Surviving a Life-Changing Injury: Gay’s Big Adventure

The Big Leap

Gay Hendricks & Mike Koenigs

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Freedom, Decisions, Mental Health, Business, Relationships, Genius, Education, Success, Beliefs

5 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Mike has an extraordinary episode for you today, one that is a soul-touching testament to resilience, recovery, and the human spirit.

Gay shares a remarkable and deeply personal account of his recent adventure – a harrowing, yet enlightening experience following a serious accident.

This episode isn't just about a physical healing journey; it's a spiritual odyssey filled with profound insights that arose from an unexpected ordeal. Those who struggle with imprints that command and control our lives, sometimes without us being aware of their presence, can relate to Gay's story.

Gay talks about an unfortunate accident that had him immobilized for weeks, forcing him to pause and look within. In these solitary moments, he uncovered deep-seated imprints from his early life. This episode is an exploration of how a painful physical experience can bring to light life-altering realizations about self-worth, existence, and mortality.

Gay’s candid narrative is nothing short of a modern-day hero's journey, a testament of grace and growth in the face of adversity.

Get ready for a roller coaster of emotions and a treasure trove of wisdom. You'll learn how even the most challenging situations can help us grow and heal in ways we never thought possible.

No matter what stage of life you're in, this episode will resonate deeply and offer a fresh perspective on dealing with personal adversities and unconscious mental imprints.

Gay's story will inspire, motivate, and change the way you perceive life's unexpected turns.

Key Takeaways

(02:27) The worst pain Gay ever felt in his entire life
(10:08) Early primal things arising from the past
(17:59) Passing out multiple times in PT
(28:44) How the accident affected Gay’s feeling about mortality
(36:06) The birth of a new book

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Get Mike's new book Punch The Elephant - https://sales.mikekoenigs.com/
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Transcript

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0:00.0	I had basically nothing to do but do a lot of internal therapy work.
0:06.0	I wasn't going anywhere, that's for sure.
0:09.0	I accumulated a stack of learnings, which I want to share with you.
0:14.0	It brought up some very early primal things from the earliest days of my existence.
0:21.9	I started out my career as an opioid taker at age 78.
0:27.9	You know, I think pain is not something to be resisted.
0:31.9	You know, it's to be opened up to and dialogue.
0:35.0	Well, welcome to Gay's big fall, big leap adventure. Gay has some big dialogue. Well, welcome to Gay's Big Fall, Big Leap Adventure.
0:38.3	Gay has some big news about something that just happened.
0:43.3	It is a giant learning experience.
0:47.3	And if you deal with having an imprint that commands and controls you that you aren't even aware of,
0:57.8	which is kind of a weird thing to bring it up that way, you are going to learn so much in
1:02.6	this episode. And also, if you are concerned about your own mortality or losing mobility,
1:10.1	you were going to learn a ton in this episode. You're going to learn a ton in this episode.
1:12.8	You're going to learn a fantastic healing journey
1:15.0	that Gay has been on Gay.
1:16.9	Well, I did.
1:17.8	I had a big adventure a couple of months ago,
1:20.8	and I've learned so much from it.
1:22.9	And I, in so many ways, I can't imagine any other way I could have learned it.
1:30.5	So I'm very grateful, even though the experience was painful, that I had it and I'm getting
1:36.6	what I've got out of it so far.
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