Thomas Gilry
Certified Cancer Journey Coach; Survivor

A survivor helping fellow sufferers thrive. I am a 54 year old man living in Switzerland. I was born into and English/Danish family in London in 1966. I grew up in Kent and until 1997 worked as an IT consultant in London. In 1998 I took a job in Sweden and eventually worked in Germany, Denmark, The Netherlands and then ended up in Switzerland. The main reason for the choice of Switzerland was to pursue my love of cycling in the mountains but there was also work here. After a fire in my apartment in 2017 I was eventually diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma. I am a survivor and even while undergoing treatment knew I wanted to help others diagnosed. This brought me to the Cancer Journey.

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An interview with Thomas:

What are your top 5 Clifton Strengths? Command, Deliberative, Adaptability, Connectedness, Competition

What inspires you to get up in the morning? I get up because I do not want to waste a moment of this short time we have.

What are you scared of? I am scared of wasps and not living up to my good intentions

People often underestimate the power of . . . People underestimate the power of thinking positive

If you could have one superpower, what would you choose? My superpower would be to be able to know the root of a person’s pain from touch