7 Signs You Need People To Like You Too Much
Wanting people to like you isn't the problem. Needing them to is. In this episode, Dr. Aziz walks through the specific moment when a prefere...
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Break free from shyness and self-doubt to create the life you truly want. Join the world's leading confidence expert, Dr. Aziz, as he teaches powerful skills to increase your confidence in d...
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Why You Can't Stop Caring What Other People Think
You've been told for years that if you just cared less, you'd care less. You've probably tried. It hasn't worked. Not because you didn't try...
Why One Negative Comment Ruins Your Day
Ten people tell you the presentation was great. One person emails you afterward and says something dismissive. Which one plays in your head...
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 f...
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....
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 intell...
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. I...
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 advi...
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,...
“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...
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 extremel...
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 w...
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 int...
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 e...
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. Sh...
The Real Reason You Don't Speak Up
There's a conversation you know you need to have. You've thought about it. You've maybe rehearsed it. The moment comes, and you don't say an...
Why You Still Care What People Think
Your boss doesn't quite make eye contact in a meeting. You text someone and they don't get back to you. And it sticks. The whole rest of the...
Why You Feel Like You’re Being Judged All The Time
You walk into a room and your guard goes up. Not because anyone said anything. Not because anyone is even looking at you yet. Just the room....
Why You Can't Say What You Actually Mean
You knew exactly what you wanted to say. Then something softer came out instead. It happens at work, with your partner, with your parents. E...
Why You Need People To Like You (Even When You Don’t Like Them)
You can explain your work to a friend over dinner. In front of your boss, the same words fall apart. Most people call this social anxiety, o...