Tommy Thompson

My name is Tommy Thompson and I am an author and podcaster. After 30 years as an entrepreneur across many industries, I made a change to being a Life Coach, author and podcaster. I wrote Space to Breathe Again in October 2020, and my podcast, Space for Life, is nearing 100 episodes. The podcast seeks to help people in the practicalities of creating space in their lives for relationships, purpose, joy, and intimacy with God. It seeks to bring faith into the conversation without being exclusively for already-believing Christians.

My story weaves through a period of intense overload and stress from running four different businesses, being an elder at our church, and raising a new family. Through that dark season, God taught me the life-giving practice of creating space in my life. He showed me His gift of Sabbath. He led me to early morning green pastures, and I began to breathe again.

Little did I know that He was preparing my wife and me for the most difficult storm imaginable, the diagnosis of stage 4 cancer for our 20 year old daughter. She battled cancer for almost 7 years, dying in November 2016.

Our story is of how God met us and guided us in a long season of suffering. He taught us that creating space both helps us survive and equips us to thrive. In a world of consuming stress and anxiety, constant noise and distraction, and overload and exhaustion, I hope to encourage others in practical ways to a better way of living.