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  • Published: 25 May 2023
  • ISBN: 9780241623428
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $26.00

The Well-Lived Life

A 102-Year-Old Doctor's Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age




Six secrets to health and happiness at any age, from the 101-year-old pioneer of holistic medicine

Dr. Gladys McGarey, the mother of holistic medicine and a still-practicing doctor at 101, reveals her powerful secrets for how to live with joy and vitality at any age.

The Well-Lived Life offers a counterintuitive approach to living a rich, full, and purposeful life that isn't about conserving energy, but rather about spending it wildly. By inspiring readers to find their "juice" and live in alignment with their true purpose, offering them healing at the deepest level - in body, mind, and spirit.

By sharing stories of miraculous healing from her patients as well as from her own extraordinary life, Dr. Gladys will transform how readers think not only about health and healing, but ultimately a satisfying life.

  • Published: 25 May 2023
  • ISBN: 9780241623428
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $26.00

Praise for The Well-Lived Life

You will love the stories, you will learn how to honor your health and your body, and in the end, you'll love life that much more. Dr. Gladys's life and work are an incredible example of ever greater joy and fulfillment as we continue to learn and age into our soul's true purpose. She writes one of those rare gems of a story that teaches as much as it inspires

Dr. Edith Eger, New York Times bestselling Author of The Choice and The Gift

'Refreshingly simple and practical. The good doctor's sound advice feels achievable, and readers will feel inspired and energized'

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Dr. Gladys is a global pioneer who has helped transform our very definition of health and healing. Her extraordinary book will offer millions of readers the simple yet revolutionary secrets to discover true health and happiness at any age

Mark Hyman, New York Times bestselling author of Young Forever and The Pegan Diet

In this age of quick fixes and simplistic solutions to life's problems, Gladys McGarey's approach is just what the doctor ordered. Dr. McGarey speaks to rich and complex truths that will resonate with readers' hearts and minds. She inhabits the real world where body, brain, and spirit are inseparable, and her century of wisdom is infused with science, medicine, and soul

Dr. Robert Waldinger, Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development and New York Times bestselling author of The Good Life

Dr. Gladys is as illuminating as she is engaging. Her important work reveals how each of us can live our healthiest and happiest life by connecting with our true purpose. Her combination of medical knowledge and lived experience will be an empowering guide for legions

Sara Gottfried MD, New York Times bestselling author of Women, Food, and Hormones

Astonishing. Contains so many lightbulb moments it could power the national grid. Truly one of the most inspirational women you'll ever meet

Elizabeth Day, How To Fail Podcast

I want everyone to pick up this book and read it. [Dr Gladys is] an inspiration to me and to many people in the world

Deepak Chopra

If you want to know the secret to living a truly good life then I don't imagine there's anyone you'd be better off hearing from

Jane Garvey, Times Radio

Amazing. A beautiful book which leaves you feeling like you've taken something away. This book is moving as well as being filled with practical wisdom. This is everything and more from 102 years of lived experience, filled with personal stories. Beautifully written

Nadiya Hussain
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