Remembering Dr. Gladys Taylor McGarey
November 30, 1920 - September 28, 2024

Dr. Gladys left this earthly plane Saturday, September 28, heading for new horizons we’ve only dreamt of.

Dr. Gladys leaves behind a legacy of love rooted in the most important secret she shared: Love is the most powerful medicine. She often talked about the 5Ls: Love, Life, Labor, Laughter, and Listening, pointing out that love must accompany each of the other Ls for them to lead to health and happiness. “Once you’re able to receive love, health and happiness will follow. Then the only natural response is to start spreading it to everyone you meet.” We are so very grateful for the love, joy, and wisdom she shared and hope these continue to ripple far and wide.

In regard to the first secret to health and happiness shared in her book “You are here for a reason,” Dr. Gladys wrote: “living with purpose can actually help us live longer – and better. And the joy it brings to our lives will ripple out to the world around us.” She truly lived this way, working tirelessly on her most recent 10-year plan to the very end, and her work lives on through The Foundation for Living Medicine which will continue to work to further Dr. Gladys’ legacy, including her vision for a Village for Living Medicine.

If Dr. Gladys touched your heart, please consider contributing to The Foundation for Living Medicine’s efforts to KEEP her legacy alive through educational programming, media projects and her long held vision to create THE VILLAGE FOR LIVING MEDICINE, a state of the art, health services campus embedded in her philosophy of living medicine.  Thank you for helping us keep her legacy alive.

In honor of Dr. Gladys, let us embrace her mantra “Be Glad” and continue spreading the waves of her love, wisdom, and joy across the globe.

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Remembering Dr. Gladys

I will cherish Dr. Gladys for the rest of my life. Amen.
  • Madonna Roy
Dr. McGarey delivered me into this world on May 13, 1958, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix. According to my father, Richard Ireland, who was friends with the McGarey family, I was the first baby born in Arizona while the mother (my mom) was put under hypnosis, in lieu of drugs. I had the good fortune of speaking to Dr. McGarey in 2016, as she shared recollections of my father. Gladys McGarey–a bright light, indeed!
  • Mark Ireland
Hello from daughter-IL Bobbie. (John’s wife) We are inspired and thankful for all the thoughts and stories you are sharing. Each one is like the square of a beautiful quilt that I think will fill out from all over the world. Thank you for your story/square that shares with everyone more about our dear Mom, Nanni, Friend, … Gladys! BeGlad. I do know in the time I was blessed to spend with her that she was still sending out love and thanksgiving for each of you. She felt your prayers and support and felt confident that the last book she wrote was not the end…rather a solid beginning of her dream of a Village of Living Medicine being created. (add a deep sigh). As family the stories fill our hearts. As the 23rd Psalm of David says. My cup overflows! Again thank you. God’s abundant blessings be upon you. with love, God Abides Bobbie
  • Bobbie G. McGarey
Gladys was a joyful woman to interview and appreciate. Her words, lessons and anecdotes hold so much resonance for everyone. Her sense of humanity, grace and love simply oozed from her. It’s very sad the world has lost her.
  • Alex Brooks
On August 23rd, 2024 I travelled to Arizona from the UK for the first time to interview Dr. Gladys in person. I’ve met one or two exceptional people in my life, but Dr. Gladys McGarey eclipsed them all. Being in her presence was a joy, and I shall forever be grateful to her for granting me that interview and for allowing me to record it. Go well, dear Dr. Gladys. Your light continues to shine but for now, you can rest. A well-lived life complete. My love and blessings to her wonderful family.
  • Ali Norell
Dear Precious Angel Dr. Gladys McGarey, In Life There Are Earth Angels Sent By God To Heal and Restore God’s Divine Love Within The Sacred Heart and Soul Inside of Each of Us – Reminding Us of The Divinity That Dwells Within – The Sacred Life Force That Connects Us All To The Beloved and to One Another – You Sweet Sweet Angel Sister Are Just That – A Blessing Of Heaven On This Earth and Now Through The Veil Restoring Us To Remember The Holy Way Home To Love Being The Most Powerful Medicine. May You Rest In Eternal Peace and Thank God For The Miracle of You! All My Love Forever and Always, Paul ❤️
  • Rev. Dr. Paul Luftenegger
Dadi ( grandma) Gladys is what we called her and I met my wife under while we volunteered to provide the medical care at the children’s home that her parents started in early 1900s She left indelible impression on me to give and love. She will be missed Khuda hafiz Dadi Phir milengay
  • Dinesh Taylor
Dadi ( grandma) Gladys as I called her inspired me and my wife to give and give to the world and share and love. My love for my now (wife ) blossomed under her wings and she watched like a grandmother watching us falling in love and then she was there for our wedding ceremony and blessed us while she recalled the story of meeting my wife under her wings. And then in 2005 I met her in Baltimore, then she welcomed me to the Taylor family with a big hug and awarded me Taylor name with her brother dr. Carl Taylor She left indelible memories for me and sweet memories to cherish forever Much love she will be missed
  • Dinesh Taylor
Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the beautiful celebration of the life of Dr Gladys Taylor McGarey. Dr Gladys gave me the hope and inspiration to realise that growing old is not a limitation but a new beginning of endless opportunities and possibilities. That health and wellbeing is notto be taken for granted. It is not something that just happens but, in fact, the great miracle of the human body – and indeed the miracle of our Earth – will respond with miraculous powers of healing and renewal, when treated with the respect that both deserve. Dr Gladys gave me so much hope and helped me to resolve that I must continue to try and help heal the hurts of humanity and continue with my lifelong commitment to try and make the world a little better because I lived. We never met. Dr Gladys never knew of my existence, but she touched me deeply and helped me to recover my juice as she did for millions across the globe. The statement of intent in my 10,000 Days Hope Initiatives in the link below owes much to her inspiration and universal encouragement: https://donmullan.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Hope-Initiatives-International-Full-Deck.pdf And, like Dr Gladys, I too am dyslexic. Thank you dear family of Dr Gladys Taylor McGarey for sharing this service with all of her friends from across the globe. I send you heartfelt prayers of kindness and healing from Ireland. Let us all commit to making her spirit live in our expressions of Love, Life, Labor, Laughter and Listening. May the Creator of the Universe be praised forever through our gratitude for the privilege of the life of goodness that was Dr Gladys. Thank you, Don Mullan Ireland
  • Don Mullan

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