When someone casually tells a person with a real phobia to "just face your fears," it's like telling someone with a broken leg to simply walk it off. This well-meaning but misguided advice ...

Courage isn’t a personality trait—it’s a skill you can build with the right mindset and tools. It’s easy to think of courage as something you need for major life events, like cross-country moves or ...

Facing your fears can be powerful, especially when you stay in the situation long enough to learn that you can cope with it and that a catastrophe isn't likely to occur. In clinical terms, this ...

My friend Karen called me up recently because she was upset about an argument she’d had with her husband, Mark. They’d both had a long day at work and when he told her he was too tired to do the ...