If you are looking to learn about a person who has done it all, then you’ve come to the right place. My guest today, Barbara Daoust, has a resume large enough to fill up a book. She is an acclaimed success coach, an inspirational speaker, creator of the program The Confidence Code and Your Genius Unlocked, and to top it all off; she is the author of the book True Love True Self: A Journey To Self-Love.  Barbara has spent much of her career in the arts, wearing every hat from director to actor to producer. Now she dedicates her life to helping people become the best version of themselves.

In this episode, Barbara educates us on the power behind recognizing your truth, connecting with yourself, and embracing the death of the ego. She shares her story of always feeling the need to be a perfectionist, born from past criticisms of not being enough. Barbara is a true testament to what can be achieved when you dismiss your outer (and inner) critic and evolve into an emotionally intelligent and resilient human being.

“You’ll never know who you really are until you’ve discovered the parts of yourself you haven’t yet met.”

Timestamps:

[00:10] Introduction to Barbara Daoust

[03:01] Pursuing your heart

[04:59] Did leading come naturally?

[12:37] Maintaining joy after trauma

[15:32] Working with people to help recognize their truth

[18:37] Acting coach for the Olsen Twins

[20:56] The dying of the old self 

[22:08] Connecting with self-love

[27:01] Igniting the spark

[28:08] How do you work with women with are overstudied?

[31:06] Addicted to adrenaline

[32:32] Reaching emotional intelligence 

[35:27] Have accountability towards your reality

[37:50] Fake it till’ you make it

[42:43] Almost getting kicked out of UCLA

[45:24] Barbara 10.0

Quotes:

-      “So many of us have become so serious in life, that we forgotten that the only way to raise our vibration is through joy.”

-      “The perfectionist in me was killing me”

-      “It’s not about being attached to the outcomes, it’s about finding the spark”

-      “The art of acting is really about standing up and feeling, and giving permission to feeling.”

Connect with Barbara:

-      Website

-      LinkedIn

-      Twitter

-      Buy her Book: True Love True Self: A Journey To Self-Love


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