A fear of heights, known as acrophobia, is one of the most common fears people experience. For some, standing on a tall ...

Matt Damon’s famous dialogue from We Bought a Zoo encourages people to overcome fear with brief moments of courage, showing ...

Imagine spending a quiet night in an old cabin deep in the woods. Everything feels peaceful until you notice something moving ...

Overcoming fear is essential to succeed not only in competition but in life according to BYU dive athlete Brooklyn Larson. 20 year old junior Brooklyn Larson recalled a time where she overcame fear ...

At 35, I moved with my family to Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. I was following a new opportunity to lead global diversity and inclusion at a large, multinational company and mentor talented women in ...

Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Center (SWC) at UCL have unveiled the precise brain mechanisms that enable animals to overcome instinctive fears. Published in Science, the study in mice could ...

I can’t help but look back and be grateful for the decisions my father and mother made when faced with fear. A series of decisions in April 1975 completely changed my life. One of those was the US’s ...

Fear of needles is very common. Studies suggest that most children, up to 50 percent of teenagers, and at least 20 to 30 percent of adults have some fear of needles. It is a serious problem. Fear of ...

Mice have an instinctive reaction to hide when the shadow of a bird passes over. In a new study, scientists taught the rodents to overcome that fear. dubinkinv / 500px via Getty Images Humans have ...

Fear asks, “what if something goes wrong?” while curiosity is all about “what might I learn along the way?” ...