WRITER-SPEAKER-FOUNDER
Dr. Gladys, as she is best known, has written and lectured extensively. She authored two holistic classics:" The Physician Within You: Medicine for the Millennium (Health Communications, Inc., 1997)", and " Born to Live (Gabriel Press, 1980)", and co-authored "There Will Your Heart Be Also", a book about home and marriage. She continues to write numerous articles for health publications, both as a columnist and feature writer. Of note is a health survey she wrote for National Geographic Research and Exploration. Her public speaking career bridges four decades during which she has shared the podium with Andrew Weil, Depoch Chopra, Wayne Dyer, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, and other notables who became her associates in the American Holistic Medical Association, which Dr. McGarey co-founded in 1977. The Gladys Taylor McGarey Medical Foundation, over which she currently presides, has promoted holistic health education and research since 1989. In addition to the aforementioned A.R.E. Clinic in Phoenix, she co-founded The Scottsdale Holistic Medical Group where she practiced with her daughter, Helene Wechsler, M.D,. from 1989 to 2004. In 2004, Dr. Wechsler opened a new practice, Scottsdale Private Physicians, at 10900 N. Scottsdale Road, where Dr. Gladys sees patients one day a week. She helps patients through difficult times with "life coaching", dream interpretation and her own form of "Living Medicine". Appointments with her may be scheduled by calling 480-483-2374.