Alive with Life: A Medical Doctor’s Guide to Live Your Best Life

Dr. Gary Epler’s Alive with Life is a narrative roadmap for living an exhilarating life filled with high energy, creativity, enjoyment, positive experiences, and extraordinary people, which is attained by applying five performance components of well-being and ten health practices. In countries throughout the world, well-being is the barometer of how people feel about their lives, traditionally measured by that amorphous yardstick, happiness. However, new studies have shown that four additional factors need to be added for an accurate measure. These include being engaged in life, finding meaning in life be-yond yourself, recognizing your accomplishments, and experiencing positive social interaction with others. These checkpoints of well-being, combined with Dr. Epler’s ten health practices, have led countless individuals to a healthy, high-energy, and enjoyable life. The health practices include healthy nutrition, sleep, exercise, self-healing, and more. Alive with Life illustrates ways healthy-minded people manage their injuries and illnesses better than anyone else and highlights becoming a people-centered leader for increased productivity, a positive interactive workplace, and business success. Thriving entrepreneurs know that hard work is a necessary precursor to success, and their work ethic has propelled new advances in our lives.Dr. Gary Epler is an internationally-known Harvard Medical School professor and thought leader in health, fitness, nutrition, and people-centered leadership. He is an award-winning author and speaker who has impacted the lives of people throughout the world through his speaking engagements, books, and teaching. He has been called upon by individuals from around the globe who have a rare lung disease that he discovered. Dr. Epler is a successful serial entrepreneur as he has been founder and CEO of three companies including a biotech company, a nutraceutical company, and the current medical consulting company. Dr. Epler has been recognized yearly since 1994 in The Best Doctors in America. He discovered the treatable lung disorder bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP). He found a new parasite in South America, chronicled the nutritional needs of North African children, and managed the tuberculosis program in Southeast Asia. Dr. Epler was Chief of Medicine at the New England Baptist Hospital for 15 years. He strives to educate and has written more than 110 scientific reports and given hundreds of seminars and lectures throughout the world. He was editor-in-chief of an online educational program in critical care and pulmonary medicine. Business Week acclaimed him for his development of e-health educational programs. Dr. Epler was recognized as one of Boston Magazine’s “Top Doctors in Town.”Dr. Epler has run several marathons including Boston, New York, and Paris, where he proposed to his wife; and for their first anniversary, they ran the original Greek marathon together. He has been one of the Boston Celtics team doctors. He is a radio and television personality. He is a Hollywood screenwriter and has written a medical thriller movie, medical drama TV show, and a lifestyle reality TV show. In the community, he coached soccer, basketball, hockey, and baseball. He lives in the Boston area with his wife, Joan.

Dr. Gary Epleris an internationally-known Harvard Medical School professor and thought leaderin health, fitness, productivity and peak performance. He is abestselling author who has impacted the lives of people throughout the worldthrough his speaking engagements, books and teaching. He has been called uponby individuals from around the globe who have a rare lung disease called BOOPthat he discovered. Dr. Epler is a successful serial entrepreneur as a founderand CEO of three companies including a biotech company, a nutraceutical companyand a medical risk management company. He is an award-winning speaker,addressing audiences about health, nutrition, productivity and leadership.
 
Dr. Epler has been recognizedyearly since 1994 in The Best Doctors in America and featured as one of Boston Magazine's "Top Doctors in Town." He found a new lung parasitein South America, chronicled the nutritional needs of North African children,and managed the tuberculosis refugee program in Southeast Asia. He has been a hospital Chief of Medicine for 15 years and a BoardMember. He has written more than 110 scientific publications, given more than500 seminars and workshops around the world, written a medical thriller movieand a medical drama TV show, and is a radio TV personality. He has written fourhealth books in the critically acclaimed "You're the Boss" series about peopletaking charge of their health including Manage Your Disease, BOOP, Asthma, andFood. 
 
Dr. Epler ran several marathons including Boston and New York, andproposed to his wife, Joan at the start of the Paris Marathon; and for theirfirst anniversary, they ran the original Greek marathon together. He is active inthe community as he coached soccer, basketball, hockey, baseball, and clubbaseball at Boston College.Dr. Gary Epler lives in the Boston area with his wife, Joan.