(When the music stops, $hit gets real) We all have a muse. For some, the world seems surreal as we follow it, but is the fruition of the limelight as picture perfect as it's sold to be? This author tells the rest of the story.

Get over the hump every Wednesday with a new "Heartbeat in Relationship Conversation" episode. Join the Diversity Duo for all the feels and then ask yourself, “Do I judge a book by its cover...?”

This episode, affectionately known as "Hiatus," was gleaned from the title of this guest’s book. It was an eye-opening experience, to say the least. Not from the perspective of what one’s doing, but more so, what happens in the pause in-between. The author and our guest, Treston Irby (Community Neighbor/non-Veteran) doesn't refrain from telling how real, life got, from moment to moment. From the rush of having #1 records and the world knowing your name, to being back on the block and "needing to eat."

They say fame is fleeting but you don't know the truth until you've lived it; all of it...

Treston takes us on his humble beginning of how another muse, almost led him to a completely different story that would have been written about his life. You’ll be surprised!

How did the Hiatus in his life help to shape where he is now? What did he come to realize in the calm of the moment? The things he endured, what is the book about, and why did he write it?

The Diversity Duo was honored to sit down with arguably one of the members of the biggest groups from the 90's. You know them as Hi-Five, but you will learn that this guest is also honest, real, and an advocate of faith and mental health awareness. 

His sentiment in the last words of the interview were simply "compelling." Prepare to be moved.