REPRESENTED with Annie Gichuru
Welcome to REPRESENTED, the podcast.
This is your weekly dose of inspiration that’ll support you to build a racially inclusive online business without letting the fear of getting it wrong get in the way. These episodes will provide insights, strategies, and discussions that break down barriers and empower you to navigate the racial equity landscape.
I’m Annie Gichuru, your host as well as a Racial Equity Coach who supports online business owners such as coaches, course creators, membership owners and group program facilitators. It’s my calling in nature and ability to break-down complex and often uncomfortable conversations around race that has seen me teach over 100 online business owners to be more racially inclusive through my online program REPRESENTED.
Be sure to subscribe, rate and review so this podcast can reach more online business owners and begin to not only normalise racial inclusion in the online coaching space but see us actively shift our perspectives.
Episodes
116 episodes
Podcast Break 2026
After more than 100 episodes of REPRESENTED Podcast, I’m taking a pause for the month of July.This short episode is a note from me before I step away for the Australian school holidays. I’m sharing why care, rest and resisting false urge...
112. Raising Anti-Racist Kids In An AI World
When one of my clients told me how her children's school had marked Reconciliation Week here in Australia, it planted the seed for this episode. The school could have easily chosen the convenient and easy path of acknowledging and recognising t...
111. How Comedy Can Turn Into Racial Humiliation
The thin line between humour & harm and how comedy without conscience can perpetuate racism.A racist joke is never only about the moment it is told. It draws on histories, stereotypes and assumptions that already exist in the ...
110. Equity vs Equality Part 2: A Step By Step Explanation of What Equity Looks Like in Your Coaching Business
In part one of this conversation, we looked at the difference between equity and equality, why treating everyone the same does not ...
109. Equity vs Equality and the False Narratives Shaping DEI Right Now: Part 1
A lot of people believe fairness means treating everyone the same. But treating everyone the same does not end discrimination when people are not starting from the same place.In this first part of a two-part conversation, I’m unpacking t...
108. The Inconvenience of Inclusion
What if the real obstacle to racial inclusion in your business isn't your busy schedule, your fear or your lack of training? What if it's something we've been culturally trained to avoid: inconvenience itself?In this episode I share a qu...
107. Staying Connected to Racial Equity Work Without Spending Money
What does it actually look like to stay engaged in racial equity work when your budget is tight, your nervous system is on overdrive and your leadership keeps requiring more of you?In this episode of REPRESENTED podcast, I'm speaking to ...
106. Finding Credible Sources for Racial Inclusion Work: A Values-Led Practice for Vetting What You Consume
How do you actually decide who to listen to in racial inclusion work?In a time when so many people have platforms and the volume of content on race, DEI and systemic racism is greater than it has ever been, finding credible sources has b...
105. The Leadership Behaviours That Shape Psychological Safety Ft. Preetie Boler
Psychological safety is often spoken about as something we want to create, but it is shaped by the everyday behaviours people experience from those holding power.A leader can value inclusion, care deeply about equity and still behave in ...
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104. Anti-Racism Training: Should You Learn Alone or in Community?
If you’ve been learning about anti-racism through books, podcasts or your own reflection, you might be wondering… is this enough?Today I’m unpacking the pros and cons of solo learning vs community learning in anti-racism training ...
103. How to Build a Journaling Practice That Helps You Stay in Racial Equity Work Without Starting Over Every Time
Have you ever felt like every time you step back into racial equity work, you're starting from scratch? Like the learning you've done before hasn't been retained because you haven't been practising it? In this episode, I share a si...
102. Nice Is Not Kind: What the Difference Means for Antiracism
Most of us have been taught that being nice is a good thing. In racial equity work, it might be the very thing standing in the way.Today, we're making a distinction that many get wrong: niceness and kindness are not the same thing. Nicen...
101. The Intersection of Race and Faith
How does the same book that says "the Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to set the oppressed free" get used to keep people in chains?That's the question at the heart of this Easter Monday episode where I'm unpacking...
100. The Long Game: A Milestone Conversation with Special Guest Host Jess Miller
This is episode 100 and if you've been here from the start, you know how much has shifted in the world, in this work and in this space since we first began. Today, the mic gets handed over to my dear friend and business strategist Jess Miller. ...
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99. Sixty Years of IDERD: How Racism Has Learned to Perform Progress
60 years ago, the United Nations proclaimed the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (IDERD) in response to the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960, when 69 people were killed at a peaceful protest against apartheid's pass la...
98. The ChatGPT to Claude Exodus and the AI Ethics Behind the Tools Running Your Online Business
There's been a lot of conversations taking place about the mass exodus from ChatGPT to Claude. But I think the deeper conversation should really be about the ethics behind the AI tools we are using especially whose values are embedded in the to...
97. IWD 2026 Special - How Do We Actually Balance the Scales?
March is a month that amplifies and highlights women's leadership normally kick starting with International Women's Day on 8th March. The theme this year is Balance the Scales, a message that speaks to the hope of a society where women a...
96. The Leader Unwritten Ft. Premila Jina
I believe today's conversation is one that many women of colour will feel in their body and not just in their mind.I’m joined by Premila Jina, a global leader, speaker and inclusive leadership consultant whose journey has taken her from ...
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95. Who Are You Learning From In Uncertain Times?
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been sitting with the feedback I received after Episode 93 on Dehumanising Language and it has ...
94. The Women of Colour in Australia’s C-Suite Ft. Christine Rudairo Mudavanhu
My first guest for 2026 is Christine Rudairo Mudavanhu. She is an entrepreneur, author, podcaster, community leader and the CEO of UC Compliance. She is also the founding partner of Utano Global and Migrant Women in Business as well as the forc...
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93. Dehumanising Language: How It Starts, Why It Spreads & What Coaches Need To Do Now
Today’s conversation is one I hadn’t planned to record, but it became necessary. In recent days, we’ve seen yet another example of dehumanising language surface in public discourse, reminding us how easily racism is repackaged as humour, commen...
92. To the Women of Colour Carrying More Than Anyone Sees
This week’s episode is a dedication to the women of colour in my community. It's also the final episode of REPRESENTED podcast for 2025.As the year comes to a close, many women of colour are carrying more than anyone sees. The emotional ...
91. Inclusive Ways to Give this Christmas
As the year winds down and many of us start thinking about rest, connection and the people we love, I wanted to offer something a little different for this week’s episode. Christmas is often a time of giving, yet most of us move through it on a...
90. How to Use Your White Privilege
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 ...
89. Cultivating Success on Your Own Terms Ft. Kemi Nekvapil
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 wo...
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