Day 329: Barbora Knobova
“… no matter what happens in your life, it never changes your self-worth and your value, and it doesn’t mean that you’re a bad person or that you’re not worthy enough or valuable enough. You are always that unique, extraordinary person, and you always have to remember that. And when you remember that, you have the strength and power and energy to do absolutely everything.”
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Thumbnail image: Original illustration by Barbora Knobova
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Toni Reece: Thank you so much, Barb, for agreeing to be part of this Project today, and before we begin, can you please introduce yourself?
Barbora Knobova: Oh thank you very much and, you know, first I’d like to thank you for the opportunity to be a part of this amazing, extraordinary Project, and I’m really very honored to be able to participate in this.
Toni: Oh, thank you.
Barb: So, about me. My name is Barb Knobova, a self-love coach for women business owners, and I’m also an author and a speaker. I’m the owner of Delicious Path, my self-love coaching practice, and I write Delicious books for strong, bold, and fearless women.
So as you can see, I really use the word “delicious” quite a lot because it makes so much sense. This word expresses exactly what we women are, and it’s actually an acronym that expresses all that and embraces all that. And in this acronym, D standing for Daring, E for Enchanting, L for Loving, I for Inspiring, C for Captivating, I for Intriguing, O for Outgoing, U for Unique, and S for Sophisticated, so that’s why I use this word so much.
I’m a big advocate for women’s empowerment, and personally I’d say I’m a very caring, generous woman that loves life and enjoys it every minute with excitement and happiness and gratitude.
Toni: Well thank you so much for sharing all that. That’s awesome! When you think of the word inspiration, Barb, who do you think you inspire, and how does that happen?
Barb: I think that I inspire women, and I inspire them both personally and professionally. Personally, my friends say that they are always inspired by my energy and courage to always keep moving forward and creating and building new things and exploring new possibilities.
And as a coach, I think that I inspire women to discover their authentic selves and their own value. I inspire them to create their own life experience and to overcome their fear and insecurities that we all have. And I inspire them to dream, to dream big dreams and then take these dreams and transform them into really gigantic goals, and then take these goals and turn them into a really, really powerful reality.
Actually, what I always say is that I’m on the mission to help as many women as possible find their true self and to use it to break through six or even seven figures in their business. On this mission, I also inspire them. I inspire them to create really effortless prosperity and abundance for themselves and their loved ones, because for us women it’s always so important to take care of the people that we love.
I also inspire my three kids, my three sponsored children in India, my adopted daughters, because I really feel that they are like my daughters. I inspire them to believe in themselves and to empower themselves and to build a better life for themselves and their families, because it’s so important in that part of the world.
Toni: I would imagine the inspiration that happens between you and those who you work with, also those relationships that you have, are pretty much the same … the results would be the same of that empowerment and being able to create that life. It sounds like you do that pretty much naturally.
Barb: Yes, definitely, and I really, really love doing that. It’s like … I don’t know if it’s a mission or a calling, but it comes pretty natural to me, that’s right.
Toni: Now, how do you help others then to explore their potential?
Barb: You know, I’ve overcome really many obstacles and challenges in my life, and I’ve hit rock bottom many times, but I am very, very grateful for every single one of these challenges because I know that they helped me become the person I am today. So my friends and clients, when they get to know me and see that incredible strength that I have, they realize that they have the same, if not bigger, power to create their own experience and live their life the way only they want to live it. So I would say that I help them explore their potential by making them see that their power is truly endless and unlimited.
Toni: What inspires you?
Barb: What inspires me?
Toni: Yes.
Barb: I think that there are two things that inspire me. There are many things that inspire me, but there are two main things that inspire me, and I feel very lucky to have them in my life. First, of course, it’s women, because I love being surrounded by extraordinary women. And there are so many extraordinary women out there today that really make this world a better place to be. And I’m very, very grateful that I have so many incredibly inspiring women in my life, and I mean the women in my family, my friends, my clients, and my mentors – these women are really fabulous.
The second thing that inspires me is the fact that I need to be exposed to new ideas and experiences constantly, all the time. I achieve that through traveling and books. These are two big pillars of my life, and honestly I’ve been a … I’ve been a nomad really, and a really avid reader since childhood. I learned to read and write when I was four, and I never stopped. Also, I love learning new languages because actually, I speak eight languages and it’s a skill that helps me get inspired even more because it’s so much easier to absorb new experiences and knowledge of other countries and cultures, and this really inspires me. These two things — women and new experiences that I get through traveling and books.
Toni: Now, when you speak about things that inspire you and other women and then the life experiences that you have had, but you also spoke to the fact that really how you help others explore their potential is by showing people what’s possible and that you’ve been down and you’ve come back up. How did you find the courage, and is that what it took, in order to keep getting back up? For people that are listening to your interview or reading your transcript and are saying “You know what, I’m there right now” – so how are these people on this Project that are being interviewed, if they’ve hit rock bottom, what did it take to get you to stand up again and move forward?
Barb: You know what? I think that life never gives us more challenges than we can handle, so I know that when I face a challenge, I know that I can handle it. I just need to find the way to do so, and I’m not a person that would give up. I never, ever, ever give up. And because I’m a self-love coach and I discovered the amazing power of self-love years and years ago, I know how important it is to love yourself at that moment, even if it’s difficult, and not to be, you know, harsh or, you know, really bad and tough, just that, you know, I really … I love myself. I know that I’m a great person, and I know that I’m going to get through this.
Then you just get up and you do what you need to do, and you just do one thing and then another thing and another thing until you’re done and you’re there and you’re back on your feet. You just never give up.
Toni: So basically, what I’m hearing from you is that you’ve got to look inward and never give up on yourself or never lose that feeling of self-love, as you put it, so that you can continue to keep moving forward.
Barb: Yes, exactly, because no matter what happens in your life, it never changes your self-worth and your value, and it doesn’t mean that you’re a bad person or that you’re not worthy enough or valuable enough. You are always that unique, extraordinary person, and you always have to remember that. And when you remember that, you have the strength and power and energy to do absolutely everything. You just learn. You take it as a valuable experience. You learn. You move on, and you start again.
Toni: So what are you doing now to explore your own potential?
Barb: Oh, you know, thank you for this question. I really love it, because really I must say that I explore my own potential on a daily basis, really. I’m a very, very passionate explorer of my own potential. And you know, I’m a true Indigo Adult, which means that I constantly look for new challenges and I set new goals, and I really, really love and enjoy pushing my own boundaries, and I don’t think that many people can say that, but I really, really love it.
So there … you know, there are always new things to learn and new skills to acquire. To me, life is a very … is an exciting journey with its ups and downs. Sometimes it’s like a rollercoaster, but it’s just a part of it. You know, already a very long time ago I stopped using words like “I can’t,” “It’s too difficult,” or “It’s impossible.” I just stopped using all these excuses, and they are not a part of my vocabulary anymore.
I know myself, and I allow myself to feel my fear when I feel it, because I know I’m just human, and you know, fears and doubts, it all belongs to us human beings. Then I just go and do what needs to be done, you know, as I said. I think thanks to this, I really keep growing and learning all the time.
Toni: It’s really interesting how the interview actually does come full circle, because what you do for others as far as the work that you do in inspiring women to empower themselves, you actually put that to practice in almost a daily manner, the way that you described exploring your own potential. So you are really a great example of someone who teaches what they need to learn, because you are pushing that every day.
Barb: Yes, exactly, and I really, really love this because I know that there are women out there who are where I was. And that’s why, you know, I always say I’m more than a coach or author or speaker, because I speak about my own experience. And it’s not just about coaching knowledge or education, it’s about your own life experience and about understanding those people that need your help.
Toni: It’s really amazing. I’m just listening to you, and I’m … we’re so lucky to have the people that we’ve had on this Project, because just the value that you’ve given in your interview alone as far as the inspiration, not only what you’re doing but what you need, and to answer the question the way you did about never giving up and to never lose your self-worth and your self-love and to keep moving forward and challenge yourself every day – that’s a great, great message for this interview, and we thank you so very much, Barb, for being part of the Get Inspired! Project.
Barb: Thank you so much.
Toni: Take care.
Barb: You too. Thank you.
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For more information about Barbora Knobova: http://www.DeliciousPath.com
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