Overcoming Fear

You may be wired to worry, but courage can be learned.

How Fear Gives You Super-Powers

By Jeff Wise

A fear-filled body can perform amazing feats.

Nine Secrets of Courage

By Jeff Wise

Simple steps to make you stronger than fear.

Notice You're Alright Right Now

By Rick Hanson Ph.D.

Quiet your qualms by taking stock of your breath and body.

Our Irrational Anxieties

By Richard Lovett

Why we worry too much about man-made catastrophe.

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By Bill Knaus Ed.D.

Use old but great ideas to overcome anxiety

Fighting the Fear of flying

By Marilyn Wedge Ph.D.

A phobia arises when a person has a bad experience

The Ultimate Threat to Single People: You'll Die Alone

By Bella DePaulo Ph.D.

Who really dies alone?

Where Fear Lives

By Susan Fiske

Understanding how the mind is wired for fear.

Lessons from the Cowardly Lion

By Stephen A. Diamond Ph.D.

Tapping your inner hero.

How Risky Is It, Really?

By David Ropeik

The danger comes when we get risk wrong.

The Most Powerful Motivator

By Robert Evans Wilson Jr.

How fear is etched into our brains.

Conquering Fear of Technology Helps Parents Teach Babies and Toddlers to Read

By J. Richard Gentry Ph.D.

Parents click a button and baby learns to read in a brave new world.

Stress and your social memory

By Susan Krauss Whitbourne Ph.D.

Ace the name game by controlling your cortisol

The Six Best Ways to Decrease Your Anxiety

By Melanie Greenberg Ph.D.

Research-based coping strategies that can help you get through it.

Our Thoughts Can Work For Us or Against Us

By Harris B Stratyner Ph.D., CASAC

The power of positive intentions

Autonomy: It Can Make You Happier Than Hot Sex!

By Karen Salmansohn

Why/how to regain your autonomy to increase your joy!

When size obsession gets out of hand

By Stephen Snyder M.D.

What kind of man would be prone to penile BDD?

The Role of Anxiety Master

By Lisa Rivero M.A.

Can games such as Dungeons and Dragons ease adolescent anxiety?

Launching psychoanalytic wisdom into cyber-space!

By Jennifer Kunst Ph.D.

Free couch time? My, what a good blog can do!

Overcoming the Terror of Death

By Nathan A Heflick Ph.D.

Think about death, and master it?

Fear of Death

By Mel Schwartz L.C.S.W.

How it impacts our lives.

Fear of Flow? Trivialize the Task

By Susan K Perry Ph.D.

Blocks arise when what you want to do matters too much.

Is There a Doctor in the House?

By Susan Krauss Whitbourne Ph.D.

A psychological first-aid kit