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For years, Grace Fooden Correy navigated corporate culture as one of the few people of color in the room. What once made her feel distinctive eventually became emotionally exhausting.

Grace reveals how leaving corporate life helped her recognize the identity-related burnout she had been carrying. She shares how consulting, mentoring Black women, marrying another mixed person, and changing her daily environment allowed her to move from merely standing out to experiencing genuine belonging.

This episode explores mixed identity, workplace culture, racial hypervigilance, personal healing, and the importance of asking mixed people what support truly looks like.

▶︎ In This Episode

00:00 When Mixed Identity Feels Charged

01:16 The Cost of Being the Only One

02:28 From Burnout to Belonging

03:32 Life Without Constant Calculation

04:55 What Support Actually Looks Like

06:00 You Belong

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