Episode 18

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17th Aug 2025

Homeless, Broke, and Obedient

Kelly Dockrell Brown’s story is a masterclass in radical obedience. She had the six-figure job, the Miami high-rise, and the polished LinkedIn profile. But what she didn’t have was peace. So when God said “Go”—she did. Kelly walked away from everything she knew, chose homelessness, and crossed the country in survival mode… just to obey a whisper. What she found on the other side? Freedom, purpose, and her dream husband.

  • 🌪️ Leaving behind a 13-year corporate career overnight
  • 🚗 Traveling across the U.S. in survival mode—with her dog
  • 🏕️ Sleeping in tents, cars, and campsites on a God-led mission
  • 💔 The mental toll and unexpected beauty of her homeless journey
  • ✨ Hearing God, holding the vision, and staying obedient
  • 💍 The wild story of how she met her husband in Hawaii
  • 📚 Why she turned it all into a book to inspire women to stop settling

🎙️ What We Talk About:

  • How survival mode shows up even in success
  • Releasing the identity you built to survive
  • Faith, fear, and the power of obedience
  • Learning to receive without controlling
  • The truth about reinvention and the grief that comes with it
  • Living on hope, calling, and a dog’s intuition
  • Building a business and a life that reflects who you really are


🔑 Key Takeaways:

“I was surviving in success—and I had no peace.”
“Obedience isn’t always glamorous—but it’s always transformative.”
“Sometimes your breakdown is the GPS for your breakthrough.”
“I didn’t know what was coming—but I trusted who was calling me.”


🙌 Why This Episode Matters:

This episode is for every woman who’s looked around at the life she built and whispered, “Is this all there is?”

It’s for the ones who feel trapped in careers, relationships, and routines that no longer serve them.

And it’s a love letter to the part of you that knows something better is calling.

Let Kelly’s story remind you: the risk is real—but so is the reward.


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About the Podcast

Survival Mode Disrupted with Leticia R Francis
Disrupted Unapologetic Conversations about Survival Mode
Survival Mode Disrupted is not just a podcast. It's a rebellion.

A raw, unfiltered space where we finally stop pretending we're fine and start telling the truth—the truth about the trauma we've carried, the identities they had to wear to survive, and the radical decisions we made to break free.

Because here's the deal: survival mode isn’t just a season. It’s a damn identity. One that so many were forced to adopt just to get through life, to stay safe, to stay needed, to stay sane. But eventually, it starts costing you more than it protects. Your peace. Your purpose. Your power.

This podcast is for the disruptors—the people who were told to stay small, stay silent, stay grateful for crumbs… and said “hell no.”

Hosted by Leticia, The Survival Mode Disruptor herself—a trauma recovery mentor, speaker, and woman who has lived through the fires of abuse, betrayal, and breakdown and still chose to rise—this show dives deep into the unapologetic exits from survival mode that no one talks about.

You’ll hear from women (and a few brave men) who walked away from toxic relationships, soul-sucking careers, generational dysfunction, religious trauma, cultural expectations, and the lies they were taught to believe about themselves. Not because it was easy—but because staying would’ve killed something sacred inside of them.

These are the stories of bold pivots, quiet courage, and messy but miraculous rebirths.

Each episode is a conversation—a disruption—meant to wake something up in you. Whether it’s a guest sharing the moment they chose themselves for the first time, or Leticia dropping a truth bomb that makes you question everything you’ve normalized, this podcast is here to shake the foundation of your survival mode identity and replace it with something truer. Something freer.

We’re not here for surface-level self-care tips or fake empowerment slogans.

We’re here to talk about what it really takes to:

Reclaim your voice after being silenced.

Reinvent yourself after being broken down.

Rewrite your story when everyone else wants you to stay the same.

Release the guilt of choosing YOU.

This is for those who are done performing. Done pleasing. Done pretending.

It’s for the ones ready to exit survival mode—not slowly, not quietly, but disruptively and unapologetically.

You won’t leave this podcast the same.
You’ll cry. You’ll rage. You’ll laugh.
You’ll see yourself in every story.
And more importantly, you’ll remember who the hell you are.

Welcome to Survival Mode Disrupted.
It’s not just a podcast.
It’s a movement.
And your exit begins here.

About your host

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Leticia Francis

I am not here to inspire you—I am here to activate you.

As a Survivor, Keynote Speaker, and Trauma Recovery Mentor, I know what it’s like to fight battles no one sees. I also know that breaking free is possible. My work is about disrupting survival mode, exposing trauma-driven success cycles, and giving women the blueprint to reclaim their lives.

🔹 200+ podcast features & speaking engagements
🔹 Global Women of Choice Award Winner 2022
🔹 Creator of the Survival Mode Exit Plan
🔹 Host of Survival Mode Disrupted Podcast