Space for Life

Tommy Thompson
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Space for Life is a podcast with honest conversations designed to help cultivate the space we need for a more fulfilling and abundant life. Despite our culture’s wiring for excess and overload, our souls desperately need the very opposite. Space for Life seeks to help you take small steps into a spacious life .

  1. ٢٥ يونيو

    Greatest Hits: What I Learned from Taking a Year of Jubilee

    Today we're revisiting one of the more meaningful early episodes from Space for Life, a conversation with friend and co-host Patricia Clark recorded shortly after a full year sabbatical he called a Year of Jubilee. Tommy reflects on why he needed to step away, what he discovered when God took the year in a completely unexpected direction, and how creating that space led to a health transformation he never saw coming. Whether or not a full year off is possible for you, this episode is full of wisdom on what it looks like to rightsize your life and recover the rhythm between doing and being. What You'll Hear in This Episode: The biblical concept of Jubilee and why Tommy used it as the framework for stepping away from work he loved.Why Tommy believes he was heading toward burnout but needed a different word to give himself permission to slow down.The unexpected health transformation that came out of clearing his schedule, something he says categorically would not have happened otherwise.The surprising freedom and joy that came from realizing how small he and his work actually are in the grand scheme of things.Why halfway measures like cutting back on one thing never give you enough of a break to actually reset.What Tommy calls mini jubilees, shorter but fully committed disconnects that anyone can build into their life.The balance board metaphor, and why staying in rhythm means constantly adjusting rather than finding a permanent steady state. Timestamps: (0:00) Intro (1:15) Tommy and Patricia reconnect (2:01) What is a Year of Jubilee (5:41) Approaching burnout (9:21) The unexpected health transformation (17:34) The freedom of being small (23:48) What if you can't take a year off (25:42) Mini jubilees done right (32:37) Rightsizing life and finding rhythm Resources / Next Steps: Visit TommyThompson.com for more helpful content and resources from Tommy. If you enjoyed this episode, leaving a review helps others find the show.

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  2. ١١ يونيو

    Greatest Hits: Litt Thompson on Creating Space to Think About What Matters Most

    Tommy Thompson brings back one of the earliest and most beloved episodes from Space for Life, a conversation with his brother and 40-year business partner, Litt Thompson. After a business crisis in the early 1990s pushed Litt to his breaking point, one desperate morning spent alone in a university library set him on a path he has been following for over 25 years. In this episode, Litt shares his five-part formula for carving out intentional time to think deeply about your life, and why he believes it is the second greatest secret to life next to knowing Christ. What You'll Hear in This Episode: The early 1990s savings and loan crisis that pushed Litt and Tommy to the edge of burnout, invisibly and simultaneously.The morning Litt spent alone in a university library with nothing but a legal pad and a pen, and why it became the most productive day of his career.How writing one focused question at the top of a page and going deep unlocks a level of creativity you cannot access in the middle of your normal day.Why so many of our stressors are fears in disguise, and how creating space helps you tell the difference.Litt's five-part formula for intentional solitude, including why place, time, and removing distractions all work together.Why this practice applies to everyone in every stage of life, not just entrepreneurs and leaders.Timestamps: (0:00) Intro (1:25) Tommy introduces Litt Thompson (3:20) The 1989 business storm (5:20) Litt's first day off the freeway (9:37) Legal pad and the blank slate (15:33) From crisis tool to life practice (21:15) Litt's five-part formula (29:18) This applies to everyone Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://tommythompson.org

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  3. ٢٨ مايو

    What It Takes to Be a Sturdy Adult with Keith McCurdy

    Keith McCurdy is back on Space for Life for a follow-up to his episode on raising sturdy kids. This time the focus shifts to the adults, because it takes a sturdy adult to raise a sturdy child. After 40 years in mental health and tens of thousands of families, Keith shares why healthy struggle is the engine of growth, how to stop letting your emotions run the show, and the practices that build the kind of strength to do hard things and stay rooted in what actually matters. What You'll Take Away: Why healthy struggle is the engine of growth and maturity for adults, not just kids.How to stop letting emotions run you with the "no parenting above a five" rule.A simple framework for processing your past: honor what's honorable, respect what's respectable, and forgive the rest.Why most things that feel like emergencies are not, and the question to ask yourself in the moment.The four Ps that keep adults chasing the wrong identity, and what to chase instead.How forbearance and forgiveness function as the glue of every healthy relationship.Why cultivating relationships takes the same intentional effort we give our hobbies and our work.The one small step Keith recommends to start with today.Timestamps:  (0:00) Intro (3:19) Why sturdiness matters now (10:35) Short term happiness vs long term wellness (19:48) We are not victims of our history (25:49) Are your emotions running you (27:14) The emotion Richter scale (38:38) The four Ps of false identity (43:54) Why we should not avoid struggle (54:35) The practice of forbearance (1:03:15) Start small with one thing Resources: Keith's upcoming book, Raising Sturdy Kids, releasing May or June 2026.Basecamp Live podcast with Davies Owens, where Keith has appeared on roughly 50 episodes covering related topics.

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  4. ١٩ مايو

    Shola Richards on Practicing Kindness in an Unkind World

    In this episode, Tommy sits down with Shola Richards, known as The Kindness Extremist and Brother Teresa, to talk about what kindness actually looks like when life gets hard. Shola shares his story of moving from bullying, burnout, and a near tragic moment on an LA freeway to building a global mission around freakishly practical kindness. The conversation gets into the real difference between niceness and kindness, how to handle the toxic people in your life, and why the hardest person to be kind to is usually yourself. What You'll Hear in This Episode: Why kindness takes more courage than most people realizeShola's story of being highly sensitive, bullied, and burned out, and the moment that redirected his lifeThe clear difference between being nice and being kindSix warning signs of a truly toxic person versus someone just having a bad dayThe Just Like Me practice for staying open when you would normally judgeWhy forgiveness is an act of kindness toward yourself, not the person who hurt youA simple courtroom framework for cross-examining your own negative self-talkBox breathing, knowing your triggers, and other tools for staying responsive instead of reactive Timestamps:  (0:00) Intro (4:01) Shola's Story (8:28) Making kindness freakishly practical (14:05) Why kindness takes real courage (16:30) Niceness vs kindness (19:00) Six warning signs of a toxic person (26:23) Are we part of the flood (29:18) The 'Just Like Me' practice (33:24) What forgiveness really means (42:25) Boundaries as a backdoor kindness (45:47) Turning kindness toward yourself (49:29) The courtroom of the mind (55:47) Where to find Shola Resources / Next Steps: Shola's website, thesholarichards.comThe Kindness Extremist PodcastShola on Substack and LinkedInCivil Unity by Shola RichardsGo Together Global

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  5. ٣٠ أبريل

    How to Uncover Your Purpose with Patricia Clarke

    Tommy reunites with close friend and collaborator Patricia Clarke for a rich, wide-ranging conversation on one of life's most important and most misunderstood questions: what does it actually mean to find and live a life of purpose? They bring two completely different approaches to the table, one intuitive and spontaneous, one intentional and structured, and together they land on something that applies to everyone regardless of age, season, or personality type. This is one of those conversations that will make you think differently about your own life. What You'll Hear in This Episode: Why the question of purpose never goes away and keeps changing at every age and stage of lifePatricia's Michelangelo framework: purpose is not something you implant, it is already inside you waiting to be revealedTommy's four P framework for finding your purpose: passion, power, personality, and purposeWhy the things that come most naturally to us are often the things we discount the mostHow accepting your deficiencies, not just your strengths, is one of the most freeing parts of living on purposePatricia's waterfall story from Joshua Tree and why anything done in love has an eternal quality to itWhy your grandmother's mashed potato recipe matters more than you think Timestamps: (0:00) Intro and reunion (3:03) Purpose is a question that never goes away (5:47) Michelangelo and the purpose already inside you (11:08) Patricia's approach: spontaneous, intuitive, looking back (20:12) Tommy's four P framework: passion, power, personality, purpose (33:21) Accepting your deficiencies and living in your lane (44:08) The Joshua Tree waterfall and love's eternal quality (54:56) Closing encouragement for people who feel stuck Resources / Next Steps: Share this episode with someone who is navigating a season of uncertainty about their purpose or calling.

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  6. ١٦ أبريل

    Katherine Wolf on Why Pain Is Too Precious to Waste

    Tommy sits down with Katherine Wolf, stroke survivor, author, and co-founder of Hope Heals, for one of his dream conversations. At 26, Katherine had a massive brain stem stroke that left her permanently disabled, and nearly two decades later she is one of the most compelling voices on suffering, hope, and what it means to live a truly good life in the middle of an impossibly hard one. This is a conversation about what it looks like when good and hard coexist, and why the pain you are carrying right now might be too precious to waste. What You'll Hear in This Episode: Katherine's story: the brain stem stroke at 26 that changed everything and the nearly two years of recovery that followedWhy there is no quota on suffering this side of heaven, and how that reframing actually brings freedomThe invisible wheelchairs we all carry, and why the disabilities nobody can see often do the most damageThe difference between wanting a cure and actually needing healing, drawn from the blind man in John 9What the practice of hope looks like when the feeling of hope is completely goneThe Isaiah 45 passage that became the foundation for Treasures in the Dark and why she chose to gather treasure instead of waste itHow to radically accept your story and trust an unknown future to a known God Timestamps: (0:00) Intro and Katherine's story (7:35) No quota on suffering (11:51) Invisible wheelchairs (14:43) Redefining what good actually means (21:34) Treasures in the Dark and Isaiah 45 (28:18) The difference between a cure and healing (30:18) Practicing hope when you can't feel it (36:04) Hope Heals Camp and radical belonging (45:51) Trusting an unknown future to a known God Resources / Next Steps: Learn more about Katherine and Hope Heals at hopeheals.com. Listen to The Good Hard Story podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Pick up Treasures in the Dark on Amazon. If you are in Atlanta, visit Mend Coffee!

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  7. ٢ أبريل

    Exploring the Reality of the Resurrection with Drew Daniels

    Tommy sits down with Drew Daniels, founding pastor of Boulevard Church in Richmond, Virginia, to explore what the resurrection of Jesus Christ actually means, not just theologically, but historically and personally. They walk through the evidence, wrestle with the hard questions, and land on why a 2000-year-old event still changes everything about how we live today. Drew brings an honest, grounded faith to one of Tommy's favorite conversation topics of the year. What You'll Hear in This Episode: Drew's family inheritance of faith, from a self-taught preacher grandfather in rural Nebraska to his own call to plant a churchWhy Christianity is the only world religion built on the claim that God came to you, not the other way aroundThe historical and extra-biblical evidence that gives the resurrection credibility 2000 years laterWhy Tommy believes the resurrection can't be proven but says the preponderance of evidence is overwhelmingThe C.S. Lewis framework: Jesus is either a liar, a lunatic, or LordWhat Tim Keller meant when he said the gospel changes everythingDrew's raw story of asking God for a week off from belief during the hardest season of church planting, and what happened the next morning Timestamps: (0:00) Intro (3:37) Drew's story (10:31) Why the resurrection matters (22:57) Historical evidence for the resurrection (26:11) The disciples' martyrdom and women at the tomb (34:03) What difference does it make? (50:22) Final Thoughts + Connect with Boulevard Church Resources / Next Steps: Learn more about Drew and Boulevard Church at blvdchurchrva.com. They meet Sundays at 1212 N Arthur Ashe Blvd in Richmond's Scott's Addition neighborhood. Whether you're a person of faith or still figuring out what you believe, they'd love to have you. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://tommythompson.org

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  8. ١٩ مارس

    The Power of Presence in an Age of Distraction and Loneliness with Dr. Nelson Ould

    Loneliness is rising in a world that has never been more connected. In this episode, Tommy sits down with longtime friend and recently retired pastor Dr. Nelson Ould to explore the power and practice of presence. Drawing from decades of pastoral ministry and personal experience, Nelson shares a simple insight: in life’s most difficult moments, people rarely remember the exact words that were spoken, but they always remember who showed up. Together they discuss why distraction and hurry are eroding real connection, why loneliness continues to rise, and how the simple act of being present with someone can transform relationships. They also share practical ways to grow in presence, including listening for open doors in conversation, asking thoughtful follow-up questions, creating margin before important interactions, and checking back in with people after meaningful conversations. In a culture filled with noise and constant distraction, this conversation is a reminder that one of the greatest gifts we can offer someone is our full attention. (0:00) Loneliness, distraction, and why presence matters today (2:16) How pastoral ministry revealed the power of presence (9:39) The biblical foundation of presence and God with us (19:01) Listening for open doors in conversation (22:07) The two enemies of presence, distraction and hurry (29:42) Practicing presence with the people closest to you (32:09) The underrated power of following up with people (40:02) Creating margin and quieting distraction before conversations

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Space for Life is a podcast with honest conversations designed to help cultivate the space we need for a more fulfilling and abundant life. Despite our culture’s wiring for excess and overload, our souls desperately need the very opposite. Space for Life seeks to help you take small steps into a spacious life .

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