This week I'm talking about something that came up powerfully in my group coaching calls last week. A real and tender tension around white privilege.

Some participants shared that they wished they did not have it. Others felt they should hold themselves back so they did not move ahead of people of colour. There was a deep longing for fairness, even if it meant shrinking themselves.

But, denying privilege does not create equity. What creates change is learning how to use it.

In this solo episode, I unpack what it looks like for white online business owners to use their white privilege in ways that genuinely support people of colour. I walk you through practical, grounded examples that apply directly to your coaching, consulting or course-based business. And I share what responsible action can look like in your everyday life.

We look at:

 • How to support clients of colour in your programs
 • How to use your access, visibility and influence with intention
 • What support looks like in your personal world
 • Why turning away from privilege keeps inequity in place

If you have ever wondered, “What am I meant to do with the privilege I have?”, this conversation will give you clarity, direction and a sense of purpose.

LINKS

I'd love to invite you to dive deeper into racial inclusion work by joining  the waitlist for my 10 week online program REPRESENTED. Check out all the details and join https://anniegichuru.com/represented-waitlist/

Come say hi on Instagram, let me know where you are tuning in from. I'd love to hear from you 👉🏾 https://www.instagram.com/annie.gichuru

There are conversations that land in your body and stay with you long after the recording stops. This is one of them.

In this episode, I sit down with my dear friend and powerhouse coach, author and speaker, Kemi Nekvapil, whose work has shaped the lives and leadership of women all around the world. From her flower farm on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung country to the pages of her bestselling books, Kemi invites us to rethink success, power and the stories we have inherited about both.

In our conversation, we talk about:

• The difference between power and success and why they do not always arrive together.
• Redefining success away from money and status and toward presence, seasonality and how life actually feels.
• How nature, rest and stepping away from the performance of success can bring us back to ourselves.
• What it is like to hold power and success as a Black woman in Australia in a world shaped by whiteness.
• Why Kemi wants every woman to know she is already enough, before she achieves a single thing.

Kemi speaks with a depth and clarity that creates room to breathe again. Her stories will remind you that your definition of success is allowed to evolve and that you do not need to earn your worth. You already have it.

This conversation is a gentle but potent invitation to slow down, reconnect with your own wisdom and choose a path of success that feels true for the season you are in.

LINKS

Instagram

LinkedIn

Spotify

I'd love to invite you to dive deeper into racial inclusion work by joining  the waitlist for my 10 week online program REPRESENTED. Check out all the details and join https://anniegichuru.com/represented-waitlist/

Come say hi on Instagram, let me know where you are tuning in from. I'd love to hear from you 👉🏾 https://www.instagram.com/annie.gichuru

Inclusion work asks something different from us. It does not move quickly. It does not follow the pace of online business. And it certainly does not offer the instant clarity we have been taught to expect.

In this episode, I am sharing why meaningful racial equity work will never move at the speed of business and why that is not a problem to fix, but a truth to honour.

I talk about:

 🎙 Why urgency often works against genuine inclusion
 🎙 The long, slow history of social change and what it teaches us
 🎙 How to recognise real progress in your leadership
 🎙 What steady, values based action looks like inside an online business

If you have ever worried that you are not moving fast enough or not “getting it” quickly enough, this conversation will help you breathe again. The work is slow for a reason. And slow can still be powerful.

LINKS

I'd love to invite you to dive deeper into racial inclusion work by joining  the waitlist for my 10 week online program REPRESENTED. Check out all the details and join https://anniegichuru.com/represented-waitlist/

Come say hi on Instagram, let me know where you are tuning in from. I'd love to hear from you 👉🏾 https://www.instagram.com/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 stuck in the feeling rather than the doing
 🎙 How compassion offers protection and perspective when the work feels heavy
 🎙 Different ways compassion is modelled in Scripture, as love that moves
  🎙 And how this lens can help you build an inclusive business that nourishes both you and the people you serve.

If you’ve been wondering how to keep showing up without losing heart, this conversation will help you find a rhythm that’s grounded, gentle and full of purpose.

LINKS

I'd love to invite you to dive deeper into racial inclusion work by joining  the waitlist for my 10 week online program REPRESENTED. Check out all the details and join https://anniegichuru.com/represented-waitlist/

Come say hi on Instagram, let me know where you are tuning in from. I'd love to hear from you 👉🏾 https://www.instagram.com/annie.gichuru

Lately, I’ve been noticing a heaviness in the air. In conversations, with clients, even in myself. And I don’t think it’s because people have stopped caring, but because caring has started to feel heavy.

If you’ve been showing up for racial equity work with sincerity and your heart feels a little weary, this episode is for you.

I talk about the emotional weight that often comes with meaningful inclusion work, especially in a world where diversity, equity and anti-racism efforts are being challenged and misunderstood.

I share:

🎙 Why inclusion work feels different from any other part of business and why it can leave you feeling emotionally drained.
 🎙 What Brené Brown’s research on empathy and compassion reveals about staying connected without burning out.
 🎙 How the current backlash against DEI has added an unseen layer of pressure for those committed to this work.
 🎙 Practical ways to keep showing up for inclusion with steadiness, integrity, and care.

This episode is a reminder that feeling weary doesn’t mean you’re falling behind, it means you’ve been showing up with your whole heart.

LINKS

I'd love to invite you to dive deeper into racial inclusion work by joining  the waitlist for my 10 week online program REPRESENTED. Check out all the details and join https://anniegichuru.com/represented-waitlist/

Come say hi on Instagram, let me know where you are tuning in from. I'd love to hear from you 👉🏾 https://www.instagram.com/annie.gichuru

Have you ever stopped yourself from taking action because you were scared of getting it wrong?

Maybe you’ve wanted to make your business more inclusive, but the fear of causing harm or being seen as performative kept you from moving. That fear is real, but it’s also the very thing that keeps progress out of reach.

In this episode, I’m unpacking how fear shows up in racial equity work, why it feels so different from anything else we do, and how it quietly holds us back from the change we want to create.

You’ll learn the difference between being thoughtful and being frozen, where this fear really comes from and what it looks like to move forward with compassion, even when you’re uncertain.

If you’ve been waiting for the “perfect” time to do this work or worried that one wrong move could undo everything, this episode will help you find steady ground again.

So grab your notebook and join me as we talk about how fear of getting it wrong stops progress in equity work and what to do instead.

LINKS

I'd love to invite you to dive deeper into racial inclusion work by joining  the waitlist for my 10 week online program REPRESENTED. Check out all the details and join https://anniegichuru.com/represented-waitlist/

Come say hi on Instagram, let me know where you are tuning in from. I'd love to hear from you 👉🏾 https://www.instagram.com/annie.gichuru

Round 12 of REPRESENTED just launched and what emerged in the welcome ceremony calls is exactly what the online business world needs to hear right now.

In this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on the conversations happening when white business owners finally get honest about the invisible gaps in their businesses. The things they're not seeing, the daily erosions they've never had to think about and why "knowing better" isn't the same as "doing better."

You'll hear about:

• The courage it takes to ask "what am I not seeing?"
• Why educated, well-intentioned business owners keep coming back (2nd and 3rd time)
• The difference between empathy and radical compassion
• What actually changes when you do this work

If you're noticing gaps in who you serve, if you've been doing DEI work but not out loud and in community with the most amazing humans, this episode is for you.

LINKS:

I'd love to invite you to dive deeper into racial inclusion work by joining  the waitlist for my 10 week online program REPRESENTED. Check out all the details and join https://anniegichuru.com/represented-waitlist/

Come say hi on Instagram, let me know where you are tuning in from. I'd love to hear from you 👉🏾 https://www.instagram.com/annie.gichuru

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.

We dive into:

 🎙 The moment she realised the beauty industry wasn’t made with her in mind. 

 🎙 How growing up as a dark-skinned, plus-sized Black woman shaped her relationship with beauty and belonging. 

 🎙 Why beauty can be ritual, therapy, and self-respect rather than just looking pretty.

 🎙 The ecosystem of wellness for migrants of colour, from community spaces to spiritual identity.

 🎙  Launching a truly inclusive range, from shade depth to price to accessibility.

What Rumbiie has created with AnakaGlam transcends product to being a statement of possibility. Through her work, she’s showing what it means to lead with care, honour identity and make space for beauty in every shade.

LINKS:

Website: https://anakaandco.com.au/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anakaandco/ https://www.instagram.com/heyimrumbiie/

I'd love to invite you to dive deeper into racial inclusion work by joining  the waitlist for my 10 week online program REPRESENTED. Check out all the details and join https://anniegichuru.com/represented

Come say hi on Instagram, let me know where you are tuning in from. I'd love to hear from you 👉🏾 https://www.instagram.com/annie.gichuru

What does it feel like to be held so well that you can simply be yourself?

In this moving conversation, I sit with Johanna Parker, a coach, speaker, trainer and end-of-life celebrant whose work shows how inclusion can be lived inside one of the most tender moments we share...saying goodbye.

Jo traces a path from youth outreach and crisis response on Melbourne’s streets to officiating ceremonies that honour culture, story and community. We talk about what it takes to design farewells that reflect who a person was, not what a template dictates. Jo shares her own reckoning with white supremacy, the conditioning we all carry and the lifelong work of unlearning systems of oppression, then shows how that inner work becomes practical choices in everyday interactions and decisions.

You’ll hear why awareness is only the first step and how accountability, feedback and intentional design turn values into reality when it comes to inclusion. We unpack creating spacious learning and ritual that welcome different ways of processing and doing due diligence when choosing teachers, institutions and venues.

Listen to learn about:

• How inclusive celebrancy can honour culture and community participation at end of life.
• Practical ways to translate values into ceremony design and logistics.
•  Inclusion translated into actions you can take today.
• A generous truth for white listeners about starting points and responsibility
• Why mentors and mirrors matter when you cannot see your own unconscious patterns.

Tender, practical and deeply human. This episode opens a new door on how inclusion can shape the way we say goodbye.

LINKS:

Website

Instagram

LinkedIn

I'd love to invite you to dive deeper into racial inclusion work by joining  the waitlist for my 10 week online program REPRESENTED. Check out all the details and join https://anniegichuru.com/represented

Come say hi on Instagram, let me know where you are tuning in from. I'd love to hear from you 👉🏾 https://www.instagram.com/annie.gichuru

What if true service shaped every part of your business, from sales to how you treat clients? In this episode, I’m joined by award-winning life and business coach Fideliz Cruz, founder of Kingdom Women Entrepreneurs and author of Your Divine Assignment. We talk about prophetic mentorship, partnering with the Holy Spirit in decision-making and why love is the clearest measure of our work.

Here’s what we cover:

• What a prophetic mentor does in practice and how prayerful strategy guides real business choices.
• Finding purpose through your pain point and turning it into service.
• Kingdom identity, courage and what to do when imposter complex shows up.
• Why ministry and marketplace are not separate and how worship becomes a lifestyle.
• Community as a catalyst for growth and the story behind the Australian Christian Business Awards.

If you’ve been searching for clarity on calling or you want your business to reflect your faith with integrity, this conversation will encourage you to step forward with purpose. Tune in and be strengthened.

LINKS:

Website: fidelizcruz.com
Instagram: @coach_fideliz_cruz
LinkedIn: Fideliz Cruz
Kingdom Women Entrepreneurs: kingdomwomenentrepreneurs.com
/ @kingdom_women_entrepreneurs
Australian Christian Business Awards: https://australianchristianbusinessawards.com/

I'd love to invite you to dive deeper into racial inclusion work by joining  the waitlist for my 10 week online program REPRESENTED. Check out all the details and join https://anniegichuru.com/represented

Come say hi on Instagram, let me know where you are tuning in from. I'd love to hear from you 👉🏾 https://www.instagram.com/annie.gichuru