Welcome back to Becoming: HER, the podcast where we peel back the layers of what it really means to live, lead, and love as the most confident version of ourselves. I’m your host, Nikki Spoelstra—and today’s guest embodies that journey in the most powerful way.
Simone Knego is the award-winning author of The Extraordinary UnOrdinary You and co-host of Her Unshakeable Confidence, the hit intergenerational podcast she hosts with her daughter. She’s climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, raised six children in a beautifully blended, multicultural family, and built a global platform around one truth—that confidence isn’t about perfection, it’s about showing up real, raw, and unapologetically you.
In this episode, we’re talking about what it means to lead from the inside out, stop waiting for permission, and find your voice—even when the world tells you to shrink. Let’s dive in with the extraordinary, unordinary Simone Knego.
In this episode…
- Learning from your children
- Adoption
- Crohn's
- If its mentionable, its manageable
- Book of life
- Family unit
- Business of being married
- The kitchen table leadership
Quotes
“When you have some sort of struggle it doesn’t define you, it’s just a piece of who you are.” - Simone Knego
“Self-care is NEVER selfish.” - Simone Knego
“I often call it the business of being married because it is more than just love, it is a lot of work that goes into keeping and sustaining a relationship.” - Nikki Spo
Timestamps:
0:00 - 2:40 | Intro
2:40 - 4:00 | Simone’s story
4:00 - 4:50 | Six children
4:50 - 6:25 | Crohn's disease
6:25 - 11:00 | How your children shape your identity
11:00 - 13:15 | Equal attention for your children
13:15 - 16:50 | Subconscious assigned role in a family unit
16:50 - 19:40 | Mom’s taking time for themselves
19:40 - 21:50 | Husband involvement
21:50 - 26:35 | The kitchen table leadership
26:35 - 29:55 | Extraordinary
29:55 - 36:20 | Mindset shift
36:20 - 38:35 | Moving forward
38:35 - 41:45 | Living up to others expectations
41:45 - 49:45 | You don’t need permission to be yourself
49:45 - 1:04:36 | REAL
If this conversation spoke to you in the audience, take a moment today to reflect on where you might still be waiting for a green light or for your own permission slip to get moving.
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