What is one piece of advice you would give to entrepreneurs who are afraid of failure, and how did you overcome your own ...

We’ve all heard that flying is the safest way to travel, but you’re not alone if you still get anxious before stepping on a plane. “Flying is stressful. Over 25 million Americans indicate that they ...

An estimated 33 million American adults will struggle at some point with a phobia – an intense fear of something that poses little or no threat, from flying to cockroaches to a trip to the dentist.

When I was eight or nine years old, I would hide under the bed, hearing my parents scream at each other. Dad had come home late and drunk, again, and my mother began berating him about his ...

For millions of people, air travel is a routine part of life. But for others, the thought of stepping onto a plane sparks intense anxiety or even panic. Known as aerophobia — or more simply, fear of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Caroline Castrillon covers career, entrepreneurship and women at work. Fear of failure can be paralyzing. That nagging voice in ...

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 ...

For better or worse, there are lots of ways to feel like we’ve failed: the social failure of being rejected, the romantic failure of being dumped, the career failure of being fired. No matter what ...

Hope Jezzard's phobia of hospitals was so intense that it seemed inconceivable she would ever work in one. Now, Hope is a ...

Entrepreneurial guru Patrick Bet David tells a story so painfully bewildering I can hardly believe it’s true. Several years ago, a heavy manila envelope arrived in the office mail. Inside was a thin ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

We’ve all heard that flying is the safest way to travel, but you’re not alone if you still get anxious before stepping on a plane. “Flying is stressful. Over 25 million Americans indicate that they ...