Tyasia Mathis on Life, Lessons & Legacy

We recently had the chance to connect with Tyasia Mathis and have shared our conversation below.

Tyasia, a huge thanks to you for investing the time to share your wisdom with those who are seeking it. We think it’s so important for us to share stories with our neighbors, friends and community because knowledge multiples when we share with each other. Let’s jump in: What are you most proud of building — that nobody sees?
The best version of myself! Working on how I view and project myself as a direct reflection of how God sees and has created me has been one of the greatest journeys of my life. It’s a process of unlearning and learning that is both difficult and rewarding. The strength I’ve gained from this process alone is unmatched.

Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
My brand is Emarie Green, which stemmed from financial obligation, but has quickly become the expression of all things creative and purposeful. This brand is an articulation of the growth and development of me as a person and as a business owner. What started as an atm and vending machine business quickly became all things art, literature, and healing. It’s through the progression of this brand that I recognized and developed what it means to be motivated by purpose, and not pushed by patriarchy. Simply put Emarie Green is the embodiment of Tyasia’s journey of discovery.

Appreciate your sharing that. Let’s talk about your life, growing up and some of topics and learnings around that. What part of you has served its purpose and must now be released?
Somewhere between birth and adulthood, life created a “people-pleasing” being who downplayed her traumas to help others through theirs. I would often consider other people’s perspectives despite my own. I made excuses for their behaviors but lacked the same grace for mine. I’m not sure when or how it became a culmination of my personality and being, but I traumatically found out that it only served as a defense mechanism that had to be broken. It wasn’t until life presented me with the ultimatum between myself and another that I fully recognized the detriment of pleasing others while displeasing myself. Though tough, it was a necessary transition that allowed the reemergence of a kind and gracious person who respected herself above all else!

What have been the defining wounds of your life—and how have you healed them?
The single most defining wound of my life was the experience of a miscarriage. This loss sent me on a spiral of unanswered questions and a constant misunderstanding of my purpose. Through the marring of this chapter, I had to rediscover who I was to God and what my life required from that day forward. My answers came through the writing of my novel, prayer, and journaling my way through past life traumas, current transgressions, and future trials. This process of becoming allowed me to discover what it means to be a child of God. Each of us was created to create, and the journey to creation is most profound when you can learn to appreciate it in all its glory. This means dancing in the rain! When you do so, God provides clarity and understanding of the meanings behind each season of your life, and what parts are being nurtured or removed for your highest good. Ultimately, God has your best interest at heart, you just have to know his heart to rest assured in that!

Sure, so let’s go deeper into your values and how you think. What’s a belief you used to hold tightly but now think was naive or wrong?
I used to believe that there was objective, “good or bad” in this world, and that is no longer the case. God, being the ultimate judge, releases us of the responsibility of being the deciding factor on the righteousness of someone else’s decision-making. The quote “God knows our hearts” is a constant reminder that God is the ultimate judge because he’s the only other person aside from yourself that knows the true intent behind your actions, along with the options you were provided with. Of those options, the one you chose could be perceived as bad to others; however, their lack of omniscience means they don’t know your heart’s intention, nor the circumstances you were faced with. This is why it is my belief that intention is of the utmost importance and what God uses to determine how good or bad an action or inaction may have been. It is not man’s job to judge, simply because our naivety mistakes the poison as simply bad, discounting its ability to heal a nation when combined with the healing properties of a plant. Let God do the hard part while we strive to operate with a “pure-intentioned” heart!

Okay, so before we go, let’s tackle one more area. Are you doing what you were born to do—or what you were told to do?
At this point in my life, I’m only doing what I was born to do. That involves being obedient to everything God tells me to do, no matter how that looks logically.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.emariegreen.com
• Instagram: emarie.green
• Other: TikTok: emarie.green