Hi, I’m Gary Rollins.
I grew up in southeast Ohio near the small town of Gibisonville. I was a country boy who loved the woods, our dogs, and my family. Life was pretty simple: family, friends, school, and church.
My time was largely spent playing basketball, studying for spelling bees, 4-H club, Boy Scouts, and church activities.
As I grew older, my interests grew to include music, as well as leading, learning about and helping people. By my mid-teens, I struggled with the decision of whether to go into ministry or psychology. Ultimately, I chose both.
I have a degree in Theology from Emory University’s Candler School of Theology. I did a clinical internship at Georgia Mental Health Institute in Atlanta and continued schooling and clinical supervision for several years as I began a career in ministry, marriage and family therapy, intensive group weekend experiences, and business consulting. I have implemented my Principle Impact Program in a variety of businesses for over 40 years.
I’m a bit of a renegade. I never cared much about degrees, professional status, or climbing ladders of success. I love looking outside the box to see what might be out there, whether others agree or approve or not.
I love mysteries, magic, and miracles. I love delving into the unconscious, afterlife, paranormal, alternative healing, intuition, imagination, and creativity. I have studied and practiced hypnotherapy, shamanism, spirituality, consciousness, all sorts of healing modalities, lucid dreaming, and dream analysis. I have meditated daily for 49 years.
My current hobbies include good cigars, Atlanta professional sports teams (though they've hurt me deeply and often), and Ohio State basketball and football. I like making corny jokes that most don’t find as funny as I do. I love to play. I thoroughly enjoy teasing and bantering with people, especially my wife and two daughters. I dabble in writing songs and poetry.
I enjoy the satisfaction of fixing something broken. Even though I’m slow and sometimes suck at it, I usually find a way to get things fixed – thank you YouTube!!
Though some might think of me as deep, complex, or even weird, I really see myself as a pretty simple guy who shoots straight and loves to explore things and help people.
My Approach
Gary Rollins is a recognized expert in personal, professional, and spiritual development. His career has spanned 50 years and includes work as an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church, Experiential Psychotherapist, Certified Marriage and Family Therapist, Business Consultant and Trainer, Founder of The Principle Impact Program for building corporate culture and high-functioning teams, Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Certified Ericksonian Hypnotherapist, Certified Mediator, Master Practitioner of NeuroLinguistic Programming, and spiritual guide and teacher. He has mastered tools and techniques in Energy Healing, rapid trauma relief, EFT, EMDR, Guided Imagery, and Shamanic Practices. He has been practicing daily meditation for 48 years and teaches meditation, inner work, dream interpretation, and active imagination. He has provided business consultation and keynote speeches for dozens of companies including Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Merrill Lynch, Pitney Bowes, AT&T, Dekalb General Hospital, Fulton County Government, Dekalb Chamber of Commerce, Real Estate companies, Engineering firms, as well as medical/ dental practices, and law firms throughout the southeast.