Today we’d like to introduce you to Bryna Grant.
Hi Bryna, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
For most of my life, I looked successful on the outside while quietly unraveling on the inside. I grew up in the church and learned early how to perform faith, chase approval, and hide pain. As we moved frequently, perfectionism and people-pleasing became survival skills, and unprocessed childhood trauma showed up first as disordered eating and later (after weight loss surgery) as alcohol dependence. I kept it all hidden while building a respected legal career and showing up everywhere for everyone—except myself.
Everything began to collapse after years of suppressed trauma, professional loss, and the death of my father in 2020. The breaking point came in March 2021, when I was arrested for DUI—ironically, after years as a DUI prosecutor. Sitting in a jail holding cell, exhausted and stripped of every illusion, I finally surrendered control of my life to God. What felt like rock bottom became the foundation I would build upon and the beginning of real healing.
I entered treatment (on Good Friday 2021) and later found deep restoration through Celebrate Recovery, where honesty replaced hiding and community replaced isolation. Recovery didn’t just give me sobriety—it gave me my life back. Today, I am almost 5 years sober, rebuilding my marriage with communication, intention, and faith, and living free from the need to perform or prove my worth because I finally believe who God says I am.
Now, as a criminal defense attorney and speaker, I use my story openly—my failures as much as my faith—to help others find hope and freedom. I no longer define success by titles or appearances, but by surrender, truth, and the quiet confidence of living aligned with God.
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
There were many I could highlight; however, for much of my life, I led from a place of performance rather than wholeness—driven by perfectionism, fear of rejection, and unprocessed trauma that taught me to hide instead of heal. I learned early to read rooms, meet expectations, and carry pain privately, which eventually showed up as disordered eating, addiction, and emotional isolation, even while I appeared successful and capable on the outside. Those same challenges, however, are what now shape my leadership. Walking through addiction, grief, professional loss, and recovery stripped me of the need to impress and taught me how to lead with humility, honesty, and empathy. I have forgiven those who were intent on destroying me because God used it for the good I am able to do now in the lives of my clients and those I work with at Celebrate Recovery. Where I once over-functioned and avoided vulnerability, I now create spaces where truth is safe, people are seen, and accountability is paired with grace. My lived experience has sharpened my discernment, deepened my compassion, and strengthened my courage to make hard decisions with integrity. Today, I lead not by control or image, but by presence, credibility, and trust—using the very obstacles that once nearly broke me to build connection, resilience, and hope in others. I don’t advertise so I am convinced that those clients who find me are each brought to me for a purpose and I just share my story and see what they can glean from it to apply to their lives.
We’ve been impressed with Bryna Grant Law, but for folks who might not be as familiar, what can you share with them about what you do and what sets you apart from others?
I am a former career prosecutor (almost 17 years) turned defense attorney. I help facilitate adoptions and draft basic wills, powers of attorney and living wills to help others do one of the most loving things for those they leave behind.
What does success mean to you?
Success is no longer achievement or public approval without wholeness. Success, for me, is alignment — with God, with truth, and with my real self.
Success is surrender, not control. For most of my life, success meant keeping it together, looking impressive, staying useful, and never letting anyone see the cracks. Now I know real success started the moment I stopped performing and let God take the lead.
Success is telling the truth — even when it costs me comfort, pride, or reputation.
Success used to be hiding well. Now it’s living honestly. No secrets. No masks. No double life. Light everywhere, even when it’s uncomfortable.
Success is waking up sober, present, and at peace with myself.
Not numbed (by anything- alcohol, food, external validation). Not distracted. Not chasing approval. Just awake — in my body, in my relationships, and in my faith.
Success is choosing obedience over applause.
I used to measure success by board memberships, titles, income, and how indispensable I looked to others. Now I measure it by whether I listened to God today — and whether I followed Him when no one was clapping.
Success is rebuilding what matters most.
A marriage rooted in honesty.
A relationship with my children marked by presence, not leftovers.
A faith that holds up in storms because God is the builder, not the guest.
Success is freedom.
Freedom from alcohol.
Freedom from people-pleasing.
Freedom from shame, fear, and pretending.
Success is using my story to shorten someone else’s road to hope.
If my worst moments become someone else’s lifeline, that’s success.
If my scars point someone toward healing, that’s success.
Success is ending the day able to say:
“I didn’t abandon myself today.”
“I didn’t outrun God today.”
“I didn’t hide today.”
I reiterate, success is living sober, surrendered, and aligned with God — free from pretending, faithful in obedience, and willing to use my story to bring light to others.
Pricing:
- Based on the case. I don’t want to be under valued or overpriced but I have been practicing almost 25 years so my time estimate is eerily accurate.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.brynagrantlaw.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrynaGrantAttorney
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryna-grant-820b519b
- Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/bryna-grant-law-gallatin
