In this first program of our two-part series, we explore why people have succumbed to fear in 2012—the Maya calendar’s December 2012 date of doom; the theory of “pole shifts” and the resulting breakaway continents; a “galactic alignment” that may send Earth into a gravitational spiral; the collision of Earth with Nibiru (“Planet X”); or the less exotic problems such as job loss or home foreclosure in the current economic upheaval—and how Courageous Co-Creation can keep us centered and strong, preventing us from sinking into the despair that these scary images invite.