Who We Are

Wild Resiliency Institute

Wild Resiliency Team

We are a networked collection of individuals and organizations with shared passions, values, and missions.

Lead Guide!

"The universe is the only self-referent mode of being in the phenomenal world. Every other being is universe-referent in itself and in its every activity. Awareness that the universe is more cosmosgenesis than cosmos might be the greatest change in human consciousness that has taken place since the awakening of the human mind in the Paleolithic Period." — Thomas Berry

Larry Glover, LISW

Larry is founding director of the Wild Resiliency Institute (2004) and of Paradigm Ventures, Inc (1988). He works with individuals and communities of intention in support of their wild resiliency. During these times of tumultuous challenge and change, loyalty to the wildness within is a radical affirmation of faith in the breath-of-life that animates us,

This affirmation of the breath-of life is born as a gift out of Larry's own life adventures. He has, in desperation, eaten what could be culled out of a garbage dumpster and sold his blood for cash. He has been a professional Forest Fire Fighter, once met a black bear inside his tent, and he spent three months in isolation on top a mountain as a Fire Lookout. As a professional Wilderness Guide, Larry has led transformational land and river expeditions with widely diverse populations, including: youth at risk, convicted murders, pedophiles, rape and incest victims, millionaire entrepreneurs, international business executives, international religious communities and with Native American youth and Elders.

As an organizational consultant and learning coach, his work in the following arenas are now embedded in his Wild Resiliency Coaching and Consulting.

Executive and Leadership Development

High Performance Teams

Circle Wisdom: Accessing the Whole

Creativity: Out of the Box Thinking

Action/Reflection Learning: Train the Trainer

Facilitation Skills: Train the Trainer

Emotional Intelligence

Vision Quests

Larry is known for his facilitative abilities to create and hold space and context in support of individuals and groups. He brings an action-learning orientation to his play and work, as well as an incorporation of poetry, mythology, deep ecology and organic psychology, and an integration of the western and indigenous sciences. Larry is a Licensed Independent Social Worker, a certified NLP Practicioner, and he trained in The Natural Step with Paul Hawkens and Dr. Karl Henrick Robert.

He provides continuing education training for counselors, therapists and social workers through Paradigm Ventures, Inc., as certified by the New Mexico Counseling and Therapy Practice Board: Provider #0073617. Larry is an associate of The Renewal Group (http://www.renewalgroup.com) and a member of The Global Resiliency Network (http://www.globalresiliency.net).

Larry lives in Santa Fe, NM, USA. He is presently obsessed with writing, A Wild Resiliency Within: an ecological, mythic, poetic, and indigenous exploration of human resilience. He can be reached at: larry@wildresiliency.com.

Selected Past and Current Clients of Larry Glover Include:

Center for Creative Leadership
DANA Corporation
Department of Energy
Organizational Development Associates
Hoechst Celanese
Walt Disney Company
EQUIVA Group
United Psychiatric Group Hospitals
DANA Corporation-European Division
Sangre de Cristo Renewal Center
Action Learning Associates
University Southern California IBEAR MBA program
Knoll Group-Switzerland
Royal Bank of Canada

Women's Vietnam Memorial Project

"What you have to say is of life-changing value. Say it. Believe you have made a difference one heart at a time, and we impart what you have imparted to us, and they impart to others! A grateful heart:" — Jerene

"How grateful I am to you for opening my being to truly see and experience the preciousness of each present moment. I so admire your patience, your gentleness, your alertness, your contemplative stance before all God’s creation. Thanks so much." — Julie

"Thanks for a challenging and growth filled wilderness weekend. Your guidance, encouragement, and words of wisdom gave me the courage I needed to enter into the experience. I learned many lessons for life and more will unfold as I continue to process the weekend. It’s an adventure I won’t forget." — Rosemary

"Your sensitivity and reverence for the environment and our relation to it is so impressive. You led us into a deeply moving and spiritual experience. I will always be thankful and will continue learning from the team and the wilderness experience." — Rosie

"I’m grateful for the opportunity you offered us this past weekend. In particular I’m grateful for the presence of you and Dotty and Suzan. Your wisdom and insight was a great gift. I was inspired by the poetry you shared and for the focused attention you offered to each of us." — Ron

"Thoreau said, “Only that day dawns to which we are awake.” Thanks for helping me be “awake” and mindful to all that is dawning on me through the experience of the wilderness weekend. With grateful thanks:" — David

"Thank you for teaching me reverence for nature, breath, and people." — Mike

Tom Wojick

President, The Renewal Group

Tom Wojick is a trainer, consultant, and coach with over 18 years experience as a senior executive in behavioral medicine and health care; he is now a principle and president of The Renewal Group, Inc.

After earning a master's degree in counseling education from the University of Connecticut, Tom served as a leader in several health care organizations. In 1998, in addition to his executive duties, Tom developed and implemented an Institute for Mind/Body Medicine with Harvard Medical School's Mind/Body Institute. This affiliation provided Tom the opportunity to advance his training, knowledge and skills in the field of complementary and integrative medicine. It also ignited his passion for working with individuals and organizations to help them deal with change and to maximize their potential.

Through his association and experience with the Mind/Body Institute and his own self-directed learning, Tom was inspired to create a training and development model to assist individuals and organizations to assess, understand and implement strategies to enhance their effectiveness and performance. He calls his model EcoDomains. His model integrates the science of stress, the neurosciences, resiliency research and emotional intelligence in a wholistic, dynamic approach that is insightful, renewing and revitalizing. The model seeks alignment and attunement with four primary areas of growth and development that can either drain or provide the energy needed to maximize potential or create dissonance and vulnerabilities.

Tom has also taught at colleges and universities on a part-time basis since he began his master's degree work at the University of Connecticut. Currently he is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Richmond's Robins School of Business Management Institute. He teaches a course entitled "Leadership-Achieving Results The Emotionally Intelligent Way". Tom also taught courses for undergraduates at the University entitled "Success Over Stress-Maximizing Your Potential" and courses in Mind/Body Medicine for the school of Continuing Education.

The role of trainer and consultant are not new to Tom. Throughout his executive career he worked on selected projects and programs in partnership with other consultants with clients such as Disney and Texaco. In his leadership roles his philosophy was to engage his management teams in developing leadership potential and in implementing employee and customer programs that focused on creating cultures and climates of commitment, loyalty and service excellence.

Tom's self-directed learning and quest for information and tools to assist individuals and organizations to enhance their effectiveness lead him to Q-Metrics and Essi Systems who developed the EQ Map and the Resiliency Map respectively. The Maps are self-administered and scored assessments that provide feedback to individuals on their EQ and resiliency strengths and vulnerabilities. Tom was certified in 2001 by Q-Metrics in the use of the EQ Map, which is based on the work of Dr. Robert Cooper and his well-known book, Executive EQ: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership and Organizations, and Esther Orioli, the CEO of Essi Systems. Tom's commitment to bring the power of emotional intelligence to individuals and organizations resulted in further training and certification by Six Seconds, an internationally recognized leader in the field of emotional intelligence, in 2001.

Tom's consulting and training clients are varied, including business, health care, government and educational organizations and individuals. He has presented at national conferences and conventions. Participants of his workshops and presentations have characterized his work as inspirational, life changing and motivational.