{"id":13,"date":"2024-02-26T11:30:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T11:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2024-02-28T13:52:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T13:52:12","slug":"about-tom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/about-tom\/","title":{"rendered":"About Tom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n
\n
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Everyone is on a journey, including me. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I certainly don\u2019t have all the answers, but I believe life is about loving, learning, and experiencing new things.  Let me share a few thoughts about my own path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First of all, I have been around for a while working on getting better at helping others get better.  I love to learn, to explore, to grow, and to stretch myself, and I seek to inspire others to do the same.  I view my work with clients as a partnership in discovery, starting with wherever they are now and focusing on where they want to get to.  I also learn from each client as I share in their journey and that keeps my work exciting and rewarding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to my clinical practice, I have worked as an internal consultant for three major corporations. I also co-founded and ran a leadership development company and worked with leaders from for-profit and non-profit industries for eight years.  At this stage of my career, I have narrowed my focus to writing, counseling, and coaching in the areas of emotional and spiritual well-being.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

As you can see from this website and my newsletter, I am working on the project of writing my next book, focused on understanding various Perspectives of Grace: An Integral Path for Healing Religious Shame.<\/strong>  I am drawing on my own experiences and those of many clients who have struggled with religious shaming.  It is an area of passion for me, and I have spent several years reading and researching on this topic.  I hope you will join me on the journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things I am dedicated to: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  • Growing in faith and spiritual awareness<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Being a loving husband, father, and grandfather<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Expanding capacity for myself and others to be more loving and courageous<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Inspiring imagination and genius<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Continuous learning<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Being the best counselor, coach, author, and leader that I can be<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Cycling, skiing, and outdoor fun<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Friendship, music, travel, laugher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Credentials:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    • Advanced degrees in psychology, social work, and human resource development<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Certified leadership coach<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • LICSW, ACSW<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Member of NASW<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      I realize this is just a snapshot and it is sometimes hard to know who to trust or to work with.  Feel free to contact me with any additional questions you may have. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Warm regards,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Tom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Everyone is on a journey, including me. I certainly don\u2019t have all the answers, but I believe life is about loving, learning, and experiencing new things.  Let me share a few thoughts about my own path. First of all, I have been around for a while working on getting better at helping others get better.  […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nAbout Tom - Grow It Forward<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/about-tom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About Tom - Grow It Forward\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Everyone is on a journey, including me. I certainly don\u2019t have all the answers, but I believe life is about loving, learning, and experiencing new things.  Let me share a few thoughts about my own path. First of all, I have been around for a while working on getting better at helping others get better.  […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/about-tom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Grow It Forward\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-28T13:52:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/integral-img.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/growitforward.com\\\/website_7659a868\\\/about-tom\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/growitforward.com\\\/website_7659a868\\\/about-tom\\\/\",\"name\":\"About Tom - Grow It Forward\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/growitforward.com\\\/website_7659a868\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/growitforward.com\\\/website_7659a868\\\/about-tom\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/growitforward.com\\\/website_7659a868\\\/about-tom\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/growitforward.com\\\/website_7659a868\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/integral-img.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-26T11:30:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-28T13:52:12+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/growitforward.com\\\/website_7659a868\\\/about-tom\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/growitforward.com\\\/website_7659a868\\\/about-tom\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/growitforward.com\\\/website_7659a868\\\/about-tom\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/growitforward.com\\\/website_7659a868\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/integral-img.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/growitforward.com\\\/website_7659a868\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/integral-img.png\",\"width\":585,\"height\":845,\"caption\":\"integral-img\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/growitforward.com\\\/website_7659a868\\\/about-tom\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/growitforward.com\\\/website_7659a868\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"About Tom\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/growitforward.com\\\/website_7659a868\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/growitforward.com\\\/website_7659a868\\\/\",\"name\":\"Grow It Forward\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/growitforward.com\\\/website_7659a868\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"About Tom - Grow It Forward","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/about-tom\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"About Tom - Grow It Forward","og_description":"Everyone is on a journey, including me. I certainly don\u2019t have all the answers, but I believe life is about loving, learning, and experiencing new things.  Let me share a few thoughts about my own path. First of all, I have been around for a while working on getting better at helping others get better.  […]","og_url":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/about-tom\/","og_site_name":"Grow It Forward","article_modified_time":"2024-02-28T13:52:12+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/integral-img.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/about-tom\/","url":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/about-tom\/","name":"About Tom - Grow It Forward","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/about-tom\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/about-tom\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/integral-img.png","datePublished":"2024-02-26T11:30:10+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-28T13:52:12+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/about-tom\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/about-tom\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/about-tom\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/integral-img.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/integral-img.png","width":585,"height":845,"caption":"integral-img"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/about-tom\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"About Tom"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/#website","url":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/","name":"Grow It Forward","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":557,"href":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/growitforward.com\/website_7659a868\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}