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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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Are You B.A.F.?

How To Embrace Your Inner Boldness   Do you want to take risks? Do you want to speak up in a group setting or a business meeting? Do you want to ask that person who excites you out on a date? Learn the how, the when,...
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Upgrade Your Maps

How To Release Your Negative Predictions   Do you have predictions of how people will respond to you if you were to speak up and put yourself out there? Most people imagine the response they’d get would be critical,...
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Plan C: Assertiveness Tools for Daily Life

Discover How And When To Speak Up For Yourself   Setting boundaries, challenging others, and otherwise speaking up for yourself can be confusing, scary, and difficult. Join Dr. Aziz as he provides practical, specific...
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How To Feel More Confident Sexually

Overcome Self-Consciousness To Enjoy More Exciting, Fulfilling Sex   Many people struggle during sex, despite trying to look like they are enjoying themselves. This often comes from unspoken pressure to perform and...
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When Your Confidence Disappears Once You Like Somebody...

How To Maintain High Confidence After The First Date   Have you ever had a great connection with somebody and wanted to see them again? But then, after a date or two, you start to have feelings for them, which ends up...
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My Favorite Confidence Tool

How To Rapidly Dissolve Social Anxiety, Fear, And Stress   Join Dr. Aziz in this impactful episode where he guides you through his favorite confidence tool. You’ll not only learn what it is, but actually get to...
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The Hidden Benefit of Comparison

Why Comparing Yourself Can Actually Be Good For You   Generally, comparisons to others can lead to feeling inadequate, frustrated, or somehow disappointed in ourselves. We are often taught to stop comparing and just...
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Everyone Has It All Together But You…

How To Stop Beating Yourself Up For Not Being “Like Them”   So often we can criticize and pressure ourselves because we are not being confident, successful, or otherwise good enough. We look to others and imagine that...
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The Risk Of Life

How To Live Fully With Confidence And Courage   How do you handle risk in life? And would your life benefit from being able to lean in more to positive, healthy risks? Join Dr. Aziz as he examines the fundamental...
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FOMO and GAMO

Are You Missing Out On Life?   Do you often feel a fear of missing out? Do you feel a pressure to say “yes” to things, and a sense of guilt or inadequacy about not engaging in the right social engagements, events, and...
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Seek Out Fear

The Fast-Track To More Confidence And A Better Life This one is counter-intuitive! Ever cell in our body wants to move away from what makes us scared, uncomfortable, or anxious. And yet, the confidence you seek, and...
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The Power of Unconditional Love

How To Enjoy More Love In All Your Relationships   Many of us think of love as something you give or get based on who you’re around. While this is partly true, there is a deeper, stronger, and more persistent form of...
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