by Tonya Marie | Feb 8, 2026 | Sacred Disruption & Breaking Cycles
Why Most Stories Are Missing Important Context I don’t talk about my previous career very often. For fifteen years, part of my work was to listen to stories for a living. Not just what was said, but what wasn’t. I was trained to notice the shift between point A and...
by Tonya Marie | Feb 8, 2026 | Sacred Disruption & Breaking Cycles
How Social Media Hijacks Our Emotions Social media hijacks emotions more often than we realize, and it affects more than just what we think. After noticing how quickly certainty forms, I started paying attention to something deeper. Not just the opinions, but the...
by Tonya Marie | Feb 8, 2026 | Sacred Disruption & Breaking Cycles
We Are Forming Strong Opinions About Stories We Only Know in Part I’ve started noticing how quickly certainty forms…in comment sections, in group texts, around dinner tables. A story gets told. A version gets repeated. And before long, we’re sure we know what...
by Tonya Marie | Jan 27, 2026 | Sacred Disruption & Breaking Cycles
Insight Isn’t Instruction: Why We Need Time to Integrate Before We Act One of the patterns I keep noticing…both in my own life and in the people around me…is how quickly we move from insight to action. A realization lands.Something becomes clear.The ah-ha...
by Tonya Marie | Dec 21, 2025 | Sacred Disruption & Breaking Cycles
How to Handle Toxic Holiday Gestures: The Truth About Seasonal Manipulation The holidays are meant to be warm, generous, and full of connection. But there’s another pattern that shows up this time of year…quiet, subtle, disguised as kindness. Seasonal...
by Tonya Marie | Jun 4, 2025 | Sacred Disruption & Breaking Cycles
How to Grieve the Version of You That Played It Safe There are versions of ourselves we wore like armor. The good girl. The fixer. The pleaser. The one who kept quiet to keep the peace. The version who showed up perfectly so she wouldn’t be questioned. And...