About the Founder

“Discipline isn’t a mindset. It’s a daily decision.” - Ray Hendricks

About the Founder

Real strength starts with honesty, structure, and the decision to grow.

Raymond "Ray" Hendricks

Founder, Men of Tempered Strength

Ray Hendricks is a speaker, author, and mentor committed to helping men take back control of their emotions, lead with strength, and build lives rooted in purpose. Through Men of Tempered Strength, Ray shares hard-earned lessons from his own journey. His work blends faith, structure, and honest self-reflection to help men build resilience and lead with integrity. His approach is clear, grounded, and built for real change.

Ray Hendricks is a speaker, author, and mentor committed to helping men take back control of their emotions, lead with strength, and build lives rooted in purpose. Through Men of Tempered Strength, Ray shares hard-earned lessons from his own journey. His work blends faith, structure, and honest self-reflection to help men build resilience and lead with integrity. His approach is clear, grounded, and built for real change.

"I didn’t just survive the fire—I let it forge me.

Now I help other men do the same."

— Raymond "Ray" Hendricks

Raised in Miami, Ray knows the weight of silent battles. He’s faced mental, emotional, spiritual, and financial strain. He’s felt the sting of setbacks and the pressure of expectation, especially as a Black man moving through a world that often misreads masculinity.

His path from turmoil to clarity shaped the foundation of the Tempered book series: Tempered Strength, The Tempered Mind, and Tempered Legacy. These works, along with the Strength in Practice journal, became the backbone of what is now a growing movement.

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