A needed prescription for our irrational fears.
The Irrational Fear Cure is a radical yet visionary book that serves as a blueprint for achieving personal and societal well-being. It is a timely resource for a world living in the age of a global pandemic.
Author Teri Smith-Pickens, a mental health practitioner, interviewed more than 200 people to help them to better understand where their fears and anxieties come from. She shares these stories throughout the book, highlighting how many people are living in survival mode stemming from trauma in childhood, and as adults, who now use obsessive compulsive behaviors to fill voids they feel on the inside.
She outlines what happens to a mind already filled with irrational fears and chronic anxiety when it encounters the rational fear of a pandemic. By unmasking the truth behind these addictions, she gives a deeper understanding of the fears we all face and how to cure them.
Teri makes it clear that it is not part of God’s plan for us to live in our childhood primal brains and remain in bondage to our fears. Instead, He wants us to put on our spiritual anchor and break free from all fears and anxiety.
When Fear Stays in the Body
Fear does not always leave when danger ends. The body can stay alert. This is Childhood Trauma turning on Survival Mode. Early pain can train the brain to keep watching, even when life is safe again.
Why the Mind Holds On
This pattern links to Survival Mode Syndrome. The brain learns fast in hard moments. It builds habits to protect you. Some people feel tense, some go quiet, Others try to control things. These are learned responses, not who you are.
Research shows trauma can shape how we think, feel, and react for years if it is not processed.
Small Steps That Help
Emotional Trauma Healing starts slow. Notice your body. Take a steady breath. Say what you feel in simple words. Safe habits, done often, help the brain learn to feel calm again. Support from others also makes healing easier and less lonely.
Moving Out of Survival mode
Healing does not erase the past. It changes how the past lives in you. New patterns can grow with care and time. Bit by bit, the body learns it is safe.
The Fear Cure shares simple truths and real insight, helping you step out of fear patterns and return to a steady, clear, and grounded way of living.
Most people spend years managing anxiety symptoms – without ever addressing the root cause. Join Teri Pickens, author of The Fear Cure in Four Miraculous Steps, for a free live webinar where she reveals the silent nervous system pattern behind anxiety, ADHD, and irrational fears – and the exact steps to finally break free.
Sunday, May 31, 2026 · 
3:00 PM · 
Live on Zoom · Free to Attend
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older.
COVID has introduced new fears into our everyday lives – from going to school to grocery shopping, both real and irrational fears abound. How do we overcome and manage those fears?
Due to COVID, quarantines, lockdowns, etc., many more people are dealing with mental health issues than ever before.
An up-close look at breaking down irrational fears – where do they come from, how to combat them, and more.
Instead of corporations investing in “mindfulness” training in schools, let’s invest in keeping children out of survival mode to eliminate ADD/ADHD.
Survival Mode Syndrome – how it leads to obsessive compulsive behaviors and how to overcome it.
The importance of 3-fold development of the body, soul and spirit; Survival Mode leaves out the spirit, which is dangerous for a person’s total well-being.
Teri Smith-Pickens is an award-winning and best-selling author and speaker, in addition to her work as a mental health practitioner and coach.
She has inspired and transformed many lives through her coaching, speaking and media appearances.
In 2007, Teri had a supernatural revelation that changed the course of her life, giving her unerring courage to confront important, controversial mental health issues in children’s lives and the society at large, giving birth to her book, The Fear Cure in Four Miraculous Steps.
“The spiritual undertones… help readers understand the power of faith and how fear ceases to exist where there is faith.”
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“I can honestly say my life has changed… I have found my serenity. God, what a beautiful feeling.”
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