87. Keeping Her Killer Brother Behind Bars: The Tenacity of Amy Chesler

All The Wiser

Kimi Culp

Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.9 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Amy Chesler always knew her brother Jesse struggled with anger. He never developed the tools to manage his emotions. But then he started taking his frustrations out on her in harmful and abusive ways. The power and control he exerted over Amy was just the beginning. In this chilling and powerful episode, Amy shares the story of the day her brother killed their mother, her fight to navigate a difficult legal system for justice, and ultimately how she stayed alive.

In this episode:

Undiagnosed mental illness.
Understanding the effects of sibling abuse.
Discerning the types of abuse.
The aftermath of her mother’s murder.
Healing the pain and trauma through educating and storytelling.
The need for a shift in the narrative of true crime.

Resources & Links:

Book: Working For Justice: One Family's Tale of Murder, Betrayal, and Healing

Podcast: What Came Next

Website: www.amybchesler.com

Instagram: @amybchesler

Facebook: Amy B Chesler

Twitter: @amybchesler

LinkedIn: Amy-Chesler

Charity: The Army of Survivors

If you enjoy listening to the show and find value and inspiration in the stories you hear, we hope you'll consider supporting our work and becoming an All The Wiser member.

As a thank you for your support, we give you early, ad free access, exclusive content, Zoom meetups with Kimi and the team, and much more. Join us and BECOME A MEMBER ON PATREON!

Or contribute what you can by making a custom pledge.

Follow the show at @allthewiserpodcast on Instagram.

Keep the conversation going! Join our new Facebook group and connect with other listeners like you!

Stay in the know with all things All The Wiser! Sign up for our newsletter for personal reflections from Kimi, new episodes, and recommendations from our team!

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Let's talk about something that might be keeping you up at night. Cybersecurity. According to Vantar's latest state of trust report, it's the number one concern for UK businesses. That's where Vanta comes in. Whether you're a startup, growing fast or already established, Vanta can help you get ISO-2701 certified and more without the headaches.
0:22.5	And Vanta allows your company to centralise security workflows,
0:26.2	complete questionnaires up to five times faster,
0:28.5	and proactively manage vendor risk to help your team not only get compliant, but stay compliant.
0:34.3	Stop stressing over cyber security and start focusing on growing your business. For a
0:39.5	limited time, our audience gets $1,000 off Vanta at vanta.com slash go. That's va-n-ta.com
0:47.1	slash go for $1,000 off. Because when it comes to your business, it's not just about keeping the lights on.
0:53.7	It's about keeping
0:54.4	everything secure. I get so many messages from women who say, my son is abusive. My daughter is
1:04.3	abusive. And thank you for actually allowing me to come to terms of what could happen if I allow this to keep going
1:12.4	in the same manner. Not that that onus of responsibility is on the victim, but there are
1:19.0	practices that can be put into place that make it a safer environment that my mom didn't know
1:24.9	at the time.
1:26.8	Amy Chesler and her mom Hadass had that mother-daughter best friend type of relationship.
1:33.3	It was open, honest, and full of love.
1:37.3	Hadass was a respected public school teacher and a single mother to Amy and her brother Jesse. Money was tight and they moved
1:46.8	around a lot as kids, but they eventually settled in Calabasas, California. You know, living on one
1:53.9	parent's salary was hard, especially in Calabasas, but my mom wanted to give us as good
1:59.4	of life as possible.
2:05.0	And my brother started getting picked on. We both did, actually. It wasn't the easiest childhood, I would say, with the moving and the bullying. But my brother definitely navigated it
2:12.8	differently and had different tools that did not include resiliency and tenacity that I suppose I did.
2:22.0	At a young age, Amy and Jesse began to change in very different and significant ways.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Kimi Culp, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Kimi Culp and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.