fear

Traditional Ukrainian decorated eggs also spoke to those fears.

The worst fear Leah ever had was the prospect of losing her yoga business.

Steering through change and facing obstacles brings us face to face with our fears.

Leah reflects on one incident that triggered her fears, when her investors threatened to shut her down: I was probably up against the most fear I've ever had, she says.

Leah gained confidence by laying out her fears and confronting them directly.

I was feeling so intentional and strong that I wasn't going to let fear just take over.

For most of us, letting go of the safety and security of the past gives us great fear.

Calling out our fears explicitly, as Leah did, can help us act decisively.

By naming her fears and facing them head-on, Leah gained confidence.

When your elderly relative needs to enter some sort of long-term care facility—a moment few parents or children approach without fear—what you would like is to have everything made clear.

The daughter feared her mother would be ignored there, and so she decided to move her into a more welcoming facility.

Such moves may eliminate the fears of those living in the exporting countries, but they are creating panic in importing countries that must rely on what is then left for export.

Does assisted living really mark a great improvement over a nursing home, or has the industry simply hired better interior designers? Are nursing homes as bad as people fear, or is that an out-moded stereotype ? Can doing one's homework really steer families to the best places? It is genuinely hard to know.

With wired setups, the fear is that a burglar might be able to shut your system down simply by cutting the right cable.

Although the negative emotions associated with romantic love — fear of loss, disappointment and jealousy — are fairly consistent across cultures, the positive feelings can vary.

They feared neither spouse could manage alone.

But children are frequently discouraged from involvement with natural spaces, for health and safety reasons, for fear that they might get dirty or that they might cause damage.

They fear they will regret it afterwards.

Are nursing homes as bad as people fear, or is that an out-moded stereotype?

Fear not, however, for coffee can stimulate them again.

I was probably up against the most fear I've ever had," she says.

In the second experiment meant to pit the mice's hunger against their fear, hungry mice were placed in a cage that had certain "fox-scented" areas and other places that smelled safer but also had food.

In the study, researchers found that hunger outweighed other physical drives, including fear, thirst and social needs.

Japan says fear of disease is its main reason to block fresh imports.

She doesn't want to use her name for fear of being fired from her job.

with wired setups, the fear is that a burglar might be able to shut your system down simply by cutting the right cable.

The fear of massive copying.

After the failure of Lehman Brothers, many of the world’s largest banks feared the worst as the collapse of the housing bubble exposed investments in risky loans.

No one should have to live with what a Texas mother described as constant stress, tension, even fear about money.

When we can't actually remove the source of our fear, we tend to adapt psychologically by adopting a range of defence mechanisms, says Tom Crompton, change strategist for the environmental organisation World Wide Fund for Nature.

Educators may fear that children hearing two languages will become permanently confused and thus their language development will be delayed ;this concern is not documented in the literature.

What distinguishes a depression from a harsh recession is paralyzing fear - fear of the unknown so great that it causes consumers, businesses, and investors to retreat and panic.

Regardless, all these complex measures had the same psychological purpose: to reassure people that the free fall would stop and, thereby, curb the fear that would perpetuate (使持久) a free fall.

To curb the fear of a lasting free fall

On occasions it is the fear that certain disclosures may be unacceptable to family or friends that motivates an individual to seek professional help.

And though Hu Jintao and the rest of the Chinese leadership aren't inclined to lecture visiting Presidents, he might gently hint that Beijing is getting a little nervous about the value of the dollar-which has fallen 15% since March, in large part because of increasing fears that America's debt load is becoming unmanageable.

Still others emphasize the role of race, arguing that foreigners add to the nation's fears and insecurities.

It seems that men with traditional views of masculinity are more likely to suppress outward emotions and to fear emotions, supposedly because such feelings may lead to a loss of composure (镇定).

They have aroused fear among the residents.

"When we can't actually remove the source of our fear, we tend to adapt psychologically by adopting a range of defence mechanisms," says Tom Crompton, change strategist for the environmental organisation World wide Fund for Nature.

My grandfather spoke of his greatest fear, that of leaving the only home they had known for the past 60 years.

Some fear that the potential impact of sharing is too high, especially at the early stages of a career.

The amygdala is a crucial part of the brain that produces fear, anxiety and emotional responses including that sinking, guilty feeling you get when you lie.

The robotics revolution is set to bring humans face to face with an old fear—man-made creations as smart and capable as we are but without a moral compass.

These emotions included interest, joy, surprise, sadness, anger, disgust, contempt, and fear.

They fear I will default on any business loan I'm given.

According to the passage, children's fear and dislike of books may result from being made to read aloud before others.

After having taught fifth-grade classes for four years, I decided to try all costs to rid them of their fear and dislike of books, and to get them to read oftener and more adventurously.

As I began my own personal weight program, I was filled with the fear that I would.

For the risk-seekers a part of the brain related to pleasure becomes active, while for the rest of us, a part of the brain related to fear becomes active.

He fears the worst, but hopes for the best.

I was ready to pay for my bananas at the grocery one night, when fear seized me.

If you fear the heyday of the snowman has passed, don't worry: I've learned that some explosive snowman history is still being made today.

In most cities the sky looks as though it has been emptied of stars, leaving behind a vacant haze that mirrors our fear of the dark.

It was usually because I had let fear of failure stop me from trying at all.

Many farmers opposed the plan because they feared that wolves would kill their farm animals or pets.

Many people fear the gym because they feel lost and don't want to embarrass themselves.

Nervousness and fear were replaced with joy.

Some people fear such changes will be for the worse, while some see chances, not disaster.

They fear losing control of their workers.

Thus humans who lived a million years ago, despite their big brains and sharp stone tools, lived in constant fear of meat-eating animals.

While some people are motivated by a need for success, others are motivated by a fear of failure.

While the fear hung over my head, there were also signs that I was headed down the right street.

And dead markets partly reflect the paralysis of banks which will not sell assets for fear of booking losses, yet are reluctant to buy all those supposed bargains.

While Europe’s monarchies will no doubt be smart enough to survive for some time to come, it is the British royals who have most to fear from the Spanish example.

Elected leaders must be allowed to help supporters deal with bureaucratic problems without fear of prosecution for bribery.

Elected leaders must be allowed to help supporters deal with bureaucratic problems without fear of prosecution of bribery.

Fear is both useful and harmful.

My favorite actor will smith once said, "Fear is not real."

One answer is fear, according to Jon Wortmann, an executive mental coach.

There's always a constant fear of falling behind everyone else on the socially perpetuated "race to the finish line," whether that be toward graduate school, medical school or a lucrative career.

Unlike so-called basic emotions such as sadness, fear, and anger, guilt emerges a little later, in conjunction with a child's growing grasp of social and moral norms.

We fear rejection, or that our innocent social advances will be misinterpreted as "weird".

While Europe's monarchies will no doubt be smart enough to survive for some time to come, it is the British royals who have most to fear from the Spanish example.