In this episode of Your Future Self, I sit down with Dr. Gay Hendricks — therapist, professor, and author of more than 40 books including The Big Leap and Conscious Living.

We explore what it really means to come home to yourself, the power of healing, and the potential that lives within each of us. Gay also shares the 5 cardinal rules of conscious living — practical yet profound guidelines that can help you stop living on autopilot and start creating life by design.

This isn’t a lecture — it’s an intimate, couch-side conversation filled with wisdom, stories, and truths that will stay with you long after you listen.

About Dr. Gay Hendricks

For more than 40 years, Gay Hendricks has served as one of the leading contributors to the fields of relationship transformation and body-mind therapies. Along with his wife, Dr. Kathlyn Hendricks, Gay is the author of numerous bestsellers, including Conscious Loving, At The Speed Of Life, The Big Leap, Five Wishes, and the recently released Your Big Leap Year.

Dr. Hendricks received his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Stanford in 1974. After a 21-year career as a professor at the University of Colorado, he founded The Hendricks Institute. He later co-founded its charitable organization, Foundation for Conscious Living. He is also the founder of a virtual learning center for transformation and a publishing company, and the co-founder of a conscious entertainment company.

Throughout his career, Dr. Hendricks has coached more than 800 executives, including the top management at such firms as Dell Computer, Hewlett Packard, Motorola, and KLM. His book, The Corporate Mystic, is used widely to train management in combining business skills with personal development tools.

Gay is also a mystery novelist, with a series of five books featuring the Tibetan-Buddhist private detective, Tenzing Norbu. In recent years, he has co-created a popular podcast called The Big Leap with Gay Hendricks and Mike Koenigs. He has appeared on more than 500 radio and television shows, including OPRAH, CNN, CNBC, 48 HOURS, and others.