Tommy Thompson is with us today to discuss the vital ingredient of space. He is an
accomplished entrepreneur, executive coach, consultant, blogger, husband and dad, and avid golfer. He loves to teach, bringing personal experience, and mixing in personal application. He believes the path to unwavering calm amid the chaos of life is in your hands. His first book, Space to Breathe Again: Hope for the Overloaded and Overwhelmed, shares specific tools to help people find balance in a world overrun with distraction and excess.
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Contact Info
- Website: www.tommythompson.org
- Book: Space to Breathe Again: Hope for the Overloaded and Overwhelmed by Tommy Thompson
Most Influential Person
- My older brother, Mike
Effect On Emotions
- Mindfulness is huge in terms of emotions for me. Because I'm fairly centered in my mind and really being open, then being aware of my emotions is not the most natural thing to me.
- I don't know what I would do if I did not create the space and the opportunity to acknowledge and receive the emotions. I would obviously not be handling those emotions as well.
- That was particularly critical when my daughter was diagnosed with cancer.
Thoughts On Breathing
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The simple awareness and the practice of deep breathing is a powerful de-stressor and a powerful recentering exercise.
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One of my passions in life is golf and I have started to play a little bit more competitive golf. As I now step onto every tee, I take two or three deep breaths. Then, I can feel all of the pressure that is related to it dissipate through my body. Then, I'm prepared to hit a golf shot.
Bullying Story
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In grade school and high school, I was bullied. I was one of the youngest in my class; I was small and was an introvert.
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As well, I was quiet by nature and was easy prey for those who wanted to exert themselves. There were many instances where, if I had stepped back, maybe with the support of others, then maybe I would have realized the emptiness that was behind the bullying. Then, possibly, it would not have had such a deep effect on me.
Suggested Resources
- Book: Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives by Richard Swenson
- App: Use an app on your phone to give you downtime.
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