Navigating the unpredictable tides of life can feel like a high-wire act without a safety net. When fear and insecurity become constant companions, even the brightest days can seem overshadowed by ...

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Appropriate fear is aimed at the object or event we are afraid of: for instance, fear of a rattlesnake about to attack us. Our response to appropriate fear is to flee, fight, freeze, or appease. If ...

Last week, as I was boarding a flight, I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt that said “Be Fearless.” Yes, I’m a nervous flyer, and I specialize in anxiety disorders. But those weren’t the only reasons I ...

Courage comes in all shapes and sizes. Running into a burning building to save a stranger, exposing corruption in a country whose leadership has a history of making journalists disappear, or even ...

Feel the fear and do it anyway. Fear is always there. It never goes away. The difference between people who succeed and ...

Would you rather sleep in a bed full of beetles or swim through a pool full of sharks? Do you find alligators or rattlesnakes more frightening? And do you happen to be scared of clowns? “As cliché as ...