From Survival Mode to CEO:How I Redefined What It Means to Be Unstoppable
- Oct 1
- 2 min read
By Brittany Rogars
I didn’t grow up thinking I was unstoppable. I grew up thinking I had to survive.
My dad was in and out of prison. My mom was fighting alcoholism. By the time I was a teenager, I had already learned to shrink myself, clean up chaos, and pretend everything was fine. That was the only version of “strength” I knew… grit without grace. Perform. Achieve. Repeat.
At 22, I was newly pregnant, and to be frank, a total hot mess.. I had no money, no plan, and no idea who I was outside of survival mode. Then, I lost my best friend to addiction and that grief cracked me open. It wasn’t a dramatic overnight pivot. It was messy. It was painful. It was a long, winding path full of doubt and detours.
I worked my way from gas station clerk to dental receptionist, from receptionist to operations manager, and eventually became the founder of a multi-six-figure consulting company. I built it from scratch while raising my children, grieving my friend, and unlearning every belief that told me I had to be perfect to be powerful.
Today, I’m the CEO of SKF Practice Solutions, host of The Dental Decoders podcast, and the author of Pivot With Purpose Playbook. I’ve built systems that help women reclaim their time, their peace, and their power. But let me be clear… none of that means I’ve “arrived.” It just means I finally stopped performing and started leading from a place of alignment.
To me, being “unstoppable” used to mean being invincible. No cracks. No tears. Just hustle and high performance. Now, it means being real.
It means being vulnerable enough to ask for help. Smart enough to build a team that’s strong where I’m not. Grounded enough to rest when I need to, without guilt. And bold enough to say, “I don’t know this part,” and still trust myself to lead.
I’ve learned that unstoppable doesn’t mean bulletproof. It means being brave enough to build a life that’s aligned - with truth, with people, with purpose. Because I finally trust myself… even in the mess. Especially in the mess.
If I could speak to the younger version of me, the one who thought her story disqualified her, I’d say this: You are not too much. You are not broken. You are becoming. Your pain is not a prophecy. It’s a portal.
That girl who once couldn’t pay her electric bill? She now coaches others through reinvention. That woman who spent years performing for love and approval? She now writes the rules. And it didn’t happen because she got it all right, it happened because she refused to give up.
So if you’re in the messy middle of your own story, this is your reminder: You don’t need to be polished to be powerful. You don’t need to be fearless to rise.
You just need to keep going.
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