S23 Ep11: Conversations of Inspiration: 2025 year in review
Conversations of Inspiration
Holly Tucker MBE
5.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
You’ll love this episode as it’s a celebration of connection: the friendships, shared wisdom and honest storytelling that make a founder’s path not only less lonely, but infinitely richer. Holly revisits standout conversations with NailsINC’s Thea Green MBE — who compares founding a business to motherhood; visualisation expert Maya Raichoora — who shares transformative mindset techniques for counteracting negativity; and Katie Piper OBE — who embraces midlife with courage while challenging how women are objectified.
Donna Ashworth, Vivien Wong and Kate Halfpenny also return to help Holly unpack the year’s most meaningful themes — sharing their souls, insights and creative fire, which in turn will ignite something special in listeners too.
Filled with heart, this episode is a reminder that while the founder’s journey is never easy, staying curious, connected and true to yourself remains the ultimate path to success. It’s proof that stories really do have the power to change everything.
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| 0:00.0 | It's that time of year again, my most favourite moment. In fact, speaking to you right now has become |
| 0:05.9 | a personal milestone market in my year. So thank you for sharing some of your precious time with me |
| 0:11.7 | today. |
| 0:12.1 | How you head and let your eyelids close on down where we're going? You won't need to bring your frown. |
| 0:19.8 | Hi, I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to my podcast, Conversations of Inspiration. |
| 0:25.8 | I've reached out to founders and those who simply inspire me to share their hard-earned |
| 0:31.6 | wisdom with you. |
| 0:33.4 | My hope is that collectively, these remarkable realisations will help you on your own journey. |
| 0:39.5 | I like to think of it as inspiration for life. |
| 0:43.6 | So, let's begin this week's conversation of inspiration. |
| 0:49.0 | I don't know about your year and what it's been like, but it's been a big year for me personally. As you'll |
| 0:55.9 | know, I'll always describe this journey of building a business like a roller coaster. And I have to say, |
| 1:01.5 | this year has been most certainly that. I've experienced some huge highs. This summer will |
| 1:07.7 | forever remain a career highlight for me as I traveled up and down the country |
| 1:12.3 | for my first ever TV series, Be Your Own Boss. I mean, I can't quite believe I'm saying that. |
| 1:19.1 | I met the most kind-hearted, hardworking founders who opened their front doors and welcomed me in, |
| 1:26.6 | cooked up lunches, shed tears and shared truly |
| 1:30.6 | special moments with. And I didn't really quite know what to expect before filming, but it |
| 1:36.4 | exceeded my expectations in every way. I also don't think I've laughed so much or had such deep conversations as I did on those long car journeys travelling the UK over the summer. |
| 1:50.3 | All of it will be moments that I'll treasure. |
| 1:53.4 | On the flip side, there have been moments throughout the year when I really questioned my own path. |
| 1:59.9 | I think there might be a perception that the issue of |
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