Ever catch yourself sounding one way in a meeting and another with your people—and wonder which version is “real”?

In this conversation, Darius Moore invites us into his story of growing up in a military family, moving between rural West Tennessee and corporate rooms, and learning how to code switch without losing himself. Through Darius’s lens, you’ll notice what it’s like to meet people where they are and stay rooted in who you are—navigating life’s gray areas, the messy middle, and the tension of holding multiple truths. You’ll hear how presence can disarm assumptions, how language shapes identity and belonging, and why love—as Darius puts it—can be a guiding code for how we show up in hard spaces.

If you’ve wrestled with “Am I adapting to be understood—or disappearing to be accepted?”, this episode offers authentic conversations that build emotional intelligence, self-compassion, and emotional resilience for real-life transitions. Come for the story; leave with grounded perspective on decision making in complex rooms, practicing both/and thinking, and choosing connection over performance in your ongoing personal growth journey.

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