A simple 4-step method to help you understand, manage, and feel more confident about flying.
Fear of flying can feel overwhelming, but it’s something you can learn to manage. This step-by-step plan is designed to help you understand and manage your fear of flying. It’s inspired by experience and informed by evidence.
You don’t need to read everything on this site. Just follow these four steps in order.
Step 1: Understand your fear
Fear of flying is learned – which means it can be unlearned. When your brain doesn’t understand something, it tends to overestimate risk. Step #1 is about understanding what fear actually is, and why it feels so intense when you fly.
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Step 2: Understand flight
Anxiety can comes from uncertainty. When you understand what’s happening when you fly, you replace fear with knowledge. That’s Step #2.
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Step 3: Manage anxiety in the moment
You don’t need to eliminate all anxiety to fly, you need ways to manage it. Step #3 is about learning some simple and practical techniques can help you stay calmer and more in control before and during your flight.
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Step 4: Prepare for your flight
Preparing for your flight reduces uncertainty and increases confidence. Step #4 is about helping you develop a plan that gives you confidence and control from the moment you start thinking about your trip.
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Download the Calm Flight Toolkit
If you want everything in one place, the Calm Flight Toolkit brings all four steps together into a simple, practical guide.
It can help you:
- understand your fear
- prepare for your flight
- manage anxiety in the moment
- feel more in control when you fly
Download the Calm Flight Toolkit