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...
83. Building an Inclusive Beauty Brand Ft. Rumbidzai Tamai
REPRESENTED with Annie Gichuru
1 hour 9 minutes
4 weeks ago
83. Building an Inclusive Beauty Brand Ft. Rumbidzai Tamai
Only 18 % of new makeup launches today include shades that adequately serve darker skin tones, a stark reminder that for many, the beauty shelf still says “not you.” In this episode, I welcome Rumbidzai “Rumbiie” Tamai, Zimbabwean-born and Australian raised, with more than 11 years as a makeup artist and educator and now founder of the inclusive beauty brand AnakaGlam. In our conversation, we unfold the journey from exclusion to creation and explore how beauty, identity and wellness intersect...
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...
