Short promotional/teaching YouTube video by Dr. Aziz asking viewers to imagine what they would do without self-doubt and urging action despite fear. He shares personal examples of past avoidance (public speaking, dancing, talking to strangers, cameras), describes skills he will teach—how to generate courage in the body and how to practice self-compassion after setbacks—and promotes an upcoming Liberate Yourself workshop in Portland, Oregon taking place "about 10 days" after the video with only a handful of spots left. He closes with an assurance that "liberation is guaranteed."
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Dr. Aziz
Portland, Oregon
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Hey, Dr. Aziz here, the host of the upcoming Liberate Yourself event in Portland, Oregon. And I want to ask you a quick liberating question. Are you ready? What would you do if you did not have self doubt? If you weren't doubting yourself, what would you do in your life? What would you take on? What project would you start? What dream would you convert into a project? What actions would you take? How would you be in the world? How would you interact? How would you stand? How would you move? Who would you talk to? How would you talk to them? What would you do in your life if you did not have self doubt? It's a powerful question because we have it all backwards. We think, well, I'm going to go do that great thing that I'm really excited about. When I no longer have that doubt or fear inside of me, then I'll go do it. But that's backwards and you probably already know this. We have to decide what we want and then go do it in spite of the fear and do it again and again. But that's scary, right? I mean, many years ago I wouldn't talk in front of a group of people. I avoided it like the plague. I wouldn't dance either. I wouldn't go talk to people I didn't know. I wouldn't do all kinds of things. I wouldn't talk in front of a camera. And what we have to do is we have to have the courage to go do what scares us, to get to where we want to go. And that's another thing that I teach in the workshop, is how to generate that sense of courage in your body at will to be able to take action when you need it. But what if you find out what you want? If you didn't have the self doubt and you took the courage and you did it, but then it didn't go well. Maybe you got rejected, maybe someone said no, maybe you felt embarrassed, maybe something went wrong. In fact, not only might that happen, that's probably going to happen along the way. So then we need some sort of self compassion. We need to have the skill of being on our own side and knowing how to console ourselves and soothe ourselves and help build us up and support ourselves so we can try again. We think that we learn by harping on our mistakes and criticizing ourselves, but that is absolutely not the case. And so it's a skill to learn how to be on your own side no matter what. Which is another thing I'm going to be teaching in the workshop. It's coming up in about 10 days. I'm incredibly excited about it. We have about a handful of spots left. So if you have signed up, I can't wait to see you there. And if you haven't signed up, go ahead and get your spot now. And I'm looking forward to it. And liberation is guaranteed. I'll talk to you soon.
