The Confidence Question is a show about the gap between looking confident and feeling it. Dr. Tyler Hales — the Newport Beach cosmetic dentist known as "Dr. Bow Tie" — has spent his career around people at their most polished, and he's learned that the polish is rarely the whole story. In his chair, celebrities, executives, athletes, and everyday people end up telling him the truth behind their most confident-looking moments: the doubt, the rebuilds, the advice from a grandfather that stuck.
This podcast is where those conversations continue on the record. Each episode, Tyler sits down with people whose lives look effortless from the outside and asks the question everyone quietly carries: how do you actually build confidence — and what do you do when you lose it? No hacks, no hustle-culture scripts. Just real stories, told honestly, with the specifics left in.
The Confidence Question is for anyone who looks put-together and doesn't always feel it. If that's you, pull up a chair. When he's not behind the mic, Tyler leads Hales Aesthetic in Newport Beach, California.