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Authentic Confidence with Dr. Aziz

Dr. Aziz Gazipura, Psychologist and Authorwww.socialconfidencecenter.com
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 anxiety, staying silent in meetings, replaying conversations for hours afterward. Dr. Aziz Gazipura is a clinical psychologist and bestselling author of Not Nice. He's helped thousands of people break free from self-doubt and the fear of others' opinions. After 20 years of clinical work, Dr. Aziz discovered one pattern running underneath all of it. He calls it the approval trap: prioritizing approval over being yourself, saying what you mean, and going for what you actually want. This show is for the person who looks confident on the outside and doesn't feel it on the inside. New episodes every Wednesday. Next Steps: 1. Discover your approval type. Take the 2-minute quiz to find out which of the four patterns is running your work, dating, and social life — Diplomat, Avoider, Fixer, or Performer: www.draziz.com 2. Apply for the Unstoppable Confidence Mastermind. Dr. Aziz's flagship year-long program for serious work on confidence, authenticity, and freedom from self-doubt: https://www.socialconfidencecenter.com/ucmv3 3. Watch on YouTube. Every podcast episode is also available as a video, plus additional content not on the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@DrAzizGazipura 4. Read Dr. Aziz's books: - Not Nice - The Art of Extraordinary Confidence - Doubtless - On My Own Side - Less Nice, More You - The Solution to Social Anxiety 5. Connect: Website: www.draziz.com Facebook: facebook.com/DrAzizGazipura Instagram: @drazizconfidencecoach TikTok: @drazizgazipura LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/drazizgazipura
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Episodes

NO.

How Saying No Will Boost Your Confidence And Improve Your Life Where would your life benefit from saying “no”? Are there places you currently are saying yes in that cause problems? Whether it’s a work, in relationships, or in your love life, harnessing your power to freely and easily say no is one of the most important skills you can develop.

May 22, 201925 min

3 Steps To Eliminate Physical Pain

Understanding The Relationship Between Emotion And Physical Pain Have you experienced physical pain that randomly surfaced for an unknown reason and it was not due to an injury? Emotions such as anxiety, depression, stress, and unhappiness can cause chronic pain in our bodies. Join Dr. Aziz to learn how to navigate the path of physical pain and pinpoint the source.

May 15, 201924 min

Is Being Too Nice Causing You Pain? With Laura Heidrich

The Connection Between Niceness And Pain As surprising as this might sound to you, the vast majority of chronic pain conditions are caused not by structural damage to the body, but chronic tension due to negative emotions? The biggest source of these emotions? You guessed it—pressure from trying to be nice, pleasing everyone, and getting everyone to like you. Join Dr. Aziz as he interviews a Master Health Coach who has helped hundreds of people permanently end their nightmare with chronic pain a...

May 08, 201956 min

Being Scared In Life Is Good

How To Break Through Your Comfort Barrier Do you give into your fears? Or do you face your fears head-on? Practice engaging and accessing your natural courage to help process through moments of fear. Join Dr. Aziz as he shares how to be comfortable with being uncomfortable.

May 01, 201928 min

Understanding Masculine and Feminine Energy

How to Discover and Maintain Energetic Balance The quality of the your internal energy can be masculine, feminine, or both. Debunk the societal standards of gender and harness your energetic power to take self awareness to the next level. Join Dr. Aziz as he guides you through understanding your core essence and how to use it for effective communication.

Apr 24, 201933 min

Healing Toxic Shame

Learn how to reclaim your self love, self acceptance, and self worth. Are you held down by self criticism? Do you feel you are not worthy of love, success, or acceptance? Toxic Shame is a cycle of chronic abusive thoughts and feelings towards yourself. Join Dr. Aziz as he guides you through how to identify and label where this Toxic Shame is coming from. Reclaim your sense of worth and repair your lovability by committing to being on your own side no matter what (OMOS)....

Apr 17, 201929 min

The Awful Skill of Settling

How To Recognize Your Patterns of Settling Do you often measure opportunity vs. risk? Do you feel that you are overly cautious? Have you been staying in the “safe zone” because you are afraid? The more you practice your skills of settling the more risk averse you will become. Join Dr. Aziz to learn how to silence your Safety Police and overcome the fear of taking risks.

Apr 10, 201928 min

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, and the why behind exercising your B.A.F skills. Join Dr. Aziz as he shares how to unapologetically practice boldness in your daily life and feel good about it.

Apr 03, 201923 min

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, negative, or harshly judgmental. Join Dr. Aziz as he dismantles these fears one by one, leaving you feeling eager to test out what really happens.

Mar 27, 201926 min

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 guidance on exactly how to become more assertive in the areas that matter most to you.

Mar 20, 201925 min

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 “do better,” combined with a sense of inadequacy or inexperience. Join Dr. Aziz and Coach Amber as they discuss specific ways to increase your sexual confidence immediately.

Mar 13, 201936 min

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 causing you stress and anxiety. You start to worry about “doing it right” and “not messing it up.” Join Dr. Aziz and Coach Amber as they discuss how to sustain high confidence no matter what you feel.

Mar 06, 201932 min

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 practice using it with Dr. Aziz’s guidance. Enjoy!

Feb 27, 201933 min

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 live our own lives. And yet, this is quite difficult to actually do. Join Dr. Aziz and Jonathan as they discuss the nature of comparison, and how to work with it for optimal benefit.

Feb 20, 201928 min

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 they have it all together and we’re someone failing. And yet, nothing could be further from the truth. Join Dr. Aziz as he reveals what people are really feeling on a daily basis.

Feb 13, 201928 min

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 elements of this game of being human, and how risk is an essential quality of our lives.

Feb 06, 201923 min

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 other experiences? Join Dr. Aziz and Confidence Coach Jonathan as they discuss this topic in this humorous and fast-paced episode.

Jan 30, 201920 min

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 the life you want to create requires you to fundamentally change your relationship with fear. Find out how!

Jan 23, 201923 min

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 love—unconditional love. In this heartwarming episode you’ll discover more about this virtue, and how to access more of it in your life.

Jan 16, 201928 min

The 3 Elements of Magnetic Confidence

Discover What Naturally Attracts Others To You What makes you magnetic to others? Is it your appearance, your status, or your smile? Join Dr. Aziz in this fascinating episode as he reveals the key things that create a confidence that draws people in. And here’s the best part—you have control over all three!

Jan 09, 201930 min

Blow Your Own Mind In 2019

Discover Your Intention For The New Year And Create Something Incredible What do you want this coming year to be about? What is one thing you would love to experience more of in your daily life? Join Dr. Aziz to uncover what your guiding intention for 2019 is, and find inspiration to take control of your destiny in this coming year.

Dec 26, 201828 min

How To Enjoy The Holidays

Discover What You Want And Take Care Of Yourself So many people feel pressure on holidays to go a certain place, be with certain people, act a certain way, or even feel a certain way. Join Dr. Aziz in this liberating and relieving episode about how to discover what you actually want, and make it a reality this holiday season.

Dec 19, 201830 min

I Want Candy!

How To Face Fear And Discomfort And Generate Power What methods do you use to try to feel more comfortable in the moment? And do these behaviors, substances, or vices serve you? In this fun and fascinating episode, join Dr. Aziz and Coach Jonathan as they explore all the ways we try to escape discomfort, and how reclaim a sense of confidence and power.

Dec 19, 201837 min

Terrified Of The 6 Seconds Of Rejection

How To Overcome The One Thing That’s Really Holding You Back You may have an endless array of stories about why you can’t have what you want, why you aren’t good enough, and why you’re unable to do something. But, underneath all of this is just one simple thing. And it only lasts about six seconds. Listen to discover what this is, and how to break free now.

Dec 12, 201835 min

The Confidence Silver Bullet

The One Simple Solution To A Life Of Confidence And Success Is there a single answer to social anxiety, self-doubt, and fear? Is there just one thing that can help you create unstoppable confidence and achieve anything you want in life? Dr. Aziz believes so. Listen to this funny and fascinating episode to discover what the “confidence silver bullet” is, and how to start using it today.

Nov 28, 201824 min

How Niceness Is Killing Your Relationship

The Downside Of Nice In Relationships… And How To Fix It Now Are you a “nice person”? Do you care for others, try to be good, avoid offending or bothering people, and try to make others feel happy and good? Turns out this niceness can actually be smothering your romantic relationship. Join Dr.

Nov 21, 201828 min

You Are Going To Fail

How To Eliminate Hesitation And Avoidance And Get Into Bold Action Now If you’re like most people, you don’t like failing. Or mistakes, awkward moments, rejections, or any other “undesired outcome.” However, in this compelling episode Dr. Aziz makes a case for the benefits of failure, and why on your path to greater confidence you will fail. Repeatedly. Enjoy : )

Nov 14, 201826 min

Trust In Your Unconscious Competence

What If You Are More Capable Than You Realize? Do you often doubt yourself, be it at work, socially, or in your relationship? Perhaps you spend hours trying to get better in the ways you think you’re lacking. But what if you are way more capable, confident, and skilled in ways you don’t even realize? Listen to this episode to find out more!

Nov 07, 201822 min

Just Say No

How Stop Saying “Yes” When You Don’t Want To And Start Saying “No” When You Need To Do you find yourself saying “yes” when you really want to say “no.” This can be for minor events, such as an invitation or a request, or even major life decisions such as relationship and career. In this episode Dr. Aziz shares humorous and heartwarming stories to help you unlock your inner confidence to just say no when you most need to.

Oct 31, 201821 min

Surrender = Happiness

One Simple Shift That Can Transform Your Day (And Your Life) Do you feel anxious, tense, or stressed more often than you want to? Does it take a toll on your mood, your energy, your relationships, and your happiness? If so, join Dr. Aziz as he shares a spontaneously recorded look into how you can use the power of surrender today to relax, let go, and just feel so much better in this moment.

Oct 24, 201820 min
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