Consultant & Coach
Consultant & Coach
Tonya Maveros
Speaker & Coach
It may be cheesy', but I have found it's the cheesy things that make life fun and relationships romantic. So here are a few fun facts about me!
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My favorite sound is gravel/pebbles crunching beneath my feet while hiking.
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My favorite smell is the culmination of the earth after it rains. From dirt to pavement it creates memories.
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I have traded New Year's resolutions and for a New Year's intention. I maintain focus for the year by creating a short phrase as a reminder ("Patience is where growth happens.").
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In 2025 vacationing taught me that my travels must include elements of adventure and the outdoors (think hang gliding lessons or kite surfing).
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Playing the soundtrack to Chicago (in order) is a requirement anytime there are home improvement projects to be done.
A Bit About Me
I'm excited to see you have found Love Spark and to share a bit about the person behind the business. Love Spark was founded for many reasons, but the primary reason was because I never wanted couples to experience the pain I felt in feeling lost on how to create and maintain a healthy relationship. My journey in love, like so many others, is a complicated one that has allowed me to better understand my role in creating a healthy relationship and the role I played in the demise of my first marriage.
You read that right, I'm on marriage number two.
While some may see that as a sign of failure, for me, it was my greatest lesson in love. It was the pain of living in a platonic marriage, attempting years of therapy and numerous therapists, and a divorce that caused me to examine my role. After doing my own work, I began to date and quickly found a person who also had done their own work. We created an intentional relationship at the very beginning by creating boundaries, agreeing to relationship goals, and committing to 100% candor in how we communicated.
The funny part was, we naturally followed the order of the Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work without even know them. It wasn't until I got more curious and learned of the Gottmans and the seven principles they distilled down from over 40 years of research, which had been doing all along! I had always known my purpose was to help people, and this was it!
My experience that follows will seem random, and to some, misguided(?) but I promise there is a beauty in it. Each time I left a career path for something seeming non-related, it was a deeper wisdom guiding me to all that I needed to become who I am today. A consultant and coach with experience unlike no other. A consultant and coach that is meant to guide couples in creating, or repairing, healthy relationships.
Experience
2022 - Present
2020 - 2022
2016 - 2020
2011 - 2017
2008 - 2011
As a Gottam Seven Principles Leader, Certified Credit Union Financial Counselor, and Financial Educator I help individuals and couples understand how psychology and emotions impact their lives I a holistic way. Understanding this, makes communication, goal setting, and planning feel less overwhelming. I am currently attending University of Michigan - Flint to complete my undergraduate in psychology.
Becoming a Certified Life and Leadership Coach allowed me to gain the skill of asking thought, and self-reflection, provoking questions to guide individuals to change. Most often clients worked with me to change habits, behaviors, and attitudes that kept them from achieving goals and growth.
Physical intimacy is a difficult topic for many cultures, especially in American culture. As an Intimacy Consultant it was a pleasure to help couples and individuals better understand their bodies, engage in meaningful dialogue about intimacy (physical & emotional), navigate the impact that life can have on these two important topics.
There is never a shortage of uncomfortable conversations as a Police Officer. This is where I learned the skill of talking about difficult topics and how I navigated every conversation after this position. Working in a college town accelerated my growth in this area because it required me to adjust the way I spoke based upon age and culture, to create a shared meaning from our dialogue.
This was the moment of my life as I ruled as a Domestic Manager. Patience was the name the game as I raised our son. As many people know, domestic responsibilities are widely unacknowledged while the job requires a significant amount of time, energy, flexibility, planning, and preparations. Domestic management also requires the handling of numerous asks that would be handled by many different professionals. During this time I completed my A.A. Degree in Criminal Justice to enter the police academy in the winter of 2011.
2003 - 2008
The first life and relationship altering conversation I had was with my previous husband when he told be he wanted to enlist in the Army, just as the U.S. was staring the war in Iraq. For five years I supported him through two deployments. I also supported other spouses as a Family Readiness Group Leader in Fort Carson, CO. That was the beginning of seeing what it an honor it was to work with couples during difficult moments of their lives.
If you feel like I would be a good fit to guide you through part of your relationship journey then use the button to select the service that works best for you.