by Kare Anderson | Jun 27, 2016 | behavior, Choice
“Whenever you’ve felt profound fear, it was usually linked to the presence of danger, imminent pain or death, said security firm founder and author of the classic book, The Gift of Fear, Gavin DeBecker. In a National Public Radio interview he said, “When you feel...
by Kare Anderson | Feb 3, 2016 | love, Speaker/Audience, Teach, Visual
She’d been fidgeting for some while. Suddenly, she turned and started talking to me. For two hours we’d sat silently, side-by-side at the airport gate, waiting for our small commuter airplane. Leaning on the narrow metal armrest that divided our hard seats, she...
by Kare Anderson | Feb 20, 2014 | behavior, Book
“Anxiety, my old friend,” my friend Colleen Wainwright once wryly confessed. We women generally worry more than men. Yet it is vital to recognize the difference between worry and fear. How, for example, can we know when a fear for personal safety is...
by Kare Anderson | Dec 31, 2011 | behavior, Book
We women generally worry more than men. For example, “While men are bearing the brunt of the job losses, women report much higher levels of fear and worry about their families’ financial security than men do” and women worry more than their husbands about...
by Kare Anderson | Mar 3, 2009 | Book, contagion
Almost two-thirds of Americans are suffering from the economic recession, according to a recent Gallup poll. Well, yes. Worse yet is the mood contagion effect. We instinctively spread and reinforce the fear we feel. It’s our pack mentality. We quickly check the...
