Your Confidence Podcast

From a Boots Counter to the Global Beauty Stage - With Sean Maloney

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:15:00 +0100

In this episode, I’m joined by celebrity makeup artist and beauty entrepreneur Sean Maloney, who shares how he went from stocking shelves in Boots to working with stars, leading international pageant teams and building an award-winning academy. We talk about the moments that demanded courage, including four-minute makeovers at London Fashion Week and a life-changing decision made from a hostel bunk bed.

Sean also opens up about comparison, online criticism and the pressure to look confident when you are quietly paddling underneath. His story is a brilliant reminder that confidence is not about feeling fearless. It is about focusing on your own path, saying yes to opportunities and remembering why you started.

Highlights:

(03:01) The confidence switch Sean learned to turn on

(07:13) Creating a catwalk look in just four minutes

(12:51) How a random Boots job launched his beauty career

(20:29) The hostel stay that changed the direction of his life

(24:21) Why posting on Instagram is not enough to build a career

(33:01) How Sean recovered when one bad photo went viral

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“Everything You Need Is Inside You”: Confidence Lessons from Maxine Laceby

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:15:00 +0100

Serial entrepreneur Maxine Laceby, the co-founder of Absolute Collagen, joins Sian to share how a late-in-life fine art degree, a raw self-stripping art project, and a pan of bone broth led to a £30 million business.

Maxine opens up about feeling invisible as a stay-at-home mum, rebuilding her self-worth, and the Post-it note mantra that changed everything: “Everything you need is inside you. You are enough.”

She talks candidly about being an “underestimated everyday woman,” raising confident daughters, leading with values, and why the first step to being seen is to stop underestimating yourself.

(03:00) - The art project that stripped away every mask and changed Maxine’s life

(08:00) - Standing on the edge of the cliff and saying “sod it” to regret

(10:30) - Hiring on instinct: why values matter more than CVs

(25:16) - “You’ll leave when it hurts enough”: raising confident, resilient daughters

(34:32) - Stop underestimating yourself and look in the mirror with no armour

(38:20) - Being the owl in the nest: embracing who you really are to change your life

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