My guest is Keisher Glymph, a leader, motivational speaker, and creator who is spreading the message of finding your voice as a female. She loves giving space for creativity, being your best self, and showing up in the world as your authentic self to share your voice with the globe.
Although she doesn\u2019t remember all the details, Keisher remembers the time, day, environment, and what happened to her the night she had two babysitters, one of them was male. They wanted her to stay quiet about what happened, and it took her years to understand what happened to her emotionally and how deeply this experience affected her. \u201cI started noticing it in relationships,\u201d says Keisher, \u201cI could notice that pulling back and being quiet was an effect over time.\u201d She often closed off her heart and didn\u2019t understand how to say no because she felt that she didn\u2019t have a voice.
Having been sexually abused as a young girl at the age of nine, Keisher realizes that being abused can create gaps in memory. \u201cOne of the reasons I was inspired to come back to my childhood home is because I wanted to do more childhood healing.\u201d Being the middle child, she was different from her other two siblings. \u201cMy childhood was fun and I was a quiet girl, but often misunderstood.\u201d
\u201cWhether it ended up in a deeper emotional situation or it was young boys going through puberty, I was the one who would get the \u2018freaky\u2019 part of the game.\u201d Spending the night with a friend or being at home, her cousins and her friend\u2019s cousins would often want to pull her into a closet or find a quiet corner to play around. She didn\u2019t know how to speak up and maneuver around these situations.
Even though her mother was lovely and accommodating, she was submissive to her father, who was dominating. Her mom didn\u2019t have a voice in the relationship with her dad. Keisher says that her father was all bark and no bite and didn\u2019t know or understand how to lead without instilling fear in others. \u201cThis experience taught me that I couldn\u2019t be my full voice.\u201d
Listen in to find out how Keisher\u2019s experience growing up was different than her sibling\u2019s experience in the same household, how her father was led by fear and the dynamics of her relationship with her dad.
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