Why Strong Women Struggle With Strong Men - Sherisse Alexander

In this solo episode, Sherisse explores her personal relationship with strength, masculinity, and safety — not from theory or generalized advice, but from lived experience.

Having grown up surrounded by strong men, beginning with her father, Sherisse learned early on to associate masculine strength with protection and stability. But alongside that sense of safety, another pattern quietly formed: a tendency to meet strength with strength, and to unconsciously turn connection into competition.

In this episode, Sherisse reflects on how her definition of strength evolved into armor — shaped by stories she carried about weakness, femininity, and what it meant to be respected. She shares how overcompensating with masculine energy helped her succeed in many areas of life, while simultaneously making intimacy with men more difficult.

This is not a conversation about blaming men or diminishing strong women. Instead, it’s an honest examination of how survival patterns, inherited beliefs, and misunderstood power dynamics can create friction in relationships — and how redefining strength can open the door to deeper connection.

Through storytelling, self-inquiry, and embodied reflection, Sherisse invites listeners into a nuanced conversation about safety, softness, and the courage it takes to stop battling what was never meant to be a fight.
~ More About Sacred Leadership with Sherisse ~ 
Sherisse Alexander is an intuitive business coach, a business owner and entrepreneur and podcast host that is motivated by helping others to find meaning, purpose and fulfillment as leaders in their own lives. Be it a leader in your business, your family or ultimately simply a leader in your own life, the objective is the same…Sacred Leadership.
Sherisse has been a teacher, mentor and guide for many people offering sage wisdom, a voice of reason, compassion and understanding coupled with the keen intellect and strategy needed to navigate challenges that arise in both business and life.
Over the years, Sherisse has worked to refine and develop her skills as an intuitive and is a champion of anyone else who is open and willing to lean into the guidance that is offered to each and every one of us on a daily basis.
Sherisse’s goal is to create a sacred container that allows business owners and individuals the opportunity to meet her in that space with openness, vulnerability and a willingness to lean into and blend the journey of a spiritual being having a human experience into practical guidance that will yield results both personally and professionally.
https://www.pavitraleadership.com
sherisse@pavitraleadership.com
To get more of Sacred Leadership with Sherisse, be sure to visit the podcast page for replays of all her shows here: https://www.inspiredchoicesnetwork.com/podcast/sacred-leadership-with-sherisse/