Tavona was widowed young—but don't mistake her story for tragedy. She's a mother of two powerful boys, a dog mom, a trained massage therapist, reiki master, and a woman who chose to rise, burn, and rebuild on her own terms. Grief didn’t break her; it woke her up. She’s a firestarter in the world of healing—challenging the colonized, sanitized ways we’re told to mourn and instead carving new, raw, and sacred paths forward.

She honors the old ways

Those ancestral blueprints of grieving that were never meant to be quiet or linear. She carries the wisdom of those who wailed by fires, who marked their sorrow in song, earth, and ritual. In her work, grief is not treated as pathology—it’s honored as initiation. A return. A remembering.

Her professional life has been rooted in service

Years in the nonprofit and government sectors advocating for marginalized communities, children, women, lifting voices, and breaking cycles of oppression.

Now, she’s turned that same energy inward and outward, crafting intimate experiences that feel more like medicine.

Wreath workshops that heal with every twist of vine, forest dinners where laughter, tears, and truth have room to breathe, transformational travel experiences where every detail is intentional and every guest seen and held. Every gathering is a portal, a quiet revolution, where grief is honored—not hidden.

She's the founder of Honored Arrivals, a bold travel collective for women grieving and experiencing loss. These aren’t your average retreats.

They’re sacred journeys and reclamations, curated by someone who gets it. She’s walked through fire—and now she’s lighting the way for others.

Through her Hungry Widow Podcast, she’s flipping the script on grief—one unapologetic episode at a time. It’s not just talk; it’s a movement for women who are done with silence, shame, and shrinking.

Her life is proof that you can live fiercely after loss. That joy and pain can coexist. That sisterhood is sacred. If you’re ready to grieve louder, love deeper, and live wilder—join her.

This isn’t just grief work. It’s a rebellion. The revolution in healing has already begun.