Fear

Don't Fear Change: A Gig's a Gig

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 03.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Recession Fears, Fear, Unemployment, Kfi, Karel, Charles Karel Bouley, On Becoming Fearless, Mark Denis, Kgo, Living News

An Open Letter to Mark Denis, who left the planet years ago but whose spirit still lives. Dear Mark (No, I know it's not your real name exactly): I'...

Read Post

Fear Factor

Laurie Rosenfield | Posted 03.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Fear, Unemployment, Career, Hope, Career Advice, Plan B, Job Security, Jobs, New York Times, Job Cuts, Econcomic Crisis, Recession, Living News

We all need to change our thinking. If you want a result that's different than your current reality, it starts with your thinking. If we succumb to the fear we will be paralyzed.

Read Post

Enough Already

Zachary Karabell | Posted 03.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Psychology, Fear, Economic Stimulus Package, Wall Street, Stock Market, Barack Obama, Economic Crisis, Media News

We can make this better, or we can make it worse. It's a choice, not a destiny.

Read Post

Let Go of Fear! Bless the Economy!

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 03.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Investments, Fear, Blessing, Spiritual Practice, Economy, Living News

I look at blessing as an investment in our world. What I bless increases. Bless the economy. Withdraw your projections of fear on our world fiscal system. Bless the economy.

Read Post

President Obama: Speak To Our Heads, Our Hearts, and Our Hopes

Christine Pelosi | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Change, Fear, Hope, Obama Economic Recovery Plan, President Barack Obama, Economic Crisis, Politics News

Obama often speaks in a three-part arc: first outlining the problems, then addressing the obstacles to progress, then telling us what we can do together to make change. For the stimulus, we need that now.

Read Post

Fear and Envy of Black Masculinity: How Politico's Jonathan Martin Mugged President Obama and Got Away With It

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 03.25.2009 | Media

Read More: April Ryan, Aggresive, Meltdown, Emotional, Implict Cognition, Obama, Media, Black, White Male Workers, Race, Ashley Todd, Bush, Msnbc, History, Press Room, Male, Agitated, Conservatives, Envy, Implicit Bias, African Americans, Racism, Masculinity, Whiteness, Meme, Rove, Fear, Carrie Budoff Brown, White House Press Corp, Rush Limbaugh, Irritated, Msm, Black Male, Lou Dobbs, Jonathan Martin, Association, White Male, Cnn, White, Politico, Press Corps, Barack Obama, Michelle Malkin, Sean Hannity, Sarah Palin, Fox, Politics, Rnc, Michael Steele, Republican Chair, Media News

Almost all black men recognize the contemptuous look Jonathan Martin gave Obama on Thursday.

Read Post

Will You Be Courageous In 2009?

Christine Hassler | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Fear, Courage, New Year, 2009 New Year's Resolutions, 2009, Advice, Featured Contributor, Living News

It's a new year and our country has a new President. Saying that "change is coming" seems like quite the understatement because it's already here. I...

Read Post

Selling Hope Instead of Fear:  Redefining Activism

Christiana Wyly | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hope and Change, Obama Hope, Yes We Can, Barack Obama Hope, Fear, Fearmongering, Obama's Inauguration, Environmentalists, Hope, Inauguration Day 2009, Inaugural Ball Liveblogging, Economic Crisis, Green Inaugural Ball, Obama Hope Poster Shepard Fairey, Obama, Hope and Fear, Barack Obama, Politics of Fear, Environmental Advocates, Activism, Obama Inaugural Speech, Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama Environmental Policy, Inauguration, Politics News

We need to follow Obama's example of reaching across the barriers that divide us as a people. We must learn how to reach into our hearts and truly meet another human being exactly where they are.

Read Post

Merrily Skipping Into the Unknown

Jen Sincero | Posted 02.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Bed, Anais Nin, Fear, Lifestyle, Comfort Zone, Fear of the Unknown, Inertia, Dictionary, Exploration, Being Comfortable, Massage, Jennifer Aniston, Pillows, The Future, Living, Trying New Things, Discomfort, Living News

Our thoughts and perceptions define our realities, so redefine the way you perceive the unknown. Start thinking of it as exciting, exhilarating, something to throw yourself into and conquer.

Read Post

Resilience in the Recession: Seven Strategies to Free Yourself from Negative Thinking

Tamar Chansky | Posted 02.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Worry Vacation, Dread, Fear, Worry Time, Kindness, Psychology, Facing Limitations, Catastrophe, Coping Strategies, January, Recession, Holiday, Adversity, Challenges, Help Yourself, Help Others, Post Holidays Depression, Cope With Fear, How to Calm Down, Relieve Anxiety, Recession Fears, New Opportunities, How to Deal With Fear, Self Help, Coping, How to Deal With Anxiety, How to Deal With Stress, Anxiety, How to Cope, Calm Down, Worry, Living News

Adjusting to this new reality means appreciating that just because there's a crisis going on, you can't live in it all the time: in crisis mode there's nothing to do but get immobilized with dread.

Read Post

You Are a Whole Different Person When You Are Scared

Val Strange | Posted 01.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Holidays, New Year's Eve, Depression, Baby Boomers, Fear, The Great Depression, Hope, Economy, Medical, Democracy, Taxpayers, Election, Death, Chris Shays, American Experiment, Politics, History, Scared, Dreams, Uninsured, Bailout, Christmas, Foreclosure, Family, American Dream, Politics News

The cancer of our sick economy already metastasized to the bone, but analysts are hard-pressed to diagnose the current conditions akin to the Great Depression.

Read Post

It's a Pink Christmas

Chip Conley | Posted 01.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Hotels, American Greetings, Economic Recession, Recession, Ceos, Employee Fear, Layoffs Last, Fear, Pink Slip, Business News

When fear becomes a predominant emotion in many companies, it negatively affects innovation, proactivity, and, human relationships.

Read Post

The 10 Least Appropriate Moments in Christmas Music History

Jason Notte | Posted 01.12.2009 | Entertainment

These 10 [songs] show just how much of a jerk you can be around the holidays without anyone giving you hell for it.

Read Post

Living with Tensions in Jerusalem

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 01.12.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Fear, Jerusalem Terrorism, Jerusalem, Jerusalem Living, Israel, World News

I often find it exhausting to live in Jerusalem. It's probably because of a trait that I inherited from my Jewish mother and grandmother: I worry.

Read Post

The D Word

Giles Slade | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, Depression, Fear, New Deal, Economy, Obama, Recession, Fdr, Poverty, Jobs, Warren Buffett, Politics News

Across the nation, the most vulnerable have already been stripped of their security. They are wildly adrift in the economic chaos like autumn leaves caught in a hurricane.

Read Post

The Psychology Of Hope and Fear

Joyce McFadden | Posted 12.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Fear, Psychology, Change, Obama, Hope, Presidential Results, President Obama, Obama Wins, Obama Presidency, Obama President, Living News

Obama inspired our country by realizing that we need in our country the very same thing we need in our personal lives: to use the better part of hope and fear together.

Read Post

Republicans Use Fear to Win

Scott Foval | Posted 12.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Halloween, Race Politics, Fear, John McCain, Division, Ronald Reagan, Jesse Helms, Scare Tactics, Race, Joe Mccarthy, Lee Atwater, Barack Obama, Hatred, Joe the Plumber, Levi Johnston, Scare Tactics Republicans, Election 2008, Bristol Palin, Home News

It has been a long eight years, and this past week saw the politics of division pushed to the absolute limit of absurdity. We must not allow it to go on any longer.

Read Post

A Protester Displays His Fear of Obama

Brian Ross | Posted 12.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Fear, John McCain, Protestor, Racism, Protest Sign, Protester, Protestors, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Election, Obama Muslim, Barack Obama Supporters, On the Ground 2008, Home News

This race has come down to two things that no amount of rational reason will resolve: Which is the United States of America more afraid of -- the economy failing, or the White House being occupied by a black man?

Read Post

Antidotes for Venom

Paula Gordon | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sexually Abused, Phillistines, John McCain, Fear, Susan Faludi, Vandals, Jimmy Carter, Frederick Ferré, Fundamentalists, Abusers, Politics News

The gut-wrenching virulence of McPalin acolytes got me wondering, "What are these people so AFRAID of?" Then the familiarity registers. This is the ...

Read Post

Too Much Fear

Sophia Carroll | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democracy, Fearmongering, Fear, John McCain, Election 2008, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Fear of a McCain-Palin administration one of the main reasons I'm supporting Obama. How did we let this happen? Can a people remain democratic and self-reliant when its choices are dictated by fear?

Read Post

James Dobson's 'Letter From 2012 in Obama's America'

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Conservative, Fear, Common Good, Good News, Politics, Elections, James Dobson, 2008 Election, Religious Right, Evangelicals, Gospel, Election, Evangelical, Focus on the Family, Barack Obama, Consistent Ethic of Life, Religion, Politics News

James Dobson, you owe America an apology. The fictional letter released through your Focus on the Family Action organization, crosses all lines of decent public discourse.

Read Post

The Waffle Guy, or, Financial Independence in Uncertain Times

Ike Eze | Posted 11.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Fear, Finance, Economy, Job, Part-Time, Entrepreneurship, Independence, Income, Business News

In times like these, we harbor this nagging fear of corporate layoffs, or worse -- the failure of the entire company. So how can we tackle this fear and come up with a solution?

Read Post

Channel This Election Fervor Into Helping the Country

Brian Ross | Posted 11.29.2008 | Home

When the dust settles Tuesday, the lunatic fringe on both sides of the aisle will crawl back into their burrows, and the rest of us will be left to repair the damage done by the Bush Administration.

Read Post

Top McCain Advisor Learned Slime Tactics From Jesse Helms

Erik Ose | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chapel Hill, GOP Slime Machine, Jesse Helms, Obama, Mccain, General Election, Presidential Campaign, Civil Rights, Politics News, Fear Watch 2008, 2008, Gay-Baiting, Hate Speech, Voting, North Carolina, Jim Hunt, Fear, John McCain, John McCain Attack Ads, Obama 2008, Battleground States, Gay, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Charlie Black, Gay-Bashing, Barack Obama 2008, Mccain-Palin, Swing States, Lee Atwater, John McCain 2008, McCain-Palin Ticket, John McCain 2008 Campaign, Joe Herzenberg, Mcdesperate, Southern Voters, Race-Baiting, Race, Lobbyists for McCain, Race in Politics, Glbt, Southern History, 1984 Election, Race Card, GLBT Democrats, McCain's Lobbyist Problems, GLBT History, South, Politics News

During the '84 NC Senate race, one of Helms' top aides responsible for implementing a gay-bashing strategy was McCain advisor Charlie Black.

Read Post

Political Hysteria: Call for Immediate Pre-Election Calming

Diane Perlman | Posted 11.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Fear, 2008 Campaign Rhetoric, Political Propaganda, Attack Ads, Violence Prevention, Civility, Political Hysteria, Election Anxiety, Living News

Let's all bring out the best in ourselves, our leaders, and our celebrities to raise the level of discourse and create a contagion of calming to allow us to bring out the best in our country.

Read Post

Fear

HuffPost Social News connects you with friends and the news