Fear, hurt, and loss of control. The three main ingredients in our mental stew. It’s 9:15pm on a Saturday night. I’m going on a long motorcycle ride up the coast manana with friends so I decided to ...

Fear is a powerful emotion. It can keep us from taking risks that would benefit us and our families, create apathy, fuel doubt and can enable us to stay in toxic patterns of behavior. Fear can even ...

We like to believe we have control over our lives. That if we plan enough, think ahead enough, or prepare for every possible outcome, we can ensure that things will turn out the way we want. But then ...

Fear of failure, fear of heights, fear of flying, fear of bugs, whatever you fear can be paralyzing. Most of us do nothing rather than confront our fear. Instead, we should probe why we are afraid and ...

Hercules the Archer, by Antoine Bourdelle (1909). Source: Pixabay/Gaimard The Stoic response to fear and anxiety turns around two core principles: the "dichotomy of control" and the "principle of ...

Fear is one of the most powerful influences in human behavior and therefore plays a vital role in leadership. It has the power to drive decision dynamics, team performance and organizational ...

A new report published in Frontiers of Endocrinology explores how oral contraceptive pill (OCP) use interacts with the current hormonal status to affect the fear circuit structure within the brain.

We live in a world that glorifies control. From career paths to personal relationships, from health to finances—we are taught to manage, manipulate, and master. But what happens when things slip ...

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