The Unsilencing of a Leader - Naa Amerley's Story
Get Your Life Together, Girl
English - November 30, 2021 06:00 - 45 minutes - 52 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsSelf-Improvement Education Health & Fitness Mental Health emotionalintelligence lifecoaching lifestories meditation mindfulness resiliency anxietyhelp anxietytips emotions femaleempowerment Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Women who experience domestic abuse often find themselves silenced, not only by their partners, but also internally. Naa Amerley Asante-Armer knows this reality all too well. Yet, using her own words, “once she hit the eye of the storm,” she found her voice again—a voice that once sang for the masses and who is now running to lead a nation as its President in the West African country of Ghana.
Naa Amerley takes us on an incredible, life-altering journey through drowning in debt, an abusive marriage, to finding her strength and voice through the truth that she was not broken, to a vision that led her to her home country, to the present moment as she makes a run for President of Ghana. Her words will inspire and move you as she reminds each of us that our roles as women can only be defined by the limits of our minds, never our stories.
A warning: this interview does speak of physical, mental, and emotional abuse and may not be sustainable for a younger audience.
Key Takeaways:
00:00 Intro
01:26 A moment of transparency – Ghana’s connection
02:09 Naa Amerley’s story begins
04:11 The introduction of domestic abuse into Naa Amerley’s life—depression sets in
05:30 The impact of emotional abuse
07:40 The silencing begins as Naa Amerley releases music, her career, and fundamental relationships
10:10 Finding her feet and the decision to become unsilenced
13:05 An understanding that there must be more to life
17:10 A reconnection to self
20:40 Naa Amerley’s voice grows stronger
24:15 The height of the abuse: “Enough is enough!”
27:00 Going home—reconnecting with her mother and family
28:33 An actual dream changes Naa Amerley’s life’s plan
30:00 Entering a life of politics
31:50 An African Proverb
34:05 Gratitude for being “possible” and understanding there is nothing left to lose
37:07 Power to Our Mothers Foundation
39:46 Pay it forward—give what you’ve been given
40:16 The race for President in Ghana now as the underdog
42:00 A vision for a nation
43:08 Naa Amerley’s three things
To learn more about Naa Amerley follow her on Instagram @naaamerleyforpresident and @powertoourmothersfoundation.
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