Please join us Wednesday Evening at Sweetwater Brewery to hear Dr. Thomas inspirational message around "Rotary & The Pursuit of Happiness" which describes those actions/behaviors that stimulate feelings of joy and happiness (including engaging in 4-way test actions). Dr. Thomas serves as a coach/consultant, particularly in the field of behavioral medicine and preventive health care, life coaching, leadership training, catalyzing success in others, conflict management, assertiveness training; and stress management. He has developed and leads innovative Seminars about creativity, success, wellness, leadership, self-esteem, education/learning, and relationship enrichment. He is a powerful and inspirational public speaker. In Lloyd’s own words, “Happiness is the mental state of experiencing positive or pleasant emotions, not dependent on events outside your skin. It is the highly individualized and ever-changing dynamic of being alive/conscious and depends on the meaning we give to incoming information…usually by way of the five senses and or what we attend to (like our internal experience). “ Further, according to our speaker, “The mental state of happiness is physiologically related to internal “balance” between pleasure (dopamine etc.) and pain/stress (cortisol). Too much or too little of anything becomes a negative. Plato’s Golden Mean. “ Toward that end, our speaker will point out many daily activities that can contribute to one’s happiness.
Dr. Thomas received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 1970 from the University of Southern California. For the next eleven years, he was the Supervising Psychologist and Director of the Montgomery County Mental Health Services in upstate New York. During that time, he collaborated with State Department of Mental Health to build a new hospital and comprehensive mental health center.
From 1981 to 1998, Dr. Thomas was in individual private practice specializing in behavioral medicine and was on the staff of two hospitals in Schenectady, NY. He also served as a consultant to Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital, working with cancer, post-coronary event, and chronic pain patients and their families. He has also served as adjunct faculty at the University of Southern California, the University of LaVerne, Albany Medical College, and Elmira Graduate School.
Leaving clinical practice behind, Dr. Thomas moved to Colorado in 1998 and became a Certified Life Coach. He has co-authored and published the book, “Total Life Coaching: 50+ Life Lessons to Enhance Your Practice and Your Life”, and over the last 30+ years, has written approximately 1,965 weekly newspaper columns titled, Practical Life Coaching (formerly called “Practical Psychology”).
Lloyd and his wife of 35 years, Darcy, live in Wellington, and have 2 adult children and 6 grandchildren. Lloyd is an avid (addicted?) skier. He also loves hiking, writing and spending time with his children and grandchildren.