Episode 13
Clinical Psychologist Dr. Leslie Hemedes on Memories Are Not Content. They Are Inheritance. Built KeepSaiQ — a Living Infrastructure for Every Family's Story
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What happens when a clinical psychologist — someone who has spent 15 years sitting with people in their most fragmented, disconnected, uncertain moments — decides she isn't just going to heal the wound, but build the infrastructure that prevents it? That is Dr. Leslie Hemedes. In this episode of Plunge Into Prosperity, Dr. Hemedes — Licensed Clinical Psychologist, certified EMDR therapist, Filipina-American, mother of three, and now Founder & CEO of KeepSaiQ — sits down with host Brandi Kolosky to talk about the intersection of psychology, AI, and one of the most underserved spaces in family life: intergenerational story. KeepSaiQ is the world's first Family Intelligence Platform — a privacy-first, voice-first AI system that transforms the everyday moments families live through into living legacy artifacts. Not just photos and videos sitting disconnected in a camera roll. But context. Meaning. The stories behind the stories. Designed for the people you love, not for advertisers. We go deep on: The clinical insight that sparked KeepSaiQ — and the gap no one was filling What EMDR therapy is, and why it matters for how we understand memory and identity The "box of puzzle pieces" — what Leslie learned about human disconnection in the therapy room Why women remain at 1.1% of global capital raised — and what the psychology of that actually looks like What it means to build something with purpose when you have a 10-year-old, an 8-year-old, and a 2.5-month-old at home And what prosperity really means — not the Instagram version, the lived one 🔗 Learn more about KeepSaiQ: keepsaiq.com 🔗 Connect with Dr. Leslie Hemedes: linkedin.com/in/leslie-hemedes-psy-d-b02b4022
Show Notes
00:00 — Welcome to Plunge Into Prosperity 02:04 — Meet Dr. Leslie Hemedes, PsyD & Founder of KeepSaiQ 02:46 — Why You Need to Stay in Your Seat (Anchor Q1) 03:35 — What Does Prosperity Really Mean? (Anchor Q2 — The Plunge) 07:53 — A PsyD Becomes a Tech CEO: The KeepSaiQ Origin Story 10:36 — "If I Passed Away Today…" — The Gap That Built a Company 12:16 — Emotionally Intelligent AI: How KeepSaiQ Actually Works 15:23 — Low-Stakes Legacy: Bite-Size Family Memory Capture 17:26 — What Is EMDR Therapy? (Explained Simply & Powerfully) 20:14 — Is She Still Practicing? (Yes — and Accepting Clients) 20:31 — Women & the 1.1% Problem: Capital That Isn't Reaching Us 22:15 — Leslie's Fundraising Journey with KeepSaiQ 23:19 — How Sacral Sisters Connects Women Founders & Capital 24:42 — Is Investing an Act of Preserving Your Legacy? 25:46 — What She's Leaving Her Kids: Story, Power & Purpose 27:08 — The Women Building the Future Must Also Fund It 28:34 — Find KeepSaiQ + Connect with Dr. Hemedes 29:34 — Take the Plunge — See You Next Time

About the Guest
Dr. Leslie Hemedes, PsyD, is a licensed Clinical Psychologist, certified EMDR therapist, and Founder & CEO of KeepSaiQ — the world's first Family Intelligence Platform. With over 15 years of clinical experience specializing in women's health, identity, self-worth, trauma, and decision-making capacity, Dr. Hemedes has built her work at the intersection of evidence-based psychology and the deeply human. A Filipina-American and mother of three, she holds a PsyD in Clinical Psychology from The George Washington University. Her work pivoted from clinical practice to technology when she recognized a gap no one was filling: families accumulate decades of digital moments but have no infrastructure to preserve the story, meaning, and intergenerational wisdom behind them. KeepSaiQ uses privacy-first, voice-first AI to transform everyday moments into living legacy artifacts — not for platforms, for families.
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