Real Confidence, Live: Surviving Failure, Letting Go of Regret, and Finding Your People

 What does it really take to keep going when life knocks you off track? Recorded live in front of an audience, this episode of Her Unshakeable Confidence has Olivia putting Simone in the hot seat about REAL Confidence, from losing everything flipping houses to the grandmother whose resilience broke barriers in medicine.

Together they share the family rule of feeling your feelings and then moving forward, the Starbucks drive-thru moment when Mili told Simone to reread her own book, and Olivia’s openness about living with Crohn’s. It’s a warm, funny, honest reminder that failing doesn’t make you a failure, and the people who are your people will accept you exactly as you are.

✅ Actionable Takeaways

  • Treat failure as a learning process and ask, “What did I learn?”
  • Say yes to the things that scare you, because you won’t grow if you don’t try.
  • Remember that “no” is a full sentence.
  • Give yourself a set time to feel your emotions, then choose to move forward.
  • Let go of “what will other people think?” They’re busy with their own lives.
  • Share what you’re struggling with. Saying it out loud can open doors and help others.
  • Surround yourself with people who accept you exactly as you are.

📖 Chapters


00:00 – Welcome and Going Live With Friends in the Room
01:57 – From a Book About Labels to REAL Confidence
03:39 – Failing Without Becoming a Failure
05:27 – Saying Yes When You Want to Say No
07:20 – Mili’s Reaction to the First Book
09:09 – Grandma’s Story of Resilience
12:36 – Embarrassing Moments and Living Without Regrets
14:53 – The Starbucks Drive-Thru Lesson
17:35 – How to Get Back on Track When You’re Derailed
20:34 – Nature vs. Nurture in a Family of Six Kids
26:01 – Do-Overs and the “What If” Trap
29:20 – Living Openly With Crohn’s and Finding Your People

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Meet Simone Knego

Simone Knego is a keynote speaker, USA Today bestselling author of REAL Confidence, and creator of The REAL Method®, a framework that helps leaders and teams close the gap between potential and performance. A two-time TEDx speaker, she’s been featured on ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, Entrepreneur Magazine, and Yahoo News. She co-hosts the podcast Her Unshakeable Confidence with her daughter Olivia and lives in Sarasota, Florida, with her husband, Rob. They have six children.

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