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The Miles to Zen Podcast with Shannon Miles Halliday
Conversations through curiosity, creativity & connection.
Welcome to Miles to Zen, a podcast that celebrates life's delightful twists and turns, no matter where you are on your journey. I'm your host, Shannon Miles Halliday, a follower of curiosity, a mom, a wife, a former corporate executive, a creator and a connector. This show is your companion for navigating the beautifully messy adventure of life. Each episode invites you into heartfelt, inspiring, and expansive conversations, diving into topics like self trust, big moments and big decisions, navigating day jobs and finding purpose, and how can we thrive. You’ll feel uplifted and even enlightened each week as we share stories, and insights that spark your own ideas as well as conversations that offer completely new perspectives.
The Miles to Zen Podcast with Shannon Miles Halliday
A Conversation with Dr. Gay Hendricks: Upper Limiting Problems, Your Genius Zone, Conscious Living & Creativity Later in Life
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On the Miles to Zen podcast, host Shannon Miles Halliday talks with psychologist and author Dr. Gay Hendricks about consciousness, creativity, and the “upper limit problem,” drawing from his decades of work, books (including The Big Leap), and corporate consulting. Hendricks shares pivotal stories: slipping on ice in 1969 and briefly experiencing “pure consciousness,” meeting Ram Dass and discovering meditation, and learning firsthand how self-sabotage can follow rapid growth. He describes shifting from external achievement to inner alignment, writing fiction later in life after an astrologer’s prediction, and a childhood encounter with Elvis Presley. Hendricks emphasizes personal responsibility, the FACT process (Face, Accept, Choose, Take action), and offers guidance for daily life: learn to receive, and remember “breathe, move, love.”
00:00 Ice Fall Awakening
01:28 Meet Gay Hendricks
02:45 Corporate Upper Limits
07:20 Jeans and Comfort
08:42 Coffee Chat Flow
10:25 Fiction After 65
15:12 Ram Dass Encounter
20:49 Meditation Breakthrough
25:14 Pure Consciousness Vow
30:02 Sugar Sabotage Lesson
34:17 Genius Zone and FACT
37:35 Keeping Agreements Matters
38:31 Prison Blame Game
39:39 Owning Your Choices
40:51 Sugar Truths and Biology
42:32 Midlife Confidence Shift
43:00 Vocational Arousal at 50
44:28 Finding Your Genius Zone
45:54 Manifesting and Elvis Encounter
51:25 Early Reading and Writing Roots
54:33 Einstein and Leaving the Groves
57:18 Gardens and Backyard Pests
01:01:09 Music, Art, and Emotional Power
01:03:17 New Genre and Dictation
01:05:46 AI Coaches Portal Launch
01:07:49 Learning to Receive More
01:12:34 Breathe Move Love Finale
01:14:25 Closing Thanks and Outro
The Hendricks Institute: https://hendricks.com/
Created and produced by Shannon Miles Halliday
Original music by Anna Wawrzyniak: www.annawritesmusic.com
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