Hope Through Expectation: Deanna Johnston

Send us Fan MailYour voice can feed you, free you, and still get tangled up in fear. We’re joined by Deanna Johnston, a renowned vocalist and globally working voiceover artist, for a conversation that starts with a plastic microphone in a family basement and stretches all the way to recording projects heard around the world. Along the way, we talk about what it’s like to grow up shy, to feel emotions you weren’t taught to name, and to discover that singing can be less about perfection and more about telling the truth.Deanna opens up about the boldness it took to build her own band, the lasting impact of her time on Rockstar INXS, and the strange grief of stepping away from performance after years of touring and running a successful corporate entertainment company. Now she works inside a voiceover booth for hours at a time, and we dig into the hidden cost of that isolation, the body’s need for movement, and a recurring dream that perfectly captures what it feels like when expression gets blocked.We also get practical about getting unstuck: baby steps, finding the right door at the right time, and holding onto faith as fuel. Deanna shares a definition that reframes everything for us: hope as a positive expectation that something good is going to happen. If you’re navigating change, burnout, grief, or a creative reset, this one will meet you where you are and nudge you forward. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs hope, and leave a review so more people can find these stories.Award-Winning Female Voice Actor Deanna JohnstonCOMMERCIAL FEMALE VOICE OVER DEMO #videoproduction #videocreatorDeanna Johnston | LinkedInThanks for listening to Soul SiStories. We hope you follow us on your favorite podcast platform. Five-star ratings and reviews always help to spread our message of hope.Soul SiStoriesInstagramFacebookSoul SiStories Podcast - YouTubeSoulSiStoriesPod (@soulsistoriespod) | TikTok