Dr. Aziz presents a brief coaching message that identifies a single transformative shift for building true confidence: actively celebrating and appreciating yourself. He offers a simple exercise — slow down, identify one thing you genuinely appreciate about yourself as if speaking about a loved one — and frames this practice as the seed of lasting confidence and reduced social anxiety.
There is one specific shift that every client that I've worked with who's made a profound shift in their confidence has done. This has made the difference between social anxiety and disliking yourself to true confidence in every area of life. You want to know what the shift is? The clients began celebrating who they are. Now, I know that might sound so cheesy. You want to swipe off this video, but stick with me, because here's the entry point to that might say, celebrate who I am. I don't even know what that means. I don't even feel like I'm worth celebrating. Start with. With this basic appreciation. Can you start with basic appreciation? What is one thing that you could appreciate about yourself right now? Don't just quickly think of it like, whatever, this, that I guess I'm smart or whatever, like, slow down, take a breath, like you're with someone that you love, and like, what do I really appreciate about this person that I love? But do that with yourself. What could you, if you really wanted to, really appreciate about yourself? Yeah, that. That is the beginning. That's the seed of a whole new level of confidence and a whole new life.
