“Love not fear” is a mantra based on the concept that we as people think and act based on one of these two emotions. While many sources, such as Don Miguel Ruiz’s The Four Agreements, have discussed ...

An oft-quoted maxim of the last 500 years comes from 16th-century political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli. In his work, The Prince, Machiavelli says, “It is better to be feared than loved.” To be fair ...

All people’s emotions are intensified when they face traumatic challenges. When intimate partners face a crisis, their heightened thoughts and feelings can threaten their relationship. When they most ...

Each October, as Halloween decorations appear and horror movies fill streaming queues, people across the country indulge in fear. Haunted houses sell out, thrill-seekers line up for roller coasters ...

Reject fear, choose love. This is a popular refrain and wonderful advice. Many believe that there are only two primal emotions in the human being, love and fear, and that we cannot feel both at once.

Popular sentiment has a role in the political life of all nations, but the Jewish state, born after two millennia of persecution and yearning, offers a particularly strong case study in how emotion ...

Men like this are afraid of opening up to anyone, and it often prevents them from getting the very thing they want most in the world. Many men still face societal pressures to avoid vulnerability to ...

This article originally appeared in Zócalo Public Square. Fear gets a bad rap. It’s a so-called negative emotion, one that supposedly stands between us and our dreams. It is certainly true that pure ...