by Lissa Rankin | Feb 20, 2015 | Mental Health
The following is an excerpt from my new book The Fear Cure, which comes out next week, on Tuesday, February 24! If you preorder today, you can still qualify for the gifts you’ll get if you buy the book before February 23. Preorder 1 copy and get free admission to a...
by Lissa Rankin | Aug 6, 2013 | Mental Health, Physical Health
Recently, I was blessed to be able to spend an hour on the phone with my shero and mentor Brené Brown, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Daring Greatly. We had so much giddy fun on our teleclass about the intersection of vulnerability and health, how shame is...
by Lissa Rankin | May 14, 2013 | Physical Health
In this New York Times article, A-list actress Angelina Jolie bravely announced that she made the tough decision to undergo elective bilateral mastectomy after her doctors warned her that she has an 87% risk of developing breast cancer and a 50% risk of getting...
by Lissa Rankin | Mar 21, 2013 | Relationships
We’re taught that it’s good to be vulnerable (file under Brené Brown,) but bad to be needy (file under “People – especially men – run screaming in the other direction.”) But it seems to me that it’s a fine edge I’m exploring in some of my relationships. So...
by Lissa Rankin | Mar 18, 2013 | Physical Health
You already know how fear can paralyze you personally and professionally, rob you of your joy, and keep you from going after your dreams. But did you know it can also make you sick? Whenever your mind feels fear, it triggers the “fight-or-flight” stress response in...
