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Coach Thom

@spark.fit
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Wellness Coaching Hiker, Camper, Writer Rural and Gay (he/his/him). 🏳️‍🌈 Lightly Spiced and often NSFW #blacklivesmatter #translivesmatter #magic #getoutside Insta: @sparknandf Coaching: spark.fit

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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 1h
Ending my evening with a cup of chamomile and a bit more journaling feels good. Writing group was a beautiful reminder to have fun with crafting a story. The voices that hold me back are just echoes of a critic that holds no real power. Tonight’s sleep will be deep. G’night
Bald man in a black tee with a silvery beard
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 4h
Checking my Fire Watch app, now that fire season has wound down a lot, means getting some amazing images from the variety of cameras that are out there.
screen shot of a wilderness camera in Oregon
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 5h
Off to writing group!
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 14h
Laramie, Wyoming. ❤️‍🩹
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 07/10/2026
A walk-n-talk date? YES.
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 06/10/2026
Gorilla mode 🦍
Man at the gym
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 06/10/2026
huh. fancy that. we chose the same color today!
band of a bright neon green jockstrap
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 06/10/2026
My simple, beautiful birthday adventure reminded me that I live here because it’s a place where I can be me - all of me - without fear. Awkward, bumbling, goofy, sparkly, intense, curious me, without fear or shame. That realization was the keystone piece I hadn’t realized over my first year back.
bald man with a large silvery beard
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 06/10/2026
What I kept running into, over the last year, as I tried to make local connections, meet new faces, and resume my old life here, was a definite feeling/signal of “not yet.” I wasn’t actually here-here. I wasn’t actually available, or held capacity for relationship-building like I do now.
sunrise from Powell Butte Nature Park, Portland, Oregon
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 06/10/2026
I spent the last year resettling myself after the sojourn to the desert. It has, in fact, taken me the entire year to fully settle, and expand my sense of the word ‘home.’ I think I set expectations that I’d hit the ground running, that I’d just pick up where I left off, that it would be easy…
man in flannel and hoodie wearing glasses and a cap
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 06/10/2026
Cozy beanie hoodie blanket mornings are my fave. Good morning from me and my beard! ✨🦍💗
Man wearing a floofy beard and black beanie
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 06/10/2026
I may be pushing myself a bit too hard and am really going to lean into a rest day ASAP. I do like tracking my training load, and getting this bird’s eye view of effort. It is a metric I’ve come to need in order to make wiser choices.
graph of perceived exertion from Apple Health
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 05/10/2026
Digging into Beard Strength. 🩶💚
Bald man in green tank
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 05/10/2026
Our first proper autumn foggy morning has arrived! And I found a gorilla in the mist 🦍
Bearded man standing in a foggy backyard
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 05/10/2026
Because I definitely need to be reading three different books at once, each to match the vibes I feel throughout the day. 😅 — This is a practice I am familiar with through my recovery work, and I want to understand it better, and share what I learn along the way 🪷
Cover of “The Power of the Pause” by Jillian Pransky
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 05/10/2026
In this house, we keep the Tension Tamed 🫖 In this house, there’s always a spot on the couch for you. In this house, showing up, as you are, is celebrated. In this house, you are welcomed. ✨
a black mug with the words “papa bear” over a paw print, filled with herbal tea
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 05/10/2026
Good morning 🩶🤍
Bald man with a floofy beard
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 05/10/2026
These are an amazing bit of plant evolution. AGGRESSIVELY sticky/pokey grass seed pods got caught on my beach blanket and they need pliers to remove them
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 05/10/2026
Well, that’s Halloween sorted. 👾💜
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 04/10/2026
Ayeeee
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 04/10/2026
Freshly-shorn noggin & throat, lunch in my belly, bag packed with all the things. Waiting on a friend and then we are off!
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 04/10/2026
Yup. Day 3 back at it and the body is saying THANK YOU.
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 04/10/2026
Gone to Church 💙✨💪
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 04/10/2026
Thank you to my client who gave me a birthday treat gift card. Coffee now, more coffee later ✨
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 04/10/2026
This notebook with a freshly-filled fountain pen is READY for more morning reflections and thought-gathering activity. My next addition to my journaling practice is going to be as I prepare for bed. 🖋️💙✨
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 04/10/2026
I love the colors of dusk.
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 03/10/2026
Just got one of the presents from my Throne list and THANK YOU!!! 😍💙🖋️
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 03/10/2026
Getting Sum ✨🩵💪
Beardo at the gym
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 03/10/2026
Find the Good
Bald Beardo in a tee that reads “Find The Good”
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 03/10/2026
Enchantment isnt about magical thinking; it is about being fully present in the world.
Enchantment isnt about magical thinking; it is about being fully present in the world.
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 03/10/2026
My next read.
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 03/10/2026
I started this day with an extraordinary client session. I ended this day with an extraordinary client session. It’s been about .07 seconds since I last said this, but my life is… extraordinary. So thankful. SOOO thankful. 🥰
happy bald man with a beard in a hoodie
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 02/10/2026
that was a *challenge* www.my9albums.com/s/oorbjwIzVz
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 02/10/2026
Burrito // Post-Burrito Nap xx
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 02/10/2026
I touched Zone 5 cardio and started to consider who my designee should be in case of a mortal cardiac event. And then I let that shit go and enjoyed the challenge.
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 02/10/2026
MUCH. EXCITE. ✨🦍💪
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 02/10/2026
Those limiting beliefs? The stories you tell yourself - and share with others that hedge you in, dim your light, that mask as “humility” but are actually trained silence? Yeah. Let that shit go. Be your true self.
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 02/10/2026
Good morning! Coffee’s on and Coach is ready for this day :) Let’s show up with some openness, curiosity, and a sprinkle of mischief, shall we? ✨🍂🧙‍♂️
bald bearded man holding a fresh cup of coffee
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 02/10/2026
There. Home. Absolutely *saturated* with generosity, warm and kind words, thoughts, feelings, and so many beautiful photos and moments from this entire day. Best birthday so far? YES. THANK YOU.
Overwhelmed beardo
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 01/10/2026
Stop 5: Trillium Lake Mount Hood National Forest.
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 01/10/2026
Ethereal
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 01/10/2026
Stop 4: Sagebrush Obtained. This scent brings me uncanny calm. It grows in my favorite biomes and always reminds me to find bigger, open spaces.
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 01/10/2026
I can’t explain it, but this is what healing looks like for me.
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 01/10/2026
You know what rabbit hole I feel like I’m gonna fall down next? These. It’s a Masonic lodge from 1906 in Dufur, OR, but these are ***everywhere*** and I literally know nothing about them other than it was a fraternal (men’s) social club - and even that I’m not sure about. BUT I AM CURIOUS.
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 01/10/2026
Holy moly have I located a *gem* Dufur, OR. Dufur Market. Absolutely adorable spot, full of things that I’ve also enjoyed getting through Azure Standard (an alternative way to get really great grocery products, based out here) azurestandard.com
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 01/10/2026
Stop 3: Rowena Crest I haven’t seen this view since 2024, and it absolutely welcomed me back. Bonus Mt Adams sighting over the horizon
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 01/10/2026
A pull-off to take the top down? AYE.
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 01/10/2026
Stop 2: Artifacts Books, Hood River — Picking up two amazing little treasures and meeting an agnostic queer person behind the counter was precisely why I stopped. Hood River always makes me feel like I belong here. Today feels absolutely the same feels. 🥰
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 01/10/2026
Stop 1: Bonneville Fish Hatchery to say hello to the sturgeon and trout.
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Coach Thom @spark.fit · 01/10/2026
It’s the best month ever
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