Category: fear

  • Dealing with anxiety and stress: Wisdom from Stoicism

    Dealing with anxiety and stress: Wisdom from Stoicism

    Here is a five point formula to deal with anxiety and stress from Stoicism, a school of philosophy that closely examines such topics. Take the view from above. Step back and see life from a higher vantage point than our own. Recognize what you have control over and what you…

  • Overcoming Fear

    Overcoming Fear

    What is fear? Where does it come from? Fear is an emotion, a kind of an anguish, that arises out of ignorance. Ignorance about the nature of something or about its effect. Ignorance about what will happen. There is so much we do not know. And we fear what we…