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Coaching You to Success

Motivational Speaker • Inclusivity & Creativity Expert • Award-Winning Author • Patient Advocate • Artist • Co-Creative Coach

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About Tonya

Writing Coach, Motivational Speaker, Patient Advocate.

Storytelling and Narrative

As a motivational speaker and writing coach, Tonya supports individuals, organizations, and companies to creatively align their goals with success. Studies show that when creativity is utilized, performance is maximized. As an Award-Winning Educator, Author and Professional Creative, Tonya can coach you to gain insight into how to empower yourself and your team.

Experience as a Queer, Disabled BIPOC

Tonya Hegamin has spent decades committed to challenging the traditional hierarchies of work processes and team dynamics to develop compassionate and ethical leadership. Her experience working in diverse environments, as a patient advocate, and with people who are on the verge of burnout and trauma has honed her skills for effective empathy that builds resiliency.

Want to Evolve your own Highly Productive, Inclusive, and Empowered Ecosystems?

Using emotional and multiple intelligence models accurately for success, Tonya can coach you through your writing and creative projects, work challenges, self-awareness journey, and personal and patient advocate needs to help you access your vulnerability for personal power.

Speaking Topics

Compassionate Leadership

Using Illness and Trauma to Access Empowerment

Put empathy into action.

Using Illness and Trauma to Access Empowerment

Making vulnerability your superpower.

Putting Humanity Back Into Healthcare

Using Illness and Trauma to Access Empowerment

Putting Humanity Back Into Healthcare

Patient advocacy for transforming healthcare systems.

How Vulnerability Can Access Value

Using Play and Creativity for Collaborative Problem Solving

Putting Humanity Back Into Healthcare

Maximize your team's strength by decolonizing hierarchies in the workplace.

Using Play and Creativity for Collaborative Problem Solving

Finding compassionate communication in problem-solving.

Self-Healing in Toxic Workspaces

Using Play and Creativity for Collaborative Problem Solving

Claim peace through workplace boundaries.

Analyzing Stories for Transformative Impact

Access narrative power and create change through storytelling.

Features

Destigmatized: Visible And Invisible Disabilities And Neurodivergence

Balancing Business Needs With Workplace Accommodations: Becoming A Compassionate Leader

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How to talk to your doctors—and get them to actually listen

Destigmatized: Visible And Invisible Disabilities And Neurodivergence

"How do you make yourself heard when you’ve been silenced, ignored, or had your concerns diminished?"

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Testimonials

THE PERFECT BLEND

NURTURES TO TRANSFORM

“Tonya’s presentation style is engaging, supportive, and candid. As a motivational speaker, she works to further the group’s understanding and awareness. Our attendees found the presentation to be a great blend of thought-provoking and enjoyable. Leading up to her presentation, Tonya was responsive and a pleasure to work with.”

—VICTORIA BENYO, DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS CAMP, NEJEDA FOUNDATION INC.

NURTURES TO TRANSFORM

“Generative creativity, radical inclusivity, holistic inquiry: these are the hallmarks of Tonya C. Hegamin’s practice. Collaborating with her as a writing coach opened new corridors of thought within my writing and worldview. Tonya’s insight and guidance transformed my pedagogy and praxis, helping me nurture my creative attunement for my students along the way.”

—MARGOT DOUAIHY, PHD, CO-EDITOR OF CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS ELEMENTS IN CRIME

Reliable Mentor

NURTURES TO TRANSFORM

Reliable Mentor

"Without a doubt, Tonya is one of my role models and mentors. She has honestly and openly shared her expertise. There is no doubt in my mind and spirit that I could have completed my first historical fiction novel without Tonya's professional writing coach support. Her humor, brilliance, and compassion are three outstanding components to how she creates safe spaces for everyone she works with."

—Natasha Gordon-Chipembere, PhD

Welcome

Coaching You to Success

About Tonya

Storytelling and Narrative

Experience as a Queer, Disabled BIPOC

Want to Evolve your own Highly Productive, Inclusive, and Empowered Ecosystems?

Speaking Topics

Compassionate Leadership

Using Illness and Trauma to Access Empowerment

Using Illness and Trauma to Access Empowerment

Using Illness and Trauma to Access Empowerment

Using Illness and Trauma to Access Empowerment

Using Illness and Trauma to Access Empowerment

Putting Humanity Back Into Healthcare

Using Illness and Trauma to Access Empowerment

Putting Humanity Back Into Healthcare

How Vulnerability Can Access Value

Using Play and Creativity for Collaborative Problem Solving

Putting Humanity Back Into Healthcare

Using Play and Creativity for Collaborative Problem Solving

Using Play and Creativity for Collaborative Problem Solving

Using Play and Creativity for Collaborative Problem Solving

Self-Healing in Toxic Workspaces

Using Play and Creativity for Collaborative Problem Solving

Using Play and Creativity for Collaborative Problem Solving

Analyzing Stories for Transformative Impact

Analyzing Stories for Transformative Impact

Analyzing Stories for Transformative Impact

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Features

Destigmatized: Visible And Invisible Disabilities And Neurodivergence

Destigmatized: Visible And Invisible Disabilities And Neurodivergence

Destigmatized: Visible And Invisible Disabilities And Neurodivergence

How to talk to your doctors—and get them to actually listen

Destigmatized: Visible And Invisible Disabilities And Neurodivergence

Destigmatized: Visible And Invisible Disabilities And Neurodivergence

Testimonials

THE PERFECT BLEND

NURTURES TO TRANSFORM

NURTURES TO TRANSFORM

NURTURES TO TRANSFORM

NURTURES TO TRANSFORM

NURTURES TO TRANSFORM

Reliable Mentor

NURTURES TO TRANSFORM

Reliable Mentor

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