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Program14 days2–12 min per dayEmotionalRationality

Facing fear step by step

Two weeks built on the most researched way to shrink a fear: understand what the body actually does, gather acute tools, examine the thoughts that feed the worry, and then face what you avoid in small pieces you can manage, one step at a time.

How it works

One exercise, session or article per day for 14 days. You go at your own pace — the app remembers where you are, and you can pause and restart whenever you want.

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Day by day

  1. 1
    Self-assessment
    Your stress level right now
    Five questions that make a diffuse stress measurable — and point to where you can start.
    5 min
  2. 2
    Article
    Panic's false alarm
    Your heart races, your chest tightens, something is terribly wrong, yet nothing is. How panic works, and why it's harmless.
    2 min
  3. 3
    Exercise
    The stress curve
    What happens in the body under stress, and where the line runs between what sharpens you and what breaks you down
    7 min
  4. 4
    Exercise
    Name it
    From a vague "bad" to precise words, and notice how the grip loosens.
    10 min
  5. 5
    Exercise
    The physiological sigh
    A quick tool for stress: two inhales and a long exhale that settles the body within a minute.
    7 min
  6. 6
    Session
    5-4-3-2-1: come back to the present
    An emergency tool for moments when your thoughts are racing. Anchor yourself in what is around you.
    5 min
  7. 7
    Exercise
    And what would that mean?
    Some thoughts are just the tip of something. Follow the arrow downward until you find the basic assumption that gives them their force.
    12 min
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  1. 8Think the thought through10 min
  2. 9Worry time10 min
  3. 10The worry log8 min
  4. 11The fear ladder12 min
  5. 12Toward what you avoid10 min
  6. 13Surf the wave7 min
  7. 14Your stress level right now5 min

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