Category: Anxiety

Fear of Flying (Part 3): 5 Reasons You Shouldn’t Worry About Recent Flight Headlines In part 3 of the “Fear of Flying” series, I thought it important to address all of the recent headlines in the news around flight-related incidents. Most fears or phobias have a certain level of irrationality, meaning that we realize our anxiety is disproportionate to the actual risk involved. Take someone’s fear of going to the dentist or doctor for routine …

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 “Fear of Flying (Part Two): Why Your Fear of Flying Isn’t Really About Flying” As a specialist in working with anxiety, I often work with anxious fliers. They typically fit into one of two categories. They either do fly—occasionally, but only when they have to—and sort of fight their way through it with a lot of discomfort. Or they avoid flying altogether. They sometimes struggle to know why they’re “afraid of flying” when they rationally …

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This blog post, “Fear of Flying Part One: What this Series is and Why it Matters”, is timely, I suppose. I planned on writing this series on flight anxiety right before the tragic Air India crash in June 2025. The months leading up to that were riddled with other rare occurrences such as the Army Black Hawk helicopter collision with an American Airlines flight near D.C. As is often the case, when something like that …

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