30|What happens when you hit rock bottom—and decide to rise anyway?

A Ball Bounces Higher the Harder It Hits the Ground

What happens when you hit rock bottom—and decide your story will no longer be told for you?

In this powerful episode, Deanna Powell shares her journey of getting sober in 2012 and the courage it took to reclaim her voice, her truth, and her future. After years of addiction, judgment, and painful family dynamics, Deanna reached a breaking point—and chose to rise.

She opens up about the moment she decided to tell her entire story publicly—the good, the hard, and the uncomfortable—rather than letting rumors and misinformation define her. What began as an act of self-protection became a turning point of empowerment, healing, and deep personal transformation.

This conversation explores:
• sobriety and rebuilding your life
• the courage it takes to be vulnerable
• letting go of relationships that no longer support your growth
• knowing your worth and writing your own next chapter

Deanna also shares how trusting herself and her dreams led her to a life she once believed was out of reach—including becoming a single mom by choice and building a life centered on truth, joy, and intention.

This episode is for anyone who has ever felt misunderstood, faced starting over, or needed the reminder not to quit before the miracle.

🎧 Listen in and be reminded: sometimes, the harder you hit the ground, the higher you rise.

Deanna Powell has been in real estate for over 30 years and recently started a podcast called Intrepid Storytelling, where she dives deep into the human experience through real, unfiltered, and transformational stories. Each episode features courageous (dare I say INTREPID) individuals who have faced adversity, trauma, resilience, healing, reinvention, and personal breakthroughs. From survival and recovery to empowerment and purpose, her guests have overcome abuse, chronic illnesses, loss of loved ones, and so much more. Their stories remind us of the strength and intrepid spirit inside us ALL! She has her own intrepid story to tell.
www.IntrepidHomeTeam.com & www.youtube.com/@intrepidstorytelling

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