125: The Courage to Be Seen with Keri Ford

Tao of Po

In this episode, Keri shares her journey with visibility and power, exploring how our childhood experiences shape the way we show up in the world. She dives into growing up with the fear of being seen, driven by her experiences of being bullied, and how this fear led her to become hypervigilant, shrinking herself to avoid attention.

We explore the "sisterhood wound" and how it played out in her life—from her youth, through college, and into her corporate career. She opens up about the impact of her looks on her self-perception, her people-pleasing behaviors, and avoiding pedestalization as a coach.

Join us for this insightful conversation on the first ingredient of healing—courage—and the inner child work pivotal to personal growth, and how to recognize your own unhelpful patterns around people-pleasing, anger, and expression so you can break free from them.

We dive into:

• Navigating visibility and success with a fear of being seen
• Keri’s childhood experiences with bullying and becoming hypervigilant
• The complexities of the sisterhood wound and how we both found healing around this
• Perception, people-pleasing, and pedestalization
• Lessons learned from Keri’s group program that imploded
• Anger and assertiveness: recognizing our patterns
• How to break free from anxiety and hypervigilance when expressing our feelings
• And more

Keri Ford is the CEO & Founder of Elevate with Keri – a transformational coaching movement and luxury brand dedicated to elevating emotional intelligence and whole-body high performance for the world’s top female executives and entrepreneurs.

With advanced training as a Behavior Change Specialist and Somatic Practitioner, Keri was awarded by IFAH as one of the Top 100 Global Visionaries and 2023 CEO with the Best Women’s Personal Development Platform.

Connect with Keri:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/iamkeriford/

FB: http://facebook.com/kerilynn.ford

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kerifordofficial

Champaign Club on October 19 Dinner Event - https://elevatewithkeri.ticketspice.com/the-champagne-club-by-keri-ford

APEX Leadership Mastery Academy for Female Founders and Visionaries - https://elevatewithkeri.com/apex/

Connect with me and let’s go deeper:

Website: https://www.pohongyu.com

IG: https://www.instagram.com/pohong.yu/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/pohong.yu/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pohongyu/