In this lesson, we explore some of the many ways that fear holds us back and pervades our lives. And I issue a challenge!

In this lesson, we examine the causes of our most common fears, and then go into the root cause of them all, along with a short discussion on what we can do about it.

In this lesson, we look at how avoiding fear doesn’t work — and avoiding fear turns out to be our most common strategy for dealing with fears!

In this lesson, we talk about an alternative to avoiding fear … getting in touch with the fear.

This is one of the most important lessons in the course — it’s about seeing the underlying goodness in ourselves, that’s there all the time, under the fear.

In this lesson, we talk about being mindful throughout the day in order to increase our awareness of when fear is coming up for us and to stay present with that fear as it arises.

In this lesson, we talk about a practice of smiling at the fear to transform it.

In this lesson, we continue with the idea of smiling at our fear, and move on to embracing positive groundlessness.

In this lesson, we talk about how to act despite the presence of fear, using equanimity.

In this lesson, we talk about fear as something not to be avoided, but to be grateful for … it’s an opportunity for triumph and courage.

In this lesson, I share some other useful tactics. This is not a comprehensive method, but some ideas to try out.

In this lesson, we look back on what we’ve worked on in this course, and talk about how to keep it a lifelong practice.