How to be a confident woman

如何成为自信的女性

The Conversation

2025-08-18

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While confidence is widely understood as important, actually building and maintaining it can feel like an impossible task. A comedian from New Zealand and a body positive writer, speaker and influencer from the UK tell Datshiane Navanayagam about how they grew their self-confidence and give advice for others on how to get it. Megan Jayne Crabbe is a British bestselling author, presenter and body confidence advocate known for helping people improve their relationship with their bodies. She produces empowering content around body positivity, mental health and feminism which is shared with her more than 1.3 million social media followers. Her latest book is called We Don't Make Ourselves Smaller Here, which explores what we can do to live life as our fullest, boldest and most confident selves. Alice Snedden from New Zealand is a comedian and television actor, director and writer renowned for her confidence. Alice studied law at university but never practiced it. The night before she was admitted to the bar, Alice performed her first stand-up comedy set and never looked back. Television shows she has been involved with include Alice Snedden's Bad News, Starstruck and Break Clause. Produced by Emily Naylor (Image: (L) Alice Snedden courtesy Avalon. (R) Megan Jayne Crabbe credit Kiran Gidda.)
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  • This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK.

  • What does it mean to be a confident woman in today's world?

  • Whilst confidence is widely understood to be important,

  • when does it veer into arrogance or obnoxiousness?

  • And how difficult is it to strike the right balance, if indeed there is one?

  • And can the gender of the person embodying it influence how others perceive it?

  • I'm Dashiani Navanayagam and welcome to The Conversation from the BBC World Service.

  • This is the programme which puts women in the spotlight and allows us to hear the most marvellous stories and insights...

  • from women around the world.

  • Not only will we be discussing confidence,

  • but also we'll be questioning how easy it is for women to build and maintain it.

  • So that's our mission for today.

  • And I'm joined by two women in the studio with me to explore it.

  • Megan Jane Crabb is a British bestselling author,

  • presenter and body confidence advocate known

  • for helping people improve their relationship with their bodies.

  • And from New Zealand and renowned for her confidence,

  • Alice Sneddon is a comedian and television actor, director and writer.

  • Megan, Alice, it's lovely to have you on The Conversation.

  • Lovely to be here.