Today we’d like to introduce you to Tamisa Hunter.
Thanks for sharing your story with us Tamisa. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
As I was growing up, people would tell me that I had a light on me, but I didn’t know what the light was. I was like, “Yeah, whatever.” I remember standing on the church steps waiting on the bus and I would stretch my arms out wide and think that I could control the wind. Wow, I can’t believe that I tried to do that. I used to have dreams of God talking to me from the clouds. These clouds were white and fluffy and I would look up the sky and talk to God, and then I would think that I could control the wind. I think that’s when I started trying to talk to God but didn’t know how. It was like demons always chased me but I would always run. I ran for so long trying to find myself. For years, I was lost and misunderstood.
As an adult, I asked God to fill this void I had. I was so tired of crying and asking why? I was so tired of just being in this place that I thought that no one understood and slowly he started working me. He started talking to me. I didn’t know it was him because I didn’t know his voice. He would send people to me to give me what I needed at the time I needed it and then, I became a mother and I swore to myself that I wouldn’t allow my kids to feel the way that I felt growing up. I wanted to pour into them with so much love that my children would be proud to call me their mother.
As the years went by, I learned to sit still and allow God to change me into who he wanted me to be. I realized his love was all I ever needed. I built my confidence around his love. I no longer allowed the world to tell me who Tamisa was or should be. I accepted me for me! I learned that he made me the way that I am and I’m perfect. As the days went on, the more my confidence got stronger and stronger. After a while, I was free from the world. Free from not knowing who I was and I knew I was free to be me, the real true me and that’s who I am today.
From all of that Women Like Us was formed. WLU is a place to help women be who God called and designed them to be and not the world.
Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
No, it hasn’t been a smooth road. I went through a lot of disappointments, failures and all of that trying to be a mother, CEO, businesswoman and even who God wanted me to be. Some of the struggles along the way were that people didn’t value what I had to offer. A lot of people would just attach themselves to me due to the limelight they thought I had. I run several businesses and each business was and is a new dip in the road that made me detour in many ways for me to take a look at what I was doing or have done in the past. I’ve failed many times but that failure makes me stronger for the next road. I’ve made many mistakes as a wife, business woman, friend, daughter, aunt, sister and beyond but I realized, we all fall short and I have done that. Since I’m very ambitious, I don’t let the no’s, detours or failures hold me down. I just get back up and keep a moving.
Alright – so let’s talk your work. Tell us about Women Like Us – what should we know?
Women Like Us Inc. is a 501c3 non-profit organization that inspires, motivates and equips women to become who God has called them to be despite their brokenness, rejection and hidden pains. We work to liberate women from the chains of their past through monthly Bible meetings, prayer, sisterhood, intimate roundtable discussions, birthday celebrations and quarterly girls’ nights out.
We offer women accountability of self, motivation, the empowerment to create their own rules, help to identify their worth and the ability to let go of the past. We help women discover their purpose, developing goals for relationships, business and beyond. All of this leads women to live their best lives – the lives God has designed for them, by being the best version of themselves.
Our work is to remind women to BE BOLD, BE AUDACIOUS. BE THEMSELVES.
Any shoutouts? Who else deserves credit in this story – who has played a meaningful role?
My family deserves the credit. They are my biggest supporters. No matter how many times I failed, they were right there cheering me on as I got up.
Contact Info:
- Address: Women Like Us Inc. 3010 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy #1200, Dallas, TX 75234
- Website: www.womenlikeusinc.
org - Phone: (214) 937-3797
- Email: info@womenlikeusinc.org
- Instagram: womenlikeusinc
- Facebook: womenlikeusinc
- Twitter: womenlikeusinc
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