Ever since Susan Schorn was a child, she had an overwhelming sense of fear. As she grew older, she says, fear and anxiety were affecting how she lived her life and impairing her relationships. "The ...

The Women’s and Gender Studies in the Department of Sociology invited Susan Schorn to Virginia Tech’s campus on Oct. 5 to hold a workshop, “Fighting Machines: Re-imagining physical conflict and gender ...

Wash away those jitters and prepare to face fear head-on with Susan Schorn, author of Smile at Strangers. Full of candid humor, this double-blackbelt-holding author shares practical--and often ...

Schorn lived a life of anxiety and fear until age 30, when she began training at the Austin, Tex., Sun Dragon dojo in Kyokushin, a “full-contact” form of karate. While detailing her journey from white ...

Mountaineers call it "the death zone." Around 26,000 feet above sea level—3,000 feet below the peak of Mt. Everest—the Earth's atmosphere becomes too thin to sustain human life. If we climb above this ...

Susan Schorn is the author of “Smile at Strangers: And Other Lessons in the Art of Living Fearlessly.” She’s also a black belt in karate who says the lessons to be learned from the ancient martial art ...

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