. She is a joy and inspiration for all.
And there’s so much more! (Keep reading.)
About Dr. Gladys McGarey
Dr. Gladys McGarey, MD, MD( H), was born in 1920 and is internationally recognized as the Mother of Holistic Medicine. As a founding diplomate of the American Board of Holistic Medicine, she has had a family practice for more than seventy years, through which time she has tirelessly championed holistic medicine, natural birthing, and the physician-patient partnership. She is the cofounder and past president of the American Holistic Medical Association (now called the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine), cofounder of the Academy of Parapsychology and Medicine, and was one of the first Western doctors to regularly utilize acupuncture in the United States. Dr. Gladys was also an early advocate for home birth. Her innovations for natural birth include the Baby Buggy program, founded in 1978, which featured a fully equipped paramedical and emergency transport vehicle for home births, and pushed the Arizona hospital system to welcome partners into the delivery room.
For decades, she has worked closely with Edgar Cayce’s Association for Research and Enlightenment (ARE). In 1970, she cofounded the ARE Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona, where she pioneered the integration of allopathic and holistic medical practices, laying the groundwork for the cultural shift that recognizes alternative and holistic medical modalities. She also cofounded the Scottsdale Holistic Medical Group. Dr. Gladys’s work continues through the Foundation for Living Medicine, a nonprofit that works to expand the knowledge and application of holistic principles through scientific research and education.
Dr. Gladys lives and works in Scottsdale, Arizona, where she has recently become a great-great-grandmother. She currently has a life consultation practice, maintains a healthy diet, and achieves a daily 3,800 steps with her walker. She rides a tricycle named Red Bird and enjoys a good piece of cake now and then.
About her book The Well-Lived Life
On these pages, Dr. McGarey shares her six actionable secrets to enjoying lives that are long, happy, and purpose-driven:
Spend your energy wildly: How to embrace your life fully and feel motivated every day.
All life needs to move: How to move—spiritually, mentally, and physically—to help let go of trauma and other roadblocks.
You are here for a reason: How to find the everyday “juice” that helps you stay oriented in your life’s purpose.
You are never alone: How to build a community that’s meaningful to you.
Everything is your teacher: Discover the deep learnings that come from pain and setbacks.
Love is the most powerful medicine: Learn to love yourself—and others—into healing.
In a voice that is both practical and inspiring, Dr. McGarey shares her own extraordinary stories and eternal wisdom—from her early childhood in India and a chance encounter with Mahatma Gandhi to her life as a physician and a mother of six, to her survival of both heartbreak and illness. Dr. Gladys shares her inspiring vision for a healthier and more joyful future for us all, filled with “rich and complex truths that will resonate with readers’ hearts and minds” (Dr. Robert Waldinger, New York Times bestselling author).