We chat about the long journey to find her voice - as a woman, as a wife and as a mother. We also discuss her dyslexia and how, as a child, it was left undiagnosed and made her feel that she was stupid. We discuss the importance of gratitude, boundaries and being in alignment with our joy.
She joins me to impart her considerable wisdom about how to pursue a well-lived life. The word 'inspiration' is bandied about with a bit too much alacrity these days, but Dr Gladys McGarey truly is one of the most inspirational women you'll ever meet.Īt 102 years old, she's still a practising doctor - she trained in conventional medicine but her innate curiosity led her to explore alternative healing therapies and she became the first physician ever to use acupuncture in the United States, where she is now known as the Mother of Holistic Medicine. How To Fail With Elizabeth Day is hosted and produced by Elizabeth Day. Rachel's book, A Renaissance of Our Own, is out today and available to order here. I barely had to ask any questions because I realised, very quickly, that the most powerful thing was simply for me to shut up and hear her speak. Rachel is one of those people I just want to sit and listen to for hours. We also discuss her upbringing as the child of a disabled single mother, her divorce, her decision to be childfree, what happened when she dropped out of conventional academia, as well as her failures in business and what they have ended up teaching her about who she is. She joins me to talk about her anti-racism work, the 'weathering' effect such work has on Black bodies and her new-found understanding ease and joy have to form part of the same fight for equity.
Her debut book, A Renaissance of Our Own, is out TODAY and asks us to have the courage to live life according to our own values, rather than the ones we might have inherited or been conditioned to believe in. Rachel Cargle is a public academic, activist and author. TW: A heads-up that we talk about racism in this episode, and that we mention the murder of George Floyd and how this impacted Rachel's anti-racism work.
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