65. Faith, Identity & The Pressure to Perform

REPRESENTED with Annie Gichuru

Can faith and performance exist in the same breath?

As we build on from the past two episodes in this heart to heart to women of colour, I’m reflecting on how my Christian faith, the very thing that’s sustained me for over 20 years in Australia, also got tangled up in performance culture.

I share how I misunderstood humility as playing small, how colonial Christianity made whiteness the standard of purity, and how so many women of colour have taken on the silent burden of being the “good Christian woman” by self-sacrificing, people pleasing, and endlessly giving.

We explore:

🎙 The pressure to perform in faith and identity
🎙 Misunderstood teachings that keep women of colour shrinking
🎙 Why obedience isn’t silence and humility isn’t invisibility
🎙 What it means to walk in relationship with God, not performance

Plus, a very special invitation if this episode resonates with you to join the waitlist for a Christian-based community I’m dreaming up 👉🏾 https://anniegichuru.com/refresh/

This episode is for you if you’ve ever wrestled with your identity in faith spaces, felt like you had to hide parts of yourself to be accepted, or just need a reminder that God delights in all of who you are.

LINKS:

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