{"id":1150,"date":"2016-11-15T07:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rickhanson.net\/?p=29311"},"modified":"2016-11-15T07:00:42","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T15:00:42","slug":"a-courageous-brain-not-manipulated-by-needless-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/justonething\/2016\/11\/a-courageous-brain-not-manipulated-by-needless-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"A Courageous Brain: Not Manipulated by Needless Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Our ancestors evolved a frightened brain for survival in harsh conditions. Today, unnecessary and unwarranted fear can make it harder to speak from the heart, dream big dreams and stand up to the manipulations of advertisers and demagogues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.commonwealthclub.org\/events\/archive\/podcast\/courageous-brain-not-manipulated-needless-fear\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>A Courageous Brain: Not Manipulated by Needless Fear<\/em><\/a> is a Commonwealth Club National Podcast where Dr. Rick Hanson, Ph.D., explores the practical neuroscience of courage in ourselves, our homes, offices and politics. \u00a0Go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commonwealthclub.org\/events\/archive\/podcast\/courageous-brain-not-manipulated-needless-fear\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Commonwealth Club<\/a>\u00a0here\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rickhanson.net\/a-courageous-brain\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">A Courageous Brain: Not Manipulated by Needless Fear<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rickhanson.net\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Rick Hanson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/rickhanson\/blog?a=8uZ9Jg12WDU:OSapsvwVnbM:yIl2AUoC8zA\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/rickhanson\/blog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/rickhanson\/blog?a=8uZ9Jg12WDU:OSapsvwVnbM:qj6IDK7rITs\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/rickhanson\/blog?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/rickhanson\/blog?a=8uZ9Jg12WDU:OSapsvwVnbM:V_sGLiPBpWU\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/rickhanson\/blog?i=8uZ9Jg12WDU:OSapsvwVnbM:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/rickhanson\/blog?a=8uZ9Jg12WDU:OSapsvwVnbM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/rickhanson\/blog?i=8uZ9Jg12WDU:OSapsvwVnbM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/rickhanson\/blog\/~4\/8uZ9Jg12WDU\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our ancestors evolved a frightened brain for survival in harsh conditions. Today, unnecessary and unwarranted fear can make it harder to speak from the heart, dream big dreams and stand up to the manipulations of advertisers and demagogues. 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