Acknowledgement
I acknowledge and cherish what it means to live, work, and play on the traditional territories of the peoples of the Treaty 7 region in what is also referred to as Southern Alberta, Canada. I am grateful to the original stewards of this land and to those acknowledging, embracing, and honouring their responsibility and leadership today so it can be what it is for us now and for future generations.
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I also extend gratitude to the teachers, leaders, medicines, witnesses, and all other relationships I have experienced and will experience that have enriched my personal journey. I am deeply humbled by the lessons, mirrors, and inspiration that has gracefully been woven throughout my life so that I could become the person I am today and continue to embrace and develop into.
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It is my wish that we may all strive to actively choose to identify and push against how we normalize the conditional human experience - within our circles, within our workplaces, within our communities, and most importantly within our selves.
About Me
My name is Kelley Thompson and I was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta as the oldest of three siblings to two deeply loving parents. I arrived in this place as a result of the courage and care of ancestry stemming from generations of English, French-Canadian, Hungarian, and Scottish descent, and have come to learn more about my heritage connections to the Irish and Acadians as well. While I genuinely resonate with the importance of acknowledging the families we extend from, I also strongly connect with my role in stewardship and active presence that comes with having been born in the stunning foothills of the Rocky Mountains specifically acknowledged as Treaty 7, alongside all other beings who call (or once called) this place home.
I have a very particular orientation towards diving relentlessly into the mysteries and realms of what it means to connect with a greater purpose and potential in life. And through these pursuits, my affinity for exposure and analysis of highly complex and interrelated streams of information tends to perpetually move me through the spirals of self-discovery and authentic re-invention. This has been present in themes across my life in education, ceremony, business and career, self identity acceptance, exercise and diet, routines and patterns, and all kinds of relationships to and with others along the way.
My intention behind offering a container, such as thompkell, into the world is to facilitate access to portals of self-discovery, self-development, self-acceptance, and maybe even self-mastery through a blending and curation of modalities that I have been experiencing, refining, and feeling called to share.
The truth is, you know yourself better than anyone else can or ever will, even if you don’t dive deeply into always unpacking what that means. Consider these offerings as invitations to explore practical tools and subtle conversations with yourself, with some support and encouragement along the way.
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I am here to be all I can be,
and I believe that you are too.
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With love,
Kelley
Professional Highlights
Energy Futures Lab
Sacred Row, Business Potentiator
Foundations of Purpose
UofC MBA, UofA B.Sc.
UofA Lister Hall, Residence Assistant
My Story
video by the incredibly talented Ray Muise