About Me

Hello! I’m Maya Tyler, Author of Bounce Back Better: How To WIN After Great LOSS, and founder of the Bounce Back Project.com.

Little bit of background story? The original Bounce Back Project was my personal experiment to to help myself, a survivor of tragedy, create and successfully execute a plan to take back control of my life. Once that was a success (yay!) I wrote a book about it, to help others heal using my journey.

Recently I've just introduced a NEW PREMIUM 8-week online intensive class that helps others reinvent themselves after major setbacks and tragedy too!

I'm talkin' the REAL steps to regain stability, independence, mental/emotional clarity, and secure the financial means and confidence to successfully recover, rebuild and begin anew after major setbacks! The journey to #NextYou begins when YOU take the first step. Start by Starting – today!

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My Blog

Entry #31 “Thank You Note”
August 1, 2019

Thursday, April 22, 2010 LORD, you have blessed me. I know it and I am acknowledging it here, and now. You have taken me to some places that I would not have trusted You to go, had you given me the choice. But I went. And [...]

Entry #27 “Measure of Faith”
August 1, 2019

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 [NEVER AGAIN will I confess or focus on doubt and a lack of faith, because the Word says: “God has dealt to each one [every person] a measure of faith.” (Romans 12:3) ] Recently “lack of faith” or fear of the lack [...]

Entry #19 “Trying to Tell Me Something….”
August 1, 2019

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 Trying to Tell Me Something…. I made a corner in my house a few weeks ago, as a place for remembering. It has our family pics up from 2008, a few months before Jason passed. This weekend I found my little boy [...]

Til Death Do Us Part? (or) Who's Wife IS This, Anyway?

The saying :"Til Death Do Us Part"... this idea that family, love and intimacies outside of God are all temporary until we die, is that a man-made idea? Or does that concept come from the bible, a God-influenced scripture? Is everyone you ever loved, children [...]

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11
Jun
My Story
May 31, 2019

Ok – Who am I? Every Widow has a story. Every widow I meet, help, or connect with wants to know FIRST – Is She Like Me? Does she REALLY Get it? Can she REALLY Help me? Yes. I am. I can. Here is my story. [...]

Luke 7-10: …Don't Miss The Moment!

I'm no longer as surprised by God's intentional "coincidences " in my life, as I am humbled that he's ever even taking the time to be bothered with tiny me. I digress, I read something a bit different here, and 3 lessons I got from this [...]

06
May
Luke 6: Solid As A Rock

I'm no longer fumbling in the dark with the problems of those storm clouds. My life is pretty amazing. As awesome as that feels to say - I think the threat of new storms and how that fear affects me - THAT’S the storm I’m battling [...]

25
Apr
Luke 1-2: Never In Their Wildest Dreams

Never in my wildest dreams did I think THIS would be my life. Not when I dreamed as a kid, not when I met him and knew he’d be my husband, and not at the altar when we’d said “forever”. I’d never imagined THIS. [...]

18
Apr
Widow Fog: A Breakdown – What You Need To Know #WidowHacks

Growth is a life-long process, not a destination. Widow Fog is VERY COMMON. Knowing what it is, what it does to you, and how to cope - helps you grow, heal, and move through the fog FASTER. <3 [...]

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17
Apr
End Of John: It Is Finished.

I have more growing and sharing and crying etc. to do!! I have more to give!! My journey is still ongoing!! But the hopelessness part - the part where I didn't know how to "bounceback" from life's body slams -- It is finished. And I am [...]

12
Apr
John 14 – My Assignment? What MORE Could God Want From Me?

What is YOUR Assignment? My assignment?!? What MORE is there for me to endure, God? I get it. I understand the overwhelm. I get the fear, the PTSD of it all. Like maybe a fear of what MORE pain or struggle your future could hold. Or [...]

04
Apr
Widow Hacks : BEATING Anxiety Disorder

I had to somehow get myself back together, and be able to function enough to raise two kids and work full time. ...I was so afraid I was going to die from the symptoms of each attack - and doctors couldn't do much for me other [...]

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02
Apr
Coping With Post Loss Anxiety: There's More To the Story #DearWidow

You are not made of your fears, your worries, or your current marital circumstance. You are MORE than that. Life is not only pain and suffering. You KNOW that. Play the GOOD times in that narrative too. Remember that YOU control who you are [...]

30
Mar
John 10 – Widow Walkin’ Into Higher Purpose : Servant Leadership

Has being a widow pushed you to become a leader? ..Do you feel like lessons learned in this arena could be used elsewhere in your life, perhaps even as part of your purpose? [...]

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28
Mar
Sometimes…@#!#$!!! (Its Ok. Breathe Mama.) #MotivationMondays

I hate ants. Its not that they are the most terrifying species, or the creepy crawl-iest. Spider-crickets, black widows and flying roaches are by far more heinous, especially the latter. But ants, in the house, for some reason really gets under my skin. It feels like [...]

25
Mar
Searching For Faith After Loss: What's Wrong With Me?

I read and read. Like literally, as soon as I got home this morning, after dropping off the kids – I stayed in my car, sat in the garage, and opened my mobile bible app. I knew I had this post to do today – and [...]

21
Mar
Are You A Light Bearer?

So I usually post earlier in the day, but the video of what I just spent my morning doing, (a rather valiant attempt at yoga while my 16 month old terrorized the room and I) will not be posted for various reasons. 😂. So now that she [...]

14
Mar
In The Face Of Death: Blame God, Retreat, Or Begin Anew?

I’m supposed to be done with Ruth, but something made me want more. The story seems so cut off, and short! So I decided to read a devotional on Ruth, to study a little closer.⠀⠀The study discussed how as widows we seem to face the same [...]

07
Mar
Do Widows Need A Prince Charming? Ruth Chapter 3-4

So I started reading Ruth because she's a widow…and thought okay, this story is, at some point (I've heard) supposed to contain a “prince charming-esque” rescuer that's going to sweep her off her feet and be Mister Perfect. Right? Since I hear Christian women say all [...]

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Feb

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