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Authentic Confidence with Dr. Aziz

Authentic Confidence with Dr. Aziz

Hosted by: Dr. Aziz Gazipura, Psychologist and Author

Do you worry what other people will think? Does it make you doubt yourself, feel guilty, and ultimately stop you from being fully yourself? This can show up as people-pleasing and difficulty saying no. Or as social...

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What 20 Years Of Social Anxiety Actually Felt Like

This episode is different from most of what Dr. Aziz makes. It's the story of what twenty years of social anxiety actually felt like, told from his own life rather than through clinical examples or composite clients....
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Are You An Introvert? Or Just Anxious?

You leave the party, the barbecue, the work mixer. You're exhausted. You've been telling yourself for years that's just how introverts work. Maybe. Or maybe what you've been calling introversion has been doing a...
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The Real Reason You Feel Self-Conscious

You walk into the meeting. The room is full. The next three minutes turn into a slow-motion nightmare where you can't access your own intelligence or charm. You've called this insecurity and tried to fix it with more...
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Why People Don't Take You Seriously

You spoke up. You were clear. You told them what you needed and by when. They said yes. Then the deadline came and the thing wasn't there. If you've been getting more direct and watching it still not land, there's a...
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Why Boundaries Feel So Hard

You know the techniques. You've read the books. You can recite the scripts. In the moment, none of it shows up. The standard boundaries advice has been missing the question that fires underneath every boundary moment:...
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Why Facing Your Fears Doesn't Work

You did the bold thing. You went through with it. It even went well. So why isn't the doubt gone? Why does the next meeting, the next date, the next big moment still produce the same anxiety? In this episode, Dr. Aziz...
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“Be Yourself” Is Terrible Advice

Right before a date, an interview, or a family gathering, someone tells you to just be yourself. Has that ever actually helped? For most of the people Dr. Aziz works with, it's done the opposite. In this episode, Dr....
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You're Allowed To Push Back

"In those situations, it's not being defensive. It's defending myself. And those are two very different things. And one is actually extremely necessary and healthy." Someone says something to you that's out of line....
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Why Saying No Feels So Bad

Someone asks you for something. The word no forms in your head. What comes out of your mouth is yes. In this episode, Dr. Aziz breaks down why just say no more never quite works. There's a specific pattern running...
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Why You Feel You Have To Earn People's Approval

There's a pressure that follows you into every social situation. A running commentary that says whatever you're doing is wrong. You walk into the meeting, the party, the date, and the inner observer is already...
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You’re Successful and Exhausted

You're successful by every external measure. Some part of you is tracking, in real time, how you're coming across. Confident enough. Smart enough. Polished enough. The hyper-observation never quite turns off. Not in...
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You Look Confident But You Don’t Feel It

You're more accomplished than you used to be. The doubt didn't go away. Three a.m. replays. Did I say the right thing. Why did I do that. Should have handled that differently. The voice doesn't care how much you've...
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