How can you summon courage when you’re terrified? Is hiking more dangerous than skiing? And what is the stupidest thing that Mike has ever done?

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187. Is Fear Running Your Life?

MAR 17, 202439 MIN
No Stupid Questions

187. Is Fear Running Your Life?

MAR 17, 202439 MIN

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How can you summon courage when you’re terrified? Is hiking more dangerous than skiing? And what is the stupidest thing that Mike has ever done?

 

  • SOURCES:
    • Albert Bandura, professor of psychology at Stanford University.
    • Marc Brackett, founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and professor in the Child Study Center at Yale School of Medicine.
    • Lisa Damour, clinical psychologist and senior advisor to the Schubert Center for Child Studies at Case Western Reserve University.
    • Christopher Peterson, professor of psychology and organizational studies at the University of Michigan.
    • Stanley Rachman, professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia.
    • Mikaela Shiffrin, Olympic alpine skier.
    • Lindsey Vonn, Olympic alpine skier.
    • Shaun White, Olympic snowboarder.
    • Joseph Wolpe, 20th-century South African psychiatrist.