When you care deeply about people, it’s natural to think empathy is the goal. To understand, to feel, to be present with others in their pain. But empathy alone can wear you down, especially when you’re holding space for conversations about race, identity or belonging. In this episode, I’m sharing how compassion shifts how we hold space. It’s what moves us from just merely understanding to moving in the direction of deeper sustainable care. I share: 🎙 Why empathy sometimes keeps us stuc...
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When you care deeply about people, it’s natural to think empathy is the goal. To understand, to feel, to be present with others in their pain. But empathy alone can wear you down, especially when you’re holding space for conversations about race, identity or belonging. In this episode, I’m sharing how compassion shifts how we hold space. It’s what moves us from just merely understanding to moving in the direction of deeper sustainable care. I share: 🎙 Why empathy sometimes keeps us stuc...
68. Mental Health & Multicultural Care Featuring Pearl Proud
REPRESENTED with Annie Gichuru
1 hour 4 minutes
5 months ago
68. Mental Health & Multicultural Care Featuring Pearl Proud
What does it mean to belong when no one around you looks like you? How do you hold on to your identity while building a new life on unfamiliar land? In today’s episode of the REPRESENTED Podcast, I’m in conversation with my dear friend Pearl Proud—a psychologist, executive consultant, and founder of Pearl Proud Consulting Group. Pearl has lived in Australia for nearly 40 years after migrating from apartheid South Africa, and in this powerful episode, she shares how love, boundaries, and a dee...
REPRESENTED with Annie Gichuru
When you care deeply about people, it’s natural to think empathy is the goal. To understand, to feel, to be present with others in their pain. But empathy alone can wear you down, especially when you’re holding space for conversations about race, identity or belonging. In this episode, I’m sharing how compassion shifts how we hold space. It’s what moves us from just merely understanding to moving in the direction of deeper sustainable care. I share: 🎙 Why empathy sometimes keeps us stuc...
