# Authentic Confidence with Dr. Aziz Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023.md RSS feed: https://shrinkfortheshyguy.libsyn.com/rss Official site: https://www.socialconfidencecenter.com/podcasts/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz Author: Dr. Aziz Gazipura, Psychologist and Author Episodes: 641 ## Resource 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-doub… ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023.md ## Episodes - [Why You Need People To Like You (Even When You Don’t Like Them)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/why-you-need-people-to-like-you-even-when-you-don-t-like-them) — 2026-05-19T22:00:00+00:00 - [The 4 Ways You Override Yourself Around People](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/the-4-ways-you-override-yourself-around-people) — 2026-05-12T22:00:00+00:00 - [The Invisible Pressure to Not Be Yourself](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/the-invisible-pressure-to-not-be-yourself) — 2026-05-06T13:00:00+00:00 - [Goodbye Shrink for the Shy Guy, Hello Authentic Confidence](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/goodbye-shrink-for-the-shy-guy-hello-authentic-confidence) — 2026-04-28T16:00:00+00:00 - [Do You Feel Like You Belong?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/do-you-feel-like-you-belong) — 2026-04-21T16:00:00+00:00 - [The Voice That Says It Won't Work](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/the-voice-that-says-it-won-t-work) — 2026-04-14T16:00:00+00:00 - [Why You Get Anxious Before Interviews, Dates, and Presentations (It's Not What You Think)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/why-you-get-anxious-before-interviews-dates-and-presentations-it-s-not-what-you-think) — 2026-03-31T16:00:00+00:00 - [The Moment You Start Managing Yourself](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/the-moment-you-start-managing-yourself) — 2026-03-17T16:00:00+00:00 - [The Hidden Fear of Being Yourself](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/the-hidden-fear-of-being-yourself) — 2026-03-10T16:00:00+00:00 - [Why You Keep Chasing Approval Without Realizing It](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/why-you-keep-chasing-approval-without-realizing-it) — 2026-03-03T23:00:00+00:00 - [Finding Ground When Everything Is Changing with Dr. Dave](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/finding-ground-when-everything-is-changing-with-dr-dave) — 2026-02-18T11:00:00+00:00 - [The Quiet Cost of Conditional Worth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/the-quiet-cost-of-conditional-worth) — 2026-02-10T22:00:00+00:00 - [Why Knowing How to Speak Up Isn’t Enough](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/why-knowing-how-to-speak-up-isn-t-enough) — 2026-02-03T16:00:00+00:00 - [The Nice Trap](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/the-nice-trap) — 2026-01-27T16:00:00+00:00 - [The High Cost of Deferring Decisions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/the-high-cost-of-deferring-decisions) — 2026-01-20T16:00:00+00:00 - [The Truth About Change In The New Year](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/the-truth-about-change-in-the-new-year) — 2026-01-13T16:00:00+00:00 - [Nice People Don't Care Too Much](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/nice-people-don-t-care-too-much) — 2026-01-06T16:00:00+00:00 - [Become Doubtless - How To Believe In Yourself And Trust In Life](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/become-doubtless-how-to-believe-in-yourself-and-trust-in-life) — 2025-12-16T16:00:00+00:00 - [When Self-Confidence Isn't Enough](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/when-self-confidence-isn-t-enough) — 2025-12-09T16:00:00+00:00 - [Stop Fearing Others Feelings](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/stop-fearing-others-feelings) — 2025-12-02T16:00:00+00:00 - [Healing The Cause Of Social Anxiety & People Pleasing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/healing-the-cause-of-social-anxiety-people-pleasing) — 2025-11-18T16:00:00+00:00 - [How To Keep Going When You're Discouraged](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/how-to-keep-going-when-you-re-discouraged) — 2025-11-04T16:00:00+00:00 - [Boost Confidence And Kill Anxiety At The Same Time](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/boost-confidence-and-kill-anxiety-at-the-same-time) — 2025-10-28T16:00:00+00:00 - [Stop This For 7 Days To Transform Your Confidence](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/stop-this-for-7-days-to-transform-your-confidence) — 2025-10-21T16:00:00+00:00 - [3 Keys From Conversation Master](https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-confidence-with-dr-aziz-739023/3-keys-from-conversation-master) — 2025-10-14T16:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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