Gay Hendricks received his Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Stanford in 1974. After a twenty-one-year career as a professor at the University of Colorado, he founded the Hendricks Institute and the Foundation for Conscious Living, which offers seminars annually in North America, Asia and Europe. Along with his wife, Dr. Kathlyn Hendricks, Dr. Hendricks is the author of over twenty books, including The Corporate Mystic, Conscious Living, and The Conscious Heart. Over the past thirty years they have appeared on over 500 radio and television shows, including Oprah, 48 Hours, and others. They live in Ojai, California.