EP. 97: REFLECTIONS ON HAPPINESS FROM 80 YEARS IN MEDICINE

WITH GLADYS McGAREY, MD

A 104-year-old physician and co-founder of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine shares how finding love and human connection are key to healing and happiness.

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Episode Summary

Born in India in 1920, Gladys McGarey, MD has a life story marked with various pivotal moments of the 20th century. She witnessed Gandhi's Salt March in her final childhood days in India, arrived in the US in the midst of the Great Depression, began medical school four months before the US joined the Second World War, and became a physician at a time when few women were accepted in the profession. She would later co-found the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine and the American Board of Integrative Medicine. At over 100 years old, Dr Gladys, as she likes to be called, is still practicing medicine. In 2023, she published The Well-Lived Life: A 100-Year-Old Doctor’s Six Secrets to Health and Happiness At Every Age, in which she details her approach to a happy life by focusing on finding love and purpose. 

In this episode, Dr Gladys joins us to discuss her remarkable journey in medicine, what holistic medicine means to her, her own experiences with cancer, the healing power of love and human connection, and more.

 

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Dr. Gladys can be found on Instagram at @begladmd.

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