What if success had less to do with how much you have — and more to do with how fully you’re actually living? In Part 2 of my conversation with Deanna Boyden, we go deeper into the mindset, decisions, relationships, and life experiences that have shaped the way she defines success today. Deanna is a real estate investor, entrepreneur, coach, and founder of REAL Power, a community created to support and connect women in business, investing, leadership, and personal growth. Her background spans corporate leadership, technology, real estate, entrepreneurship, coaching, and community building. She has also served on Calgary’s housing advisory committee and continues to work across real estate development, investment, education, and leadership. This episode is less about chasing the next milestone and more about asking a much bigger question: Are you actually building a life you want to live? Deanna shares her personal framework for measuring success through what she calls her “F words” — faith, family, friends, finance, fun, fitness, finding and learning, and doing things for others. We talk about: redefining success beyond money and statuswhy presence can matter more than productivitylearning to recognize when a chapter of your life is completemaking decisions with a “hell yes or no” filterletting go of things you’re only doing because of ego or obligationthe importance of regular life check-insrest, reset, and rechargeremoving yourself from people and situations that consistently drain youreverse-engineering the life you actually wantbuilding confidence through small, consistent actionswhy mortality can create urgency instead of fearand why nobody is coming to save you — which means you get to decide what happens next Deanna also shares some incredibly personal stories about family, loss, relationships, real estate, lifestyle design, and the moments that made her stop measuring success by traditional metrics. And because this is PowerHaus, we kept some of the real-life conversation too. At the end of the episode, you’ll hear bonus material from before the official interview began, including a few failed intro attempts, an emotional real estate memory from a jet-ski ride, conversations around men’s mental health and perimenopause, my hit-and-run/insurance story, an off-roading adventure in a rental Jeep, and somehow... a very serious discussion about In-N-Out Burger. 😂 It’s raw, honest, funny, and exactly the kind of conversation I never wanted to leave on the cutting-room floor. One of my favourite takeaways from Deanna: “If it’s not a hell yes, then it’s a no.” And perhaps the biggest reminder from this conversation: Nobody is coming to save you. Decide what you want, start taking the steps toward it, and build a life that actually makes you happy. About Deanna BoydenDeanna Boyden is a real estate investor, entrepreneur, coach, and founder of REAL Power, a network focused on supporting female entrepreneurs and investors through education, connection, mastermind programs, events, and community. Her career has included corporate roles in the airline industry, CMHC, and technology before transitioning more deeply into entrepreneurship, real estate, coaching, and leadership. Her work today centres around helping people gain clarity, build confidence, take meaningful action, and create lives and businesses that align with what actually matters to them. Connect with Deanna🌐 REAL Power: https://www.real-power.ca/ 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dboyden/ 📸 Instagram: @realpowerladies 👤 Socials: Deanna Boyden Connect with PowerHaus🌐 powerhauspodcast.com 📸 Instagram: @thepowerhauspodcast 🎵 TikTok: @powerhauspodcast 𝕏 X: @PowerHausPod ▶️ YouTube: @PowerHausPodcast 🔗 LinkedIn: PowerHaus Podcast
