We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Tanya Baker. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with TANYA below.

TANYA, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Was there a defining moment in your professional career? A moment that changed the trajectory of your career?

The most defining moment was the day I accepted Jesus Christ at 7. I never imagined how my life would be changed at that young, tender age. At seven years old, I was told I was a prophet and would begin to hear God’s voice in a big way. At 7, my father committed suicide, and I always think of my prophetic gift as something God gave me because I lost my natural father. I would go on to face some of the lowest times in my life, not understanding that those times would prepare me for seasons of greatness that continue to come in my life. As a person who has experienced loss, divorce, rejection, abuse, and more, I am using the testimonies within my life, along with my spiritual gifts, the gift of prophecy, to inspire others. I don’t think that if I had not gone through some of the ups and downs I endured from a young age until now. I could even be here doing this interview; there would be nothing to tell. I’d be another motivator using words from the internet to wow people, not speaking from a personal perspective and speaking only from what will give me likes and views. I lived every horrible moment and every happy moment that got me here. It is as straightforward as it was when I was seven years old today that my life had a greater purpose. Losing my dad, giving my life to Christ, and finding out that I was a chosen prophet of the Lord all seemed to fall at seven years old.
Interestingly enough, 7 is a number that means completion. It was an ending of my dad being here with me in the physical and an ending of me not knowing who I was in Christ. It was the moment I was made complete. In moments when I would find myself alone through some of the trials life had sent, I would remember that God promised to always be with me at seven years old. He reminded me that I would never be alone and never have to feel incomplete. He was, is, and still is here, a constant presence in my life.

TANYA, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

As I stated earlier, life made me the first Spiritual Life Coach. Through my gifts and call, others today would call themselves spiritual life coaches. I laugh when I see people offering courses and training for a gift God gave me freely. I started the movement, and I was the very first. I should have taken ownership of the term, etc. I am grateful to everyone who followed in my footsteps for the right reasons. I have no regrets. It was Him who spoke to me about helping the total man heal. We are triune individuals who often get only one part of us healed: body, soul, or spirit. Unfortunately, the part that goes un-death will pull that weaker part back into the same place. So God spoke to me and taught me how to help His people to heal their total being. All of who they are and not just going for spiritual bandaids that soon fall off.
Right now, my conference, Girlfriends, and God, with whom I co-partner with Italia Smith-Cardinez, is gearing up this Oct 26, 2024, at The Station McKinney Wedding & Event Venue 109 East Lamar Street McKinney, TX 75069. Tickets are available at (Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/girlfriends-and-god-i-am-coming-out-registration-945298141187?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl) We are gearing up to do what we do best, inspiring women to heal. I have also been fortunate to be the spiritual life coach to many celebrities, from the children of Magic John and LL Cool J to Martin Lawrence, to name a few; the list is long. I am the prophet to many celebrities, leaders, pastors, teachers, and Bishops in God’s church, such as Bishop Darrell Hines, a COGIC board of twelve members. He and his fantastic wife, Pastor Pamela Hines, call me their prophet. Both are spiritual parents to me.
Along with Dr. Regina Spellmon, Bishop Noel Jones, and First Lady Loretta Jones. Bishop Darrell Hines often says of my gift, “I have never seen anything like it except maybe once in my lifetime.” Most know me worldwide because of the accuracy of my gift.
I seek no fame using it, nor do I prophesy for financial gain. The hard part is telling people what you do not want to say. Then, when the Spirit of the Lord speaks, you must speak His words. I often find this problematic because when you are not a prophet for fame who tells people what they want to hear or manipulates God’s people by falsely prophesying money, cars, houses, and healing that God did not sanction. Then, it never happens the way people want or at all. This will get you quickly not liked or ostracized. But then, wasn’t Jesus not liked and ostracized in many ways? As an author, my books are available at major outlets like Amazon and Barnes and Noble. I am not just a spiritual life coach, prophet, and ordained pastor. I am also a sought-after motivational speaker and a power-packed orator of the Word of God. I live and breathe to guide people toward positivity and God’s Word. My dedication to this work is unwavering. I like to think of myself as Dallas’s best-kept secret. I should rephrase the world’s best-kept secret.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

Recently, after going through a divorce, I faced some tough trials in life. In my situation, I had a fantastic life and a great husband, yet even with our life of holiness, hell found a door and went right through it. Who knew April showers would bring May flowers, literally? Infidelity can be traumatizing to not just the wife but the children as well. It was the cause of the breakdown in my marriage. Satan had created it, and he wreaked havoc on it. My then-husband was a good man under it all; this was about his choices, but if you believe in the demonic, it was a spiritual attack on us both. I learned quickly that protecting him by saying nothing was fine, but what about safeguarding him kept me from protecting me? I had to be resilient in keeping with the truth, no longer keeping silent, not being provoked, and standing on God’s word no matter what happened. I felt let down, betrayed, and saddened by it all. I learned to be about what I taught others. We must all understand that what you help others heal from will come for you— being resilient means withstanding and recovering. They would withstand some of the most vicious attacks because of Christ. With God, I am still recovering, and I wish for all the women hiding in their trauma to be resilient as well.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

I had to unlearn to be the Bishop’s wife and to live and operate as one with God alone. I had been a wife for over 23 years, and now it was just me. My children were grown and had moved away, so fortunately, I did not have little ones to face daily going through my pain. I had to learn I had no more big dinners to cook daily; I only had to wash clothes for one instead of two, besides other things we as wives do. It was God and me against the world and my little Yorkie, Bear; I can’t say I don’t miss being a wife or the Bishop’s wife. You know when you are with the ribcage you were pulled from. So, divorce left me feeling unconnected. And no matter how many men came for me, I could not fit in their ribcage. Why, ladies, you must wait on God and never move in your flesh. So now I am on a year of healing and learning to love and enjoy myself. All of this translates to things I can use to help my clients. Because I am living in the space, many of the women I coach live in now. I know I will be a wife again soon. I’m waiting for the ribcage to find me; he is out there.
Most importantly, I am glad that love is the space left in my divorce, and God can bring peace to anything. The rest is noise you can choose to listen to or shut out and listen to God. Listening to God will always be my first choice.

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