Out Loud + Unfiltered: Burn The Boats + Going All In with Brooke + Brett Thomas
The Live Out Loud Show
Brooke Thomas
5.0 • 566 Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Brooke Thomas and her husband Brett kick off their new "Out Loud and Unfiltered" series by sharing the real, behind-the-scenes story of building their life, marriage, faith, and multiple businesses together. They reveal what it took to "burn the boats," move from North Carolina to Newport Beach, and fully support each other's dreams—no matter how unconventional or challenging it seemed. Through honest conversation, they discuss overcoming the golden handcuffs of corporate life, navigating criticism and uncertainty, relying on faith and prayer, and learning to adapt in new seasons. With practical insight and heartfelt encouragement, Brooke and Brett invite listeners into the lessons, struggles, and breakthroughs that have shaped both their business and family legacy.
Timestamps:
💕 00:22 – Series Introduction: Brooke Thomas launches the new "Out Loud and Unfiltered" series with Brett, sharing their real-life journey and business experiences together.
💕 01:55 – Brett's Career Evolution: Brett recounts his 25-year corporate climb from sales to Senior VP, ultimately contributing to a company's growth from $400 million to $18 billion.
💕 05:40 – Redefining Family Support: Brooke Thomas discusses the nontraditional ways they balanced business pursuits and parenting, emphasizing the importance of supporting each other's dreams.
💕 10:13 – The Power of Mutual Support: Brett and Brooke Thomas share how committed spousal support was foundational to both their individual and combined success.
💕 15:01 – Burning the Boats: Brooke Thomas introduces the turning point phrase, "burn the boats," and they describe the bold decisions behind moving their family and changing careers.
💕 23:23 – Faith and Risk in Action: Brooke Thomas details the challenges they faced after relocating, including how praying with belief and persistent faith led to unexpected breakthroughs.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm so excited to kick this off with my BFF, my business partner, and my husband of over 22 years. |
| 0:07.8 | We've raised two daughters together that are now 18 and 21. We call them baby adults. And we've built |
| 0:13.9 | multiple businesses together. So as you can imagine, there's so much that happens every month in |
| 0:20.4 | our business, our life, and our faith. |
| 0:22.5 | So that's why we're going to kick off a brand new series called Out Loud and Unfiltered. |
| 0:28.5 | Welcome back to the Live Out Loud Show. I'm your host, Brooke Thomas. And over the years, |
| 0:34.1 | Brett and I have shared pieces of our story here and there, but we've never really |
| 0:37.8 | sat down and walked through what it looked like to build our life, our marriage, our faith, |
| 0:43.8 | and working side by side in the real unfiltered way. We get asked the questions all the time. |
| 0:49.5 | So we wanted to take you on our journey for how we really burned the boats, ended up in Newport |
| 0:55.8 | Beach all the way from North Carolina, and we've built multiple businesses together. So Brett, |
| 1:02.4 | let's just kick it off with you because a lot of people see us working together now. Right. |
| 1:07.2 | And they ask a lot of questions. They see you, you know, casual sometimes in your workout clothes, you know, hanging out with the guys with the Live Out Loud hat, you know, just all the casual things that we get to do in life together because we work together. We live together. We play together. But what they don't know is the man that I met, you know, over 22 years ago, almost 24 years ago now. |
| 1:30.4 | And the man that actually started his career and had the same career for 25 years in a suit every single day. |
| 1:38.3 | And I just wanted you to share that part of your story first because I think it's important for people to know your story about where you came from, the history of business, why I wanted you to partner with me because |
| 1:49.4 | your experience, your wisdom, your success. And I want you to brag on yourself. You know, |
| 1:55.5 | this is what I tell the women a lot of times brag on yourself, boy. So, except I say girlfriend. |
| 2:00.3 | I get it. Yeah. So talk to everybody and let them know, you know, how you started. Okay. Well, thanks for having me back on the Live Out Loud show. And this is going to be a new series. We're going to kick off. So yeah, so I think most people look at us now and they see us working together for the past, you know, six and a half, seven years, and they |
| 2:17.6 | just think that's kind of normal. And they're like, oh, they must have always worked together. |
| 2:21.0 | But it is definitely different. I mean, I logged a lot of miles on airlines and stayed a lot of |
| 2:26.8 | nights in a Marriott Hotel in the first 25 years of my career. So the quick synopsis is, |
| 2:33.1 | I graduated from Auburn with an economics degree and went |
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