Affectionately known around the world as the “Mother of Holistic Medicine,” Dr. Gladys Taylor McGarey is a medical pioneer and visionary. Born to medical missionary parents in the jungles of India a century ago, in a place and time that filled her childhood experiences with imagination about what medicine could be, Dr. Gladys educates viewers about Living Medicine. Guiding viewers through the 5 L’s: Life, Love, Laughter, Labor and Listening, 100 year old Dr. Gladys ushers in the next medical paradigm shift. Dr. Gladys Taylor McGarey is a medical pioneer and visionary

Dr. McGarey was the only female co-founder of the American Holistic Medical Association in 1977. The year 2020 marks her 100th year on planet Earth, as she continues to usher in the next medical paradigm shift, Living Medicine. She is a treasured speaker nationally. She just provided the welcome and opening remarks at the Academy of Integrated Health and Medicine annual conference. She is the author of four books including her seminal book, LIVING MEDICINE, that is being published in November 2020. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.

In this TEDxTalk, Dr. McGarey talks about Living Medicine, as well as how she addresses, health, healing, and the Coronavirus.

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