EP #030 - Overcoming Your Past & Living The Life God Created You For
1 in 3 women is affected by mental health disorders. 1… in… 3… Today’s episode is touching on the heavy side as I speak with Tamisa Hunter, founder of Women Like Us Inc about mental health awareness. We talk about our own struggles, how God met us in those struggles, and how community inspires healing. You won’t want to miss this episode!
How to Support a Woman Suffering from Depression
Mental illness is a difficult topic to discuss and supporting a woman suffering from mental illness is hard. Simply being there IS enough. Tamisa says she’s transparent with the women that she works with. She shares her story in a way that lets her clients know that they are not alone. This feeling of powerlessness will recede.
Support does not equal exact knowledge. Even if you have never suffered from a mental illness, you can still support your sisters in Christ by showing them love and acceptance. I know that we as women feel like we need to fix everything, but that is not our place in this discussion. Be there as a pillar for your friends, family members, and acquaintances and your support will be noticed.
God’s Plan Lights the Way
Tamisa shares more about her story and how her experience brought her closer to God’s plan. She founded her organization after suffering at the hands of domestic abuse. Despite feeling unwanted, unloved, and unworthy, she has managed to build a community out of the ashes of her life. She speaks candidly about times when she went to God and asked him why? What was his purpose in making her go through those times? The more she asked, the more He revealed and she says she was driven to create Women Like Us to give other women a place to heal. She found her purpose through the horror of her experience and realized that without her experience, God’s plan for her life would not have been fulfilled.
Do You Let the World Define Your Worth?
One of the reasons women cite for NOT sharing their truth is the fear of being judged. Women are quick to label and demean women for their thoughts and experiences, and it is because of this that we are less likely to share our truth. Tamisa chats about why these thoughts are so destructive. Don’t let the world define who you are.
Other women have not lived your life, walked in your specific shoes, and survived what you have survived. Their opinion of that path and that journey has no bearing on where you are being led. When you let God in, you are provided a flashlight to illuminate the path in the darkness that you are experiencing. Don’t let the world define who you are, God defines who you are!
Revelations 12:11 And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
Connect with Tamisa:
Tamisa is a businesswoman, servant-leader, and loving wife of 20+ years. She is a survivor of domestic abuse and founded Women Like Us, Inc. in 2017. Tamisa delivers a successful transformational program that has grown in leaps in bounds. She found her calling as a successful businesswoman, creating a thriving brand that demonstrates her gifts of speaking, certified life coaching, teaching, and even fashion design. Tamisa is tireless in her pursuits and has empowered women and teens girls of every background. She has been featured on Heaven 97 KHVN, 95.3 Jamz, PRAISE 98FM JAMZ and numerous other radios, television and magazines both nationally and locally, in the southwest and spreading the word of God, supporting women to become their best selves, and showing that she is the role model of a woman destined for greatness who transformed her life into one with great promise.
If you’re in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area, check out the Women Like Us Conference on August 10th — Tamisa and her group would love to see and fellowship with you there!
You can finder her on:
Instagram @womenlikeusinc
Facebook @womenlikeusinc
Twitter @womenlikeusinc
**Article from the World Health Organization on mental health**