Today, my family and I celebrate my grandmother, who just turned 100!!! Not only is this beautiful soul 100, but she is pretty darn healthy with a memory that I think is just downright impressive. She can always be found with a book in her hand and anytime I call her, she can recite the names and birthdays of each of her grandchildren and great grandchildren…and that is NOT a small number of people to remember!

As we drive to celebrate her with the family, I am reminded of a book I recently finished. In “The Well Lived Life”, Gladys McGarey talks about a few secrets to her life that she has found to be helpful in contributing to her life as a now 103 year old.

I won’t give away her secrets, but I will say this: I picked up this book hoping to learn some holistic wellness solutions I could offer to my family and clients for longevity (and certainly practice myself). Gladys and her husband were founders of the natural health movement and I am thankful for that!

Surprisingly, this book was more about mindset, trust in the universe, looking inward and accepting what life brings to us—-and those are the lifestyle habits I needed to learn a bit more than anything!

What I took from this book is that we can all achieve our dreams in life despite trauma we may have experienced at some point, healing is so much more than just fixing physical symptoms, and life, though inevitably very hard at times, can be celebrated at any age and stage. Also- aging is NOT as bad as we make it out to be 🙌🏼🙌🏼

I’m planning on incorporating Dr. McGarey’s principles from here on out- as we can all experience a life well lived.

Let me know if you give this book a read too!
To your health, ~Jess