Thambusami

தம்புசாமி

Coaching * Consulting * Soul Care * Community cohorts*

For The Elevation and Flourishing of The GLOBAL MAJORITY * BIPOC*

Vaṇakkam and welcome to Thambusami - தம்புசாமி

I am Rebekah James Lovett, and I am so glad you found your way here.

I am a South Indian woman born and raised on Turtle Island (USA); I have endured the gauntlet of whiteness, racism, xenophobia, patriarchy, and misogyny throughout my professional career, in my faith communities, academia, and ordinary life. I, like so many was taught by my immigrant parents to keep my head down, work hard, "don't make noise," trust God, and I will be successful in this life. They were right! But that survival blueprint did not give me a roadmap to thriving and flourishing. It did not teach me how to tend to the scars of enduring or to listen to them. It did not teach me how to take up space or that I had the right to be anything more than grateful. But there is a sacredness in remembering… remembering that my ancestors resisted, that colonization and dispossession is not the totality of their story, that I was meant to do more than just survive. They did not accept the depravity of empire. They fought for us. They knew we were meant for more in this life.

Joy and liberation are my birthright.

I am taking the lessons from my leadership and entrepreneurial experience and my journey into decolonizing and deconstructing my faith, culture, and spirituality to help BIPOC individuals grab hold of freedom while deeply rooted in who they are. Not left waiting for a DEI initiative or HR policy to confer dignity upon us. I desire to see us thrive and flourish professionally, spiritually, and holistically. Our time is right now.

Read more about Rebekah here.

Services

Coaching

You don’t need someone to tell you what to do; sometimes, it has more to do with giving yourself license to take the risk. Imposter syndrome is not mysterious. It is in you by design. To keep you in perpetual self-doubt and afraid to move away from the familiar. A personal pet peeve of mine is when people say, “You found your voice,” because it was never lost in the first place. It simply wasn’t listened to, valued, or given room to exist. So many of us were socialized to play it safe in our career path. We haven’t exercised this risk muscle enough. The one that is equal parts exhilarating and terrifying. We confuse the tools of survival, following rules, being practical, level-headed, and only taking calculated risks with who we are at our core. None of the above are bad attributes, but there is a reason you are even reading this right now... You know you are capable of more, you want to see what you can really do. To bet on yourself and stop waiting for others to finally see you.

Let’s explore this together.

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Consulting

You might be an entrepreneur or a leader in an organization and need help strategizing, negotiating your terms, navigating people operations and HR issues, developing the culture, working through a particular problem, or repairing a communication gap in ways that align with who you are as a professional. Whatever the particular pain point, at the root, is a desire to do business that is in harmony with your personal ethics and honors who you are as a person of the Global Majority (BIPOC). I know the complexity of holding leadership positions while having marginalized identities. So many of the hurdles you face are invisible.

Let’s put those on the table and work through it.

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Soul Care

A sacred time to allow you to delve deep into your spiritual journey. Some are deconstructing, decolonizing, divesting from paternalism in their hermeneutics, and reevaluating what they believe. Some are reclaiming their native spiritual traditions and redefining what their faith is. Soul Care offers a gentle space to explore this evolution without fear, guilt or shame. This time will enable you to unearth profound revelations within you and to commune with Creator in liberative ways.

*Disclaimer: Soul Care is for everyone of any religion or faith practice. Even if you do not identify with any particular religion or faith tradition, your soul deserves to be tended to on your terms. *

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Custom Hybrid

Perhaps no one service truly fits your specific needs, but you feel drawn to aspects of 2 or all 3, lets meet to discuss how we might tailor our sessions to encompass what you need.

Book a free 30min consultation to discuss.

  • Why "global majority" not "BIPOC or POC?"

  • Global Majority affirms identity apart from whiteness and decenters it as the primary way to indentify

    Language is always evolving. This shift intentionally pushes back on the “minority” classification and recognizes that of the 8 billion humans on Earth, the majority are not white. At Thambusami, this is the group to which I focus my services and care.

  • Global majority is not a replacement for Black or indigenous

    I prefer Global Majority over “minority” or “POC” to identify non-white people. However, it cannot be used to replace “Black” and “Indigenous” as those are identities with histories and lived experiences that require their own distinction and care. When discussing a particular group, it is important to be specific. To honor the uniqueness of their identity and liberation struggle.

  • Desi, South Asian, Indian

    I identify by my ethnic groups (Tamil & Malayalee or Dravidian) as that is most true to who I am. I prefer this over “Indian,” “South Asian,” or “Desi,” but I will use those terms depending on the audience and their cultural and racial awareness as the above terminology is most widely known.

  • Language matters

    Let us not settle for the labels given to us but instead continue to define who we are for ourselves.