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...
What would you give to go back... just for a moment... to the home you grew up in? To be wrapped in your father’s arms, to laugh in your mother’s kitchen, to sit in the stillness of a place that once shaped most of who you are? In this week’s episode of the REPRESENTED podcast, I’m sharing something deeply personal with you. For the first time in 16 years, I returned home to Kenya—alone. No husband. No kids. Just me and the people who made me. This was more than just a trip. It was a heart re...
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...
