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On January 22nd, 2010, I became Grandpa-T with the birth of my first granddaughter — Allie Hawks. Twelve days later, I walked into surgery for my newly diagnosed pancreatic cancer.
For the next sixteen-plus years, the name Grandpa-T became everything to me. Not just what my grandchildren called me, but who I chose to be. A man who loved deeply, showed up fully, and refused to let the fight steal my connection with myself and others while facing the most difficult time of my life.
Grandpa-T Living Connected is for…
- Anyone searching for meaning in difficult moments
- Cancer patients navigating uncertainty
- Caregivers carrying more than they show
- Medical professionals seeking deeper connection
How this works…
Choose any of the three doors below:
- Read the books
- Experience Connection with Grandpa-T
- Join the Grandpa-T Living Connected Community
The books are a beautiful place to begin. But if you’re carrying something heavy right now, don’t wait. Join the community — it’s free, and you don’t have to sit with it alone. It’s where you’ll find people in your situation, and me, most days of the week.
Come sit a while. The door’s open.
Grandpa-T and Allie 2010
EXPERIENCES
Grandpa-T Living Connected - Keynotes & Speaking Engagements
Tom brings a unique blend of storytelling, humor, and lived experience to every talk—creating moments that resonate long after the event ends.
Perfect for:
- Anyone searching for meaning in difficult moments
- Cancer patients navigating uncertainty
- Caregivers carrying more than they show
- Medical professionals seeking deeper connection
Audiences walk away with more than inspiration.
They leave with a renewed sense of connection, purpose, and perspective.
Grandpa-T Living Connected - Retreat
Some things can’t be handed to you in a pamphlet. They have to be felt — in a room, with other people who get it.
At Hawks Landing, small groups of eight gather around a table, not a podium, to tell the truth about the gray middle. The part nobody warns you about. The loneliness that shows up after the all-clear, when the cards stop coming and everybody else has exhaled and moved on.
This isn’t a support group. It isn’t a lecture. It’s a porch with the light left on.
Over our day together, we’ll share stories, sit with what’s real, and walk through the 5 Pillars of Living Connected — plain language for what you’ve been feeling but couldn’t name. You’ll leave with a small circle of people who see you, and a simple plan to carry home.
Surviving and living aren’t the same thing. This is where you start living connected.
For groups of eight — $75 per person.
If you lead a cancer support group, a Livestrong cohort, or any circle of people walking through illness and loss, bring them to Hawks Landing. One day. Eight chairs. A door that’s open.
Grandpa-T Living Connected - Coaching
Sometimes you don’t need a room full of people. You just need one honest voice, one-on-one.
This is a chance to sit down with me, just the two of us.
WHO THIS IS FOR
- Anyone going through tough times
- Cancer patients and survivors
- Caregivers and families
- Healthcare Professionals and Teams
DETAILS
Meet by Phone, FaceTime or Zoom
Group Size:
One-On-One
Duration:
6 - 30 minute weekly sessions
COST:
$300/Person
STEP INTRO SOMETHING MEANINGFUL
If you’re ready for something more than a typical workshop—this experience is for you.
JOIN OUR COMMUNITY
The Grandpa-T Living Connected Community is not a group you join—it’s a way people choose to show up in the world, together. It can be anywhere like the Red Chair Lounge in Naples, NY.
At its core, it’s a community of people who prioritize connection over isolation, presence over performance, and meaning over speed.