Shrink For The Shy Guy
Hosted by Dr Aziz and Dr Aziz Gazipura · Dr. Aziz Gazipura, Psychologist and Author
4.8from 878 ratings
- 661
- Episodes
- 119
- Transcribed
- 878
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2014
- First episode
About Shrink For The Shy Guy
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
- Publisher
- Dr. Aziz Gazipura, Psychologist and Author
- Category
- education · health & fitness · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 3 Feb 2014
- Latest episode
- 21 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
119 of 661 episodes have a transcript.
21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why Being Liked Never Feels Like Enough
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The Hidden Fear Behind Being Nice
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Why You Can't Stop Replaying That Conversation
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Why Being Liked Never Feels Like Enough
Published 21 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Those are all great theories, most likely. And that doesn't, knowing that does not change it in any way now. The only way now is to break that cycle, to break that chain, to retrain your nervous system. And so that sense of relief, that sense of I'm okay. because you like me, we need to get that feeling in a different way. Just like you need to get the feeling of, I'm relaxed without nicotine. Otherwise you'll just need it again. And so we need to find your way to that feeling of, I'm okay. And that's not dependent because that person smiled at me or gave me their number or whatever. Do you follow me so far to this point? […]
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