56: Losing It All and Rising Again, One Step at a Time (as featured on The Other Side of Success podcast with Ella Lucas-Averett)

What if your life’s biggest failure played out on the world stage? Jacqueline Brooker lived it and this is your invitation to tune in for a masterclass in resilience!

This conversation comes from an episode of The Other Side of Success podcast with Ella Lucas-Averett, where Jacqueline joins as a guest to share her remarkable story of resilience, failure, and self-belief.

She takes us through her extraordinary journey — from a chaotic childhood to entrepreneurial heights, followed by a devastating public fall. 

In this conversation, Jacqueline shares her unfiltered truth about how she navigated a $5.2M project that ended in global scrutiny and the critical life lessons she learned from losing it all.

But it doesn’t end there. Her story isn’t just about failure — it’s about the courage to keep going when the world expects you to give up. 

If you’ve ever faced a moment that felt insurmountable, this episode is for you. Share it with someone who needs to hear that even when the narrative slips out of your hands, you still have the power to write your next chapter.

WHAT YOU’LL DISCOVER IN THIS EPISODE:

• Jacqueline shares why her baseline was always failure first (00:33)
• From McDonald’s to taking over a multimillion-dollar family business (02:34)
• How the right people shaped Jacqueline’s journey (07:49)
• How Jacqueline risked it all to launch a groundbreaking women’s leadership project (09:18)
• June 17, 2016: The day Jacqueline lost her business, her voice, and control of her story (11:40)
• Securing an A-list speaker and the unraveling that followed (14:49)
• The emotional and professional fallout of losing it all (19:36)
• Why bouncing back isn’t always the answer in recovering and building resilience (27:47)
• Jacqueline’s message to 2016 her (30:12)
• Jacqueline reflects on hard truths from her high-stakes dealings with Reese Witherspoon’s team (31:10)
• The raw truth about finding strength after losing everything (33:05)
• The power of humanity (35:27)

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